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Conor vs Nate III
Masvidal vs Edwards
This is what the UFC wants.
Three categories:
1) Super casuals... people who dont watch sports and only tune in for superstars... theyll only pay for Conor, Ronda, Brock, or Big Drama like if Colby called Kamaru the N-Word on ESPN. Theyll generally only tune in if everyone else is tuning in to fit in. The supercasuals are the majority of Conors/Rondas/Brocks PPV buys as they sell over a million ppvs.
2) Casuals... the general sports fan only tune in for stars... Theyll tune in because espn will be promoting the hell out of this fight while theyre watching NBA. These cards will get 500k buys.
3) Hardcores... people who post on mma forums tune in for every good card... theyll pay for a stacked card with many high ranked fighters, but dont have star names. These cards will get 200k buys.
"Who wouldnt want to see that fight", they say.... Ill tell you who... the super casuals.
I was watching mma with a girl once...Yoel KO'd Chris Weidman with a flying knee and she's like "that didn't look like it hit hard"... I told her that her head would be in outer space if that connected on her.
My point is, because they cannot relate to or understand what makes Masvidals flying knee so special, they wont be inclined to buy the PPV after they see their promotion of it.
Ill tell you what they do understand though, Drama. EVERYONE can relate to drama, and when you're not in the middle of it, its fun to observe. Its why Ronda and Conor sold so much. Their fights always had Drama. Girls see ronda being a bitch, and they think "she's so catty!!!", and they buy it.
Nate vs Masvidal will not rake in the Super Casuals. Theyll rake in the casuals and hardcores, amounting to probably about 600k ppvs, which is still good... but its not maximizing profit. Nate by himself fighting someone else not named Masvidal or Conor could probably pull 400k-500k.
TLDR:
Drama sells...
Edwards vs Masvidal... Big drama show
Conor vs Nate III... Big drama show
Nate vs Masvidal... cool fight... but No Big Drama show
The End
EDIT:
Conor wants the fight.
Nates probably taking the money fight over the gangstar fight.
Masvidal vs Edwards
This is what the UFC wants.
Three categories:
1) Super casuals... people who dont watch sports and only tune in for superstars... theyll only pay for Conor, Ronda, Brock, or Big Drama like if Colby called Kamaru the N-Word on ESPN. Theyll generally only tune in if everyone else is tuning in to fit in. The supercasuals are the majority of Conors/Rondas/Brocks PPV buys as they sell over a million ppvs.
2) Casuals... the general sports fan only tune in for stars... Theyll tune in because espn will be promoting the hell out of this fight while theyre watching NBA. These cards will get 500k buys.
3) Hardcores... people who post on mma forums tune in for every good card... theyll pay for a stacked card with many high ranked fighters, but dont have star names. These cards will get 200k buys.
"Who wouldnt want to see that fight", they say.... Ill tell you who... the super casuals.
I was watching mma with a girl once...Yoel KO'd Chris Weidman with a flying knee and she's like "that didn't look like it hit hard"... I told her that her head would be in outer space if that connected on her.
My point is, because they cannot relate to or understand what makes Masvidals flying knee so special, they wont be inclined to buy the PPV after they see their promotion of it.
Ill tell you what they do understand though, Drama. EVERYONE can relate to drama, and when you're not in the middle of it, its fun to observe. Its why Ronda and Conor sold so much. Their fights always had Drama. Girls see ronda being a bitch, and they think "she's so catty!!!", and they buy it.
Nate vs Masvidal will not rake in the Super Casuals. Theyll rake in the casuals and hardcores, amounting to probably about 600k ppvs, which is still good... but its not maximizing profit. Nate by himself fighting someone else not named Masvidal or Conor could probably pull 400k-500k.
TLDR:
Drama sells...
Edwards vs Masvidal... Big drama show
Conor vs Nate III... Big drama show
Nate vs Masvidal... cool fight... but No Big Drama show
The End
EDIT:
Conor wants the fight.
Nates probably taking the money fight over the gangstar fight.
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