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NEW PROMOTERS IN NEW MARKETS The advantages for experienced promoters will benefit new promoters as well. However, there are some features which bear repeating, since they will be especially valuable to new promoters. The features will promote the resurgence of boxing and accelerate the already exploding growth of MMA fighting, adding to the probabilities of a profitable first show without the usual process of building up a following. Fan polling and tracking data will reveal new strong markets in cities and countries new to MMA fighting. Local businessmen or a civic center event manager may want to promote local stars. Accessing a variety of opponents for an MMA show will for them be especially critical. They will need firm budget information and choices from regional opponents. Local fighters draw. Sports are tribal. MadeFights.com will make promotions easier for new promoters. It will provide, in effect, a supermarket of possible matches for popular local fighters and the name of a local venue that might desire to host MMA fights. Market data will identify the most profitable cities and opponents for particular fighters. RATING SYSTEM: AVOIDING HOLD-UPS AND NO-SHOWS A new promoter may have every reason to think a local fighter will draw well as a main event. The local fighter has an aggressive style and a high knockout percentage. Unknown to the new promoter, however, one of the fighters he is considering as an opponent has called previous promoters at the last minute and given a lame excuse, trying to hold the promoter up for more money � a new promoter's nightmare. Although that's a scenario that's rare for MMA fighters, a new promoter won't have a clue until it's too late. MadeFights.com will provide protection for the new promoter -- an approval rating system to let him know in advance. He can check a fighter's past performance under an evaluation system based upon histories. A fighter's profile will include a rating based on how past promoters rated their dealings with him. This minimizes problems for the new promoter. MATCHMAKING MADE EASIER Even for experienced promoters, finding two fighters willing to fight each other and negotiating the purses for a fight card is a nightmare of time consuming long distance phone calls, faxes, and waiting for return faxes. This is especially intimidating for a new promoter. New promoters will be able to simply go online and see dozens of nearby matches. Getting fights and putting together an MMAShow from a database of ready-made matches becomes an exciting task for the new promoter. |