This would be terrible for bellator.
what has Coker got to do with Dazn being in trouble?Scott Coker...
DAZN is what is keeping Bellator alive right now. They really overpaid for the programming too, tbh. Not that Bellator isnt a quality product, I just dont think they are bringing enough subscriptions to justify the 100 milion for 3 years deal.
Maybe this is why there has been the whole moving to CBS talk lately, because they now DAZN will not be renewing the contract with Bellator.
For sure, trying to compete with the UFC in number of shows and/or talent is not viable in the long-run. This is why Bellator should stay in their lane and just concentrate in doing less shows with more quality and trying to create some homegrown talent. Instead they want to pop off 30+ shows a year, watering down their product, and competing with the UFC for talent.I think they'd probably survive but they'd have to renegotiate with a lot of their higher earners I think or let them move on. No doubt it'd be bad for them. That's the issue with trying to grow to compete with the UFC, orgs are very vulnerable at certain points in their growth.
For sure, trying to compete with the UFC in number of shows and/or talent is not viable in the long-run. This is why Bellator should stay in their lane and just concentrate in doing less shows with more quality and trying to create some homegrown talent. Instead they want to pop off 30+ shows a year, watering down their product, and competing with the UFC for talent.
Just look at Coker talking about the re-negotiation with Chandler. He sounds very doubtful about Chandler continuing with the promotion, even though Chandler has said that he wants to retire there. They are probably paying Chanlder a pretty penny but now they probably cant afford those pay checks for much longer, specially if DAZN doesnt renew their contract.
I agree, IDK why Coker keeps talking about signing more fighters and putting on more shows. I mean if the DAZN deal extends to a few more years then it makes sense but otherwise I dont see them having the money to sign more fighters and putting more shows.Agreed, for me a successful org to compete with the UFC would probably run less stacked shows a year without a massive undercard and would pay good money to fewer fighters. Similar to how KSW runs in Poland, they don't run shows often, but when they do they make them a big deal and AFAIK they're pretty profitable.
I agree, IDK why Coker keeps talking about signing more fighters and putting on more shows. I mean if the DAZN deal extends to a few more years then it makes sense but otherwise I dont see them having the money to sign more fighters and putting more shows.
I seriously doubt CBS/Viacom is willing to put hunderds of millions to compete against the UFC. Unless Bellator changes their business model to something more like you mentioned, they are going to struggle when DAZN goes.
Yes, I believe that is the way that it should be, Invicta is a good example of how to do it. At the end of the day, maybe Coker knows something we dont know. There must be a reaaon why he is planning on keep looking for free-agents and putting on more shows. Maybe CBS/Viacom will back him up, who knows.Another promoter who does the less is more approach would be Invicta who only books 5-7 shows
a year and how it works out for them is really well since Shannon Knapp doesn't have to hire 500 or
600 fighters to run that many cards since most of the cards have 7-9 fights at most.
Re-purposing some old content on an obscure tv sports channel the umbrella corporation also owns is not "making their move."Bellator making their move to cbs sports
Bellator is a big number two organization run by multi-billion dollar media conglomerate. It makes no sense for them to do a boutique type operation with much less cards. They are getting paid huge money by DAZN, plus paid for tv rights internally presumably for the Viacom channels that run the content all over the world plus there are third party tv channels all over the world that license their 40+ shows per year, some of which they break up the rights to multiple ways. Suggesting they style themselves after small operations like KSW or Invicta FC is laughable.