need time to formulate my thoughts, but at first blush I think its no less meaningless than an Affliction belt. And I doubt Sylvia will be returning to the UFC.

Affliction and Wamma will not last in the sport. The UFC controls the commissions already.

He talks a big game about exchanging fighters, but you and I know it’s just a ploy. He’s gone on the record several times as saying Affliction is a competitor and they won’t last in this business. Does anyone really believe Shaw is going to sign on to WAMMA and render their own belts nullified or far less meaningful? Please.

In a world where promotions are competitors, over the long run it makes very little sense to try to unify them or their champions in this regard.

As long as the fight can go a maximum of 5 rounds I could care less what title they’re fighting for.

So much for that paper belt that Nog has!

alphabet organization in MMA. They are the first WBC or IBF or WBA or NABO or IBO (etc…) in mixed martial arts. Organizations like the UFC or whatever don’t count as they control the company not just the “title.” Give it a couple years and we’ll start hearing about how fighters are being “stripped” of the belt because they didn’t pay “sanctioning fees” or didn’t fight a “mandatory challenger” that no one else in the world thinks is the #1 contender (and who likely got the position after his management did the organization a “favor).

Even the WAMMA mission statement sounds exactly like the mission statements found on the boxing alphabet commission websites. These are the kinds of grubby hands that need to be kept out of the MMA pie.

WHAMMA?

U-MAMMA

I got one more acronym for you, the WFO. World Fighting Organization. This sanctioning body was created by the people who own the IBO (International Boxing Organization). This is the green belt in boxing, worn by Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Antonio Tarver and others. Several MMA organizations have shown interest in holding championship fights, recognizing this belt. Not the UFC, of course. The future of MMA will need independent sanctioning bodies to measure who are the true champions.

I see this as more along the lines of what Ring magazine is doing, and it has slowly built into an announced recognition during the introductions, and I think they actually may be the best indicator for rankings, p4p, etc…

Of course, they may not necessarily have “title fights”, but I do think many fans put at least some weight into their opinion.

I could see Wamma working on a level similar to that, which is just basically to avoid or overcome the alphabet soup problems, but again, I think it would take at least some cooperation from the UFC.

February 7th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Ever wonder how the ufc kept pride out of california? Well when the rules were going through again in 2006 even though they were approved in 2000. Kirk Hendrix attorney for the ufc was at the meeting and so was I. The commission of california was saying that if we approved the boxing ring for pride it would hold up the process. We all commented and said we will wait because no one wanted the ufc to take full control of the sport in the state where it was originated. Kirk Hendrix kept on saying the octagon was for the safety of the fighter. He was using the same reasons I used in Las Vegas to get the Octagon I originated approved. I was for the octagon but I did not want the UFC to have control of the sport I wrote the rules for and of the octagon I originated. I spoke up and said that " Why do you allow the boxing ring for the Russian mixed martial art of Draka and the Japanese Art of San Shou which uses throws and take downs the same as MMA. After my speech they approved the boxing ring. Well Kirk Hendrix got a special meeting two weeks later which I also attended and there were all new commissioners. The old ones either quit or were replaced. The new commissioners shot it down. I then started to contact all the government officials and the boxing ring was finally approved. Well once the boxing ring was approved the ufc bought pride. I originated the octagon if you check out http://www.kagekombat.com you will see all the proof. Why can’t the ufc stop me from using the octagon or stop me from promoting the Octagon Contenders if I did not create the octagon.

http://www.cagetoday.com/fertittas-file-suit-against-former-pride-owners/