BFC Dream Over
Back in February, at the launch of the British Fighting Championship, I asked one of the organisers: “When is it all going to go wrong?”
It was a joke. Basking in the optimism generated in the UTC, it looked clear that the idea was a winner. A huge step on the road to establishing the sport in this country. The comment did have a deeper edge however. UK MMA has a history of grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. The scene is populated by many great people who work diligently to keep the sport alive. Unfortunately, there are also a large number of con artists, carpetbaggers and all round tosspots who will stop at nothing in their quest to nick a pound note off out of someone else’s pocket.
The collapse of the BFC is a disaster for UK MMA. All those who tried to make it work deserve credit. Those who actively worked to destroy it deserve nothing but contempt.
Everyone who is involved in the UK MMA scene will suffer as a result of this.
