Innocent until proven guilty of some of the crimes. What about the guilty pleas and the regular racist statements? He has a long track record of being a shitty human.
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He's just trying to push the Khabib ducking Conor narrative which UFC will gladly stir up while snubbing Gaethje and hoping Tony finds himself in a hallway of wires.
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im thinking this card was massive. i saw 250k~ people watching the post fight presser, and the octagon post-fight interview is sitting at 8million views after 12 hours. right in line with some of the biggest PPVs ever. didn't think there was much buzz with the lack of rivalry.
Who cares? Most great fighters and nearly everyone on that list is a shitty human being. I'm paying to watch them compete/fight. Not listen to their stance on politics.
Dana could barely contain himself when asked about the buy rate at the post fight presser. He was gushing about how effectively ESPN promoted the fight (and he's right, it was ALL OVER their network and online presence n the week leading up, getting the full court press from them). He didn't give hard numbers but insinuated that this thing did monster numbers for them.
I think the Mayweather fight did more good than harm regarding his status as the PPV king. It elevated his standing to the casuals and I know we don't have a lot to go off of since he's only fought Khabib since then but I'd say he has a low bar of 1.5m buys now as long as the opponent has some kind of gimmick/personality.
My only gripe is that he'll be headlining these mediocre cards from now on. I understand he doesn't need a strong main card to lead in but it's a great platform to push upcoming stars, technically gifted or flashy fighters they want to promote.
He's in that Tyson zone, where none of the reprehensible off-field shit has any affect on his viability or profile. If anything it only raises it. He's the biggest name in the sport for casuals and it's probably not particularly close. I think that mass market are in for anything he's in at this point. Hell I bet that garbage reskinned Whiskey of his is even doing well.
100%. I'd say he has even surpassed Mayweather at this point in terms of superstardom. Mayweather may have had a higher ceiling with Manny but that took a decade of honeydicking.
Money in MMA isn't anywhere close to boxing but I think that most are getting paid what they're actually worth these days. Maybe a higher base pay of something like 500 or 1m flat for champs is reasonable considering a majority of them don't actually draw and are riding the coattails of the well oiled UFC promotional machine.
The only things that ends the Conor train is a devastating KO loss, string of 2-3 bad losses or he goes on some OJ Simpson-esque rampage. Even with all the craziness so far, I feel he knows what his actual limit to his behavior really is.
Economists have actually looked into this through marginal gains analysis and every indication is that the bigger star you are the more the UFC is fucking you over. People like Jones or Holloway would be making 3-5 times more in a boxing style model. UFC is giving fighters about 15% of revenue vs the 50% that boxers get.
I agree that guys like Jones/GSP are underpaid. Not quite Conor level pay but they should be clearing at least 5-10m a fight for me to personally be satisfied. I was talking more about Fight Night headliner type fighters and lesser known champs like Cejudo/Shev/Volk despite their skills. You should be paid for what you bring to the table.
This has no basis in reality. The UFC is no longer in the star making business. The UFC sells fights to ESPN at a bulk, fixed rate. Bringing eyes to a fight is no longer the point of the UFC, but consistency.
They have a schedule to fill up with fights and need hundreds of anonymous fighters to be able to meet those demands. Thats the whole reason a union would make their life so much better.
So Masvidal vs McGregor? Battle for who gets to dine with Trump in the white house? For #1 Trump fan belt?
Anyone surprised that he is a fan of Trump?
His diehards sound a lot like Trump supporters.
Sucks that for every Bobby Knuckles, we get 5 Colby's and Conor's, and of course something like this happens to one of the good ones (at least as far as I know).
Rob's a gamer and twitch streams too, talks about it a lot on his podcast.
Hope everything goes well for him.
Rob's a gamer and twitch streams too, talks about it a lot on his podcast.
Hope everything goes well for him.
UFC Fight Night 166 Main Card on ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET, Sat, Jan 25th):
265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Junior dos Santos
170 lbs.: Michael Chiesa vs. Rafael dos Anjos
145 lbs.: Arnold Allen vs. Nik Lentz
125 lbs.: Jordan Espinosa vs. Alex Perez
115 lbs.: Hannah Cifers vs. Angela Hill
205 lbs.: Jamahal Hill vs. Darko Stosic
UFC Fight Night 166 Prelims Card on ESPN+ (5 p.m. ET):
125 lbs.: Justine Kish vs. Lucie Pudilova
185 lbs.: Bevon Lewis vs. Dequan Townsend
135 lbs.: Montel Jackson vs. Felipe Colares
135 lbs.: Lina Lansberg vs. Sara McMann
135 lbs.: Tony Gravely vs. Brett Johns
155 lbs.: Herbert Burns vs. Nate Landwehr
Cyborg is fighting on bellator too btw.
Cormier must hate promoting jon Jones fights lol
Music from Rocky is the best walkout music
Music from Rocky is the best walkout music
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Blaydes is the prospect, but I can't not root for Junior.
These uppercuts he's throwing are insane lol.
WOW, very impressive from Blaydes.. Probably future champ.
These uppercuts he's throwing are insane lol.
WOW, very impressive from Blaydes.. Probably future champ.