KO Dynasty management relaunches for free, with interesting catch

Mickey Dubberly founded KO Dynasty a decade ago, and watched the sponsorship market evaporate around the time of the Reebok Deal. Now working as a financial advisor, Dubberly is back at it again, and with a novel approach.

Dubberly, 42, will manage you for free, in exchange for managing your investment portfolio. There is no long-term commitment, and he takes 0 from your purse. Instead, he sets up an investment account on which a one-time 3-5% is charged, and thereafter he received an annual portfolio management fee of .6 to 1.75% of the value.

I’m doing this, for one, to build my business, and also help them out financially, said Dubberly to Steven Marrocco for MMAjunkie. If I can help them out in their UFC career, or Bellator, or fighting career, and help them out with their retirement, it’s a win-win.

Some might want to start with $500, and some will want to invest a lot more, so I don’t have set guidelines in place.”

If I was to charge a management fee, I’d make way more money. Because in my industry, it’s night and day from MMA. When you’re dealing with trillions of dollars and regulatory bodies, I can’t charge what I want on the investment side. It’s all regulated – and it’s a lot less than 20 percent. It’s a lot less than 10 percent.

In the long run, it will work out for me. In the short term, it won’t.

I’ll be able to help some fighters out. I think it’s going to open up a lot of people’s eyes in the industry.

Boxers making millions and ending up penniless is very nearly the rule. In MMA that’s less often the case, but still, a management process that focuses on long-term financial security certainly is worth consideration.