Paul Heyman has posted his thoughts on Donald Trump's investment and involvement in UFC competitor "Affliction" Mixed Martial Arts, and The Mad Scientist of Extreme has taken The Donald to task.

 

You can read the entire blog here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/article1287649.ece

 

A key excerpt:

Taking on UFC will not be a 1st round knockout or tap out victory for the megalomaniacal Trump. If the two promotions do clash, it will be a long, drawn out battle.

 

Does Trump have the time to battle Dana White, who lives, eats, drinks, sleeps, and breathes UFC?

Does Trump have the time to get on the phone and persuade fighters, networks, or video game companies that doing business with Affliction means doing business with the Trump brand name?

Is Trump going to take the time to demonstrate "the art of the deal" with DVD distributors, magazine publishers, pay per view and satellite companies with whom Affliction needs to conduct business on a daily basis?

 

Come to think of it, what IS Trump's involvement in the Affliction promotion? Is he a consultant? Is he handling negotiations with production companies and possibly assisting in the pitches to television networks? Is he simply lending his name, like he has done in the past with other projects, but is really "hands-off" on any or all day-to-day decisions and operations?

 

Does Trump have any veto power? What happens if he doesn't agree with the direction the promotion wants to take? Does Trump have the ability to get involved in matchmaking?

How much of the budget does Trump actually have leverage control over? Is there a way to mediate a disagreement without it all breaking down into lawyers and lawsuits that first time everyone's not on the same page?

 

I am not suggesting Trump is only in the MMA game for the short run. Some people asked similar questions when shipping magnate George Steinbrenner bought into the New York Yankees. Maybe The Donald is so enamored with MMA, or at least Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson, that he's really going to "make a go" of it.

 

Maybe Trump wants, needs, or craves the excitement that an exploding industry can provide.

Maybe Trump wants to create a new style MMA television program and put Ivanka in charge, the same way Vince made his daughter Stephanie in charge of creative and talent in WWE? Hey, you have to admit, there are more than a few similarities between Stephanie and Ivanka, and that's not an insult to either.