I agree. Even though he is the best fighter he doesn't sell PPVs or tickets. $600K win or lose sounds pretty good for him compared to other fighters. He probably has PPV points but he doesn't sell enough PPVs to earn much on it.
They aren't terrible but it does show he's not a big draw. Jones vs DC sold over 800K
we'll have to see how Jones vs Gus does. But I get your point, there aren't many people who sell PPVs nowadays.
Stipe is doing what he needs to do before the inevitable 3 defence curse kicks in.
Sadly you're right. Just goes to show you how dumb the average mma fan is.No one knows who the baddest man on the planet is with Stipe on top. He doesn't have a typical American name. He is very tied to a Croatian population which is small in the US. The fact he's handsome and a fireman doesn't put butts in seats. Persona does -
He just KO'd or TKO'd Hunt, Arlovski, Werdum, Overeem and JDS in a row.No one knows who the baddest man on the planet is with Stipe on top. He doesn't have a typical American name. He is very tied to a Croatian population which is small in the US. The fact he's handsome and a fireman doesn't put butts in seats. Persona does -
Sad sad days we live in , look at boxing top draws who were killers , Pac was a killer with 0 charisma , GGG is a killer with 0 Charisma , IRON MIKE 0 charisma , ppl payed top dollars knowing they will see Mike KO someone in one round and they were fine with it , if you have a killer that KO everyone in the first round and he is a HW which is the top division in any combat sport and you fail to promote him its your promotion that is failing.
Agreed, except the part about Tyson having 0 charisma. You don't have to be a big talker to have charisma, some people create it via "persona".
He didn't create anything , the promoters created the killer persona for him (and he did the rest in the ring of course) , every fight they will tell us how scary he is and how the other guy is scared (which is obvious) they managed to convince the world that he was the scariest man alive (which he was
) , the same as the MMA HW champ should be looked upon , boxing is rallying back behind the HW division again , when you have a good HW division its the best show on earth.
I WOULD SAY THAT TYSON'S PERFORMANCES PRECEDED THE PROMOTIONAL CLAIMS.He didn't create anything , the promoters created the killer persona for him (and he did the rest in the ring of course) , every fight they will tell us how scary he is and how the other guy is scared (which is obvious) they managed to convince the world that he was the scariest man alive (which he was
ppl love violent man when they watch MMA or boxing they love to have a killer to root for as they want to feel apart of the killer team , Charisma is of course a big + but good promoters in the past did great with MUCH less talented showmans as Conor for example.
He also acted like a very scary guy himself. You couldn't sell Stipe as the scariest man on earth because he doesn't act like it.He didn't create anything , the promoters created the killer persona for him (and he did the rest in the ring of course) , every fight they will tell us how scary he is and how the other guy is scared (which is obvious) they managed to convince the world that he was the scariest man alive (which he was
ppl love violent man when they watch MMA or boxing they love to have a killer to root for as they want to feel apart of the killer team , Charisma is of course a big + but good promoters in the past did great with MUCH less talented showmans as Conor for example.
Cain isn't ready
