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Nope, those days are gone and they probably aren't coming back.
LESNAR SELLS and most sherdoggers hate him
What's a Silva super fight? Obviously GSP & Bones would be the top two but do people of your opinion feel that's it? I would say other AS super fights, which I guess you would say would get a guaranteed mil buys are: say a Vitor fight, maybe Hendo, Say Forrest when eh was really popular a few years back(unlike AS he has headlined a mil buy ppv) imagine if a fight like that was on a stacked card with BJ penn as main event... What if some a loud trash talker who gets lots of ESPN & Jim Rome time fought AS? Since AS hasn't got a mil buys clearly none of these fights ever happened but just imagine if they ever did. Clearly AS would be all over the list in the OP....
Apparently he isn't all you need.
A superfight with Anderson, whether against GSP or Jones, could do it. And it would do gangbusters, possible in the 1,250,000-1,500,000 range.
This couldnt happen this year, but I have believed for some time, that if Overeem put together 5 or 6 devastating wins in a row, that he could be a solid PPV earner for the UFC. I believe that casuals would get excited about a beast like Overeem, if he was murking everyone.
GSP needs more competition like Diaz, that fans WANT to see fight him, if only to see GSP school him. GSP is a great ppv seller, but being the perfect "face", he needs a good "heel" to sell the really big numbers. I wish Hendricks reputation in wrestling would have carried over to MMA, he has behaved to well. If Hendricks had the terrible reputation added to his performances, he would have had a title shot already.
UFC fighters need to really work on their ability do make fans. I do not have any suggestions, but I feel that the fighters need to see themselves as a franchise or business unto themselves. They shouldnt rely on the UFC to be the sole source of hype, build up and advertiser for their names. Fighters with dedicated fan bases make more money and can fight making top dollar for much much longer than other fighters that are much better than them but couldnt or wouldnt take the time to generate a loyal following. To put another way, if Sonnen had all the ability and skill of Anderson Silva, he would be the most famous MMA fighter in history. If Fedor(and maybe Anderson) would have had Sonnen's mic skills(in english especially and minus M-1 cause fuck those guys) he would of been the most recognized FIGHTER of his time.(including Boxing)
Don't the UFC not release the buyrate, it's just Meltzer making up numbers and writing 'according to sources the number was this: ....'
Not a chance. People dont give a fuck about the UFC as much as they used to. The fad has run its course, the luster is leaving, the new penny shine gone.
The only chance for 1 million buys is if Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather is on the card.
2nd rate org bellator just did close to a million views on free tv, mma aint dying.
If mexicans are good on PPV for boxing, then maybe Cain will be a draw. Anything below WW aint gonna break 1 million unless they had FW, BW and FlyW titles fights all on one card.