The UFC is Sinking and We Are Playing the Violin

SUBSCRIBE to The CTE Show and ALL of our channels. We love you guys. Timestamps 0:00 – Welcome to The CTE Show 0:30 – Sean Strickland, Champion Pay and the UFC’s Star Problem 2:18 – What Should the UFC Minimum Purse Be? 5:32 – Every UFC Division Has a Problem 8:20 – Sean Strickland’s Activity and the Middleweight Title 11:31 – Is the UFC Empire Beginning to Fall? 12:01 – Why Recent UFC Events Feel Different 13:07 – How to Make The Ultimate Fighter Relevant Again 15:14 – Has the UFC Become Too Big to Fail? 16:10 – UFC Card Economics and the Paramount Deal 18:15 – Weak Cards, Easy Finishes and Questionable Competition 18:52 – Referees, Point Deductions and Consistent Enforcement 20:18 – Herb Dean, Dangerous Stoppages and Fighter Safety 22:48 – Women’s MMA Judging and Controversial Decisions 24:35 – What Is Still Exciting About the UFC? 26:09 – Joe Pyfer vs. Bo Nickal Breakdown 30:21 – Joe Pyfer, Caio Borralho and Reinier de Ridder 35:07 – Brendan Allen’s Rise at Middleweight 38:39 – Dricus Du Plessis and Inactive Champions 40:08 – Max Holloway’s Future and the Conor McGregor Fight 45:58 – Alex Pereira vs. Sergei Pavlovich Preview 52:41 – Pereira’s Precision vs. Pavlovich’s Heavyweight Power 59:28 – Can Pereira Survive Pavlovich’s Jab and Pressure? 1:03:25 – The Volkov Blueprint for Beating Pavlovich 1:06:25 – Islam Makhachev vs. Carlos Prates Breakdown 1:09:11 – Southpaw Kicks, Takedown Defense and Prates’ Power 1:13:03 – Why Carlos Prates’ Mentality Makes Him Dangerous 1:16:16 – Who Should Michael Morales Fight Next? 1:16:46 – Michael Morales vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov 1:18:09 – Ian Machado Garry and the Welterweight Title Picture 1:20:07 – Gabriel Bonfim vs. Sean Brady Preview 1:22:54 – Salahdine Parnasse vs. Ilia Topuria 1:24:40 – Would Parnasse Beat Max Holloway? 1:27:31 – Is the BMF Belt Hurting the UFC? 1:29:02 – The Future of Women’s Bantamweight 1:31:46 – Amanda Nunes vs. Kayla Harrison 1:33:49 – How the UFC Could Fix the BMF Championship 1:37:09 – Should the UFC Get Rid of the BMF Belt? 1:37:50 – Bring Back Guaranteed Number-One-Contender Fights 1:40:52 – Why High-Stakes UFC Cards Feel Different 1:42:52 – Volkanovski, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili 1:45:22 – Questions for the Next Episode 1:46:23 – Outro #TheCTEShow #FiteFeed #UFC #MMA #UFCNews #MMANews #SeanStrickland #alexpereira #SergeiPavlovich #IslamMakhachev #CarlosPrates #JoePyfer #BoNickal #MaxHolloway #FighterPay