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I’ve been seeing a lot of talk of how Colby is some sort of star/draw in the sport but in reality he’s not anywhere close. His fight prior to Usman was a main event against Lawler on ESPN (keep in mind by this point he had fully embraced his persona). He was paid 45k to show, 45k to win and 10k fight week incentive pay (100k total)To put that in perspective that same card Jim Miller got paid 95k just to show, Clay guida made 81k and Mickey Gall made 65k.
On top of all that the event was the lowest watched ESPN card with a total of 680,000 almost 300,000 short of the second lowest ESPN main event RDA vs Edwards.
In terms of social media following, colby has 392,000 ig followers to put that in perspective Woodley has 1.5 million, Holloway has 2 million, Gaethje has 800k, Ortega has 700k. He’s on par with guys like Yair Rodriguez with 334,000 and Kevin Lee with 330,000.
Overall conclusion he’s paid like a low to mid tier fighter, his cards don’t sell, has a poor social media following despite his antics. This has also led him to being banned from ATT and losing friendships with people who have known over 10+ years.
On top of all that the event was the lowest watched ESPN card with a total of 680,000 almost 300,000 short of the second lowest ESPN main event RDA vs Edwards.
In terms of social media following, colby has 392,000 ig followers to put that in perspective Woodley has 1.5 million, Holloway has 2 million, Gaethje has 800k, Ortega has 700k. He’s on par with guys like Yair Rodriguez with 334,000 and Kevin Lee with 330,000.
Overall conclusion he’s paid like a low to mid tier fighter, his cards don’t sell, has a poor social media following despite his antics. This has also led him to being banned from ATT and losing friendships with people who have known over 10+ years.
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