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The fans Ronda and Conor brought in must be jumping ship.
Nunes had two devastating KO's on two huge PPV's that she main evented & could not build a fanbase
This one is not on UFC
She should have been a superstar from Tate at 200 & then retiring RR
You cannot promote someone with the personality of a wet paper bag. Most fighters are borderline functional and uninteresting as all fuck.You can't build a fan base unless you're a massive shit talker like McGregor(So basically doing the UFC's job of promoting for free) because the UFC aren't going to do their job and properly promote you. The promotion aspect of the UFC has always been garbage, that's why they currently have zero stars with drawing power.
The Bellator tournament is a joke, it’s filled with guys past their prime and Light Heavyweights and the best actual Heavyweight in the thing left the UFC on a L to...
Ronda Rousey’s husband, and don’t even get me started on Kimbo/Dada and Shamrock/Gracie.
The UFC’s biggest issue is fighters ducking/sitting out and injuries/weight cuts/USADA, if they could get that sorted and we could actually see fights like Khabib/Tony and Dillashaw/MM everything would be okay.
The UFC has a bunch of good fights they can make and they’ve made some of them like Whittaker/Romero, Stipe/DC and Holloway/Ortega but there’s other fights that need to be made too.
You can't build a fan base unless you're a massive shit talker like McGregor(So basically doing the UFC's job of promoting for free) because the UFC aren't going to do their job and properly promote you. The promotion aspect of the UFC has always been garbage, that's why they currently have zero stars with drawing power.
So a steroid user that has never won a big fight moving up 2 weigh classes to to fight a guy that hasn’t beat anyone relevant in 6 years moves your needle?
Neither fight has any appeal. A bunch of washed up guys and a top LHW that nobody has ever clamoured to see. If you find this interesting I would assume you are mildly retarded.
Oh yea I forgot to add....Need more proof?
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Be...nce-of-605000-to-Paramount-Network-CMT-136711
Also PPV did 85k. LOL.
UFC is dying bro.
No I cruise all the forums and have never heard anyone mention this match up before it was made sorry, keep lying and something may stick.There's a subforum just for those threads. Probably why you haven't heard of it. Otherwise the whole front page would be all Chael vs Fedor.
Did you search for "Chael vs Fedor"? It's there.No I cruise all the forums and have never heard anyone mention this match up before it was made sorry, keep lying and something may stick.
Need more proof?
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Be...nce-of-605000-to-Paramount-Network-CMT-136711
Also PPV did 85k. LOL.
UFC is dying bro.
Don't you need a membership to enter that one though?Did you search for "Chael vs Fedor"? It's there.
Ah, there's the problem right there.Don't you need a membership to enter that one though?
TLDR
Are you really that easy to troll?
You get it ...
Few things to piggy back on
1. The 85k number is BS. There are no numbers yet, but it certainly could be that low (I predicted under 100k)
2. UFC will be worth $6b in 2019. That is a 50% increase in 2.5 years. That is the opposite off death
3. Comparing prelim numbers to a tentpole event is silly. Both numbers sucked though.
4. UFC grossed 35x what Bellator did in 2017 & Bellator lost money in 2017 (according to John Nash) while UFC made a rumored $275-300m profit
Now the Nunes/Pennington bombed huge. No arguing that.
MMA is in a bad slump interest wise, but as a company UFC is as sound financially as they can be.
A good way to put it is:
UFC are less of a fight promotion but more of a content provider these days. That is where the money is & why they make bank in a low interest year.
Khabib is slowly building a fanbase
If Khabib KO'd Conor in the first round (like Nunes did with RR), he would be a huge draw, like Nate could be
She had two huge showcases & had her two best fights & nobody cared.
That is not on UFC
Others you can build a good case for, but not her
You can't build a fan base unless you're a massive shit talker like McGregor(So basically doing the UFC's job of promoting for free) because the UFC aren't going to do their job and properly promote you. The promotion aspect of the UFC has always been garbage, that's why they currently have zero stars with drawing power.
Hey @FrankieNYC, you've probably answered this before, but is there an estimate at how many PPVs need to be sold for a given event to break even? Seems like 85K PPV sales might barely break even or be a loss.