There are a ton of companies that sponsor fighters.
So why is it that so many fighters have a hard time getting sponsored?
The key is to understand what these companies look for.
Do you think you need to be ranked #1 to get noticed by sponsors?
Think again.
Although winning is important, in this expert roundup you’ll discover that self-promotion, marketing, and reaching out to companies is far more crucial to getting sponsored.
Whether you’re in MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ, or another combat sport, you’ve heard it time and time again:
To attract sponsors you need to GROW YOUR FAN BASE.
Get more Facebook fans, get more likes, get more, more, more!
Today I’ll show you how to do exactly that: I’m going to teach you how to get over 1000 Facebook likes on your fan page in the next 30 days.
Your moment has arrived.
You’re speaking with an MMA or BJJ sponsor and they ask you to tell them about yourself.
You give them your awesome elevator speech, which impresses them good and dandy.
But now what?
Well, you gave them a solid jab (elevator speech), and now you need to come hard with the overhand right.
The overhand right is a compelling story: a story that hooks the sponsor by getting them emotionally charged.
Knowing what you should say when a sponsor asks you to tell them about yourself can be tough.
Just like baseball.
I’m writing this on Monday after watching the baseball game and we (SF) just got our asses beat by Washington. 
Not the glorious sweep we were hoping for.
Washington came to our house and we were like, “Yeah, whatup, what you got for us, son?!”
“4 runs to whoop dat ass!” they replied.
We had the question. They had the answer.
They were prepared.
It can be hard for you to get noticed by MMA sponsors.
After I wrote the article about how to get sponsored, I realized I needed to go further.
I needed to show you how to get attention from sponsors.
Obviously, winning is great, but aside from that, what else can you do?
To get a definitive answer, I contacted 68 popular MMA fighters and figures and asked them:
“Other than winning fights, what are the 3 best things you can do to get noticed by MMA sponsors?”
This roundup is a shit-ton of awesomeness and isn’t for the average bear. It’s for you, my dear friends: the apex predator Yogi Bears!
Since there are so many names, I created a clickable index in the following section, and sorted it alphabetically. Which makes it easy for you to jump to your favorite fighter like a quick-draw McGraw, or scroll down and take it all in.
I also added clickable tweets after each fighters’ response. That way you can easily tweet your favorite quotes.
Now then…LET’S DO THIS!
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Solmadrid Vazquez is the founder of MMA Somnia, the fighters' resource for kick-ass advice and actionable strategies that get you sponsored. Continue reading
