As for Spikeforce, they've adopted a business model which has been certain death for every other league which as tried it. There are less UFC cast offs of value these days and much more competition from the UFC itself. In the old days, the UFC ran 20-30 events and had 200-300 fighters. Now they run 50 events and hover around 600 fighters. The UFC is their own feeder league(never the less, they now co-promote shooto, titan and other feeder stuff on fight pass as well) with these regional fight pass cards and fight night cards full of nubs. Name vets are given 4-5 losses and a weight class change before they're cut in today's UFC, unlike the old standard of 2 and you're out. There are no HW divisions from Pride to inherent. There are no Shamrock's, Diaz's, Hendo's etc out there to build a promotion around now. Coker is trying to use a game plan which was moderately successful in a different era but ultimately failed. In today's era it may work even less.



Even Spikeforce's biggest fights were corpses unearthed and brought back to life via necromancy. Tito vs Bonnar was angled for by both fighters in 2012 in the UFC. Premade UFC fight. The Kimbo vs Shamrock fight? That was in a vat of formaldehyde in the circus designed to highlight MMA's oddities before Coker used dark arts to reanimate it. While it was moderately successful, the suspicion around its dubiousness remains.



How many more fights from one and two eras ago can Coker summon via black magic and unethical mad science? What does SF have which can keep them afloat otherwise? They have solid fighters but not enough to make money. They have to be losing money now under the Coker regime.



How long before viacom shops them elsewhere?