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By the way, I don't see it as them being happy with Nate, it's just them trying to salvage a botched MSG card with whatever gimmicks they can unitize in time. MSG is supposed to be their crown jewel event, they'll work hard for it not to be an embarrassing failure.
Both have iron chins, Nate has pillow fists and Jorge is a perpetual quitter who takes rounds off and has 27 decisions in his career. That fight could also end up being a stinker and the worst on the card.
The concept of paying to pay is fucking insane. What's even more insane is that this is accurate with respect to needing to have ESPN plus to buy a ppv. (At least I think it's accurate. Haven't bought ppv in a while.)In this day and age, if it does more than 500k that would be remarkable. The espn deal has likely severely diminished buy rates due to accessibility and it being a paywall to a paywall.
The concept of paying to pay is fucking insane. What's even more insane is that this is accurate with respect to needing to have ESPN plus to buy a ppv. (At least I think its accurate. Haven't bought ppv in a while.)
I think you're overestimating the title aspect of things. People care about stars and great fights. There is no doubt Nate is a massive star and Masvidal is one of the hottest names in the sport right now, as well. Honestly, I feel as if this fight does better buy wise than most title fights that can be put up right now. I can make a strong argument that Nate is the 2nd strongest NA draw behind Conor.The model changed with ESPN, but if you go by the old search numbers and shit, Nate's last PPV would've indicated 600k PPV buys. It did have the GOAT HW title on the line, though. And a Mr. Olympia showdown.
I doubt this hits more than 350k even by old standards. There just nothing on the line for anyone and the main event is kind of weak sauce.