We got Conor vs. Khabib headlining, but so far, all the other announced fights are pretty mediocre and unlikely to pull in casuals. Even if Black Beast vs. Volkov is finalized, that can't be the co-main, can it?
Based on what has been announced so far, excluding the main event, UFC 230 seems to have much better fights than 229 -- Romero, Costa, Souza, Adesanya, Diaz and Poirier.
229 obviously breaks 1 million PPV buys with Conor, but it needs some barn burners or Just Bleed fighters, or other big names to propel it past 1.6 million or even close to 2 million.
Diaz v. Dustin would have been good on 229, but smart move by the UFC putting it on 230 cause Diaz just wanted that red panty night with PPV buys generated by Conor. He knows 230 will do less than 400k buys especially since it will follow 229.
What's your ideal co-main for 229?
Based on what has been announced so far, excluding the main event, UFC 230 seems to have much better fights than 229 -- Romero, Costa, Souza, Adesanya, Diaz and Poirier.
229 obviously breaks 1 million PPV buys with Conor, but it needs some barn burners or Just Bleed fighters, or other big names to propel it past 1.6 million or even close to 2 million.
Diaz v. Dustin would have been good on 229, but smart move by the UFC putting it on 230 cause Diaz just wanted that red panty night with PPV buys generated by Conor. He knows 230 will do less than 400k buys especially since it will follow 229.
What's your ideal co-main for 229?