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I almost hope that Machida or Hendo get a minor injury just a few days before the fight so their fight is cancelled and see how many people order the ppv
I don't imagine that hardly anyone outside the MMA/Judo community really knows who she is or gives a shit about what she has to say.
I'm saying people buy cards based on the headlining main event. This has always been the case and will always be the case.
Rhonda will be judged on her results.
Good or bad PPV numbers will be on her head.
If it sells bad, it won't be because of Hendo vs Machida, it will be all on her.
really? so being on conan, hosting TMZ, being on the cover of ESPN is the domain of MMA/JUDO people. please just shut up if you have nothing intelligent to say.
I almost hope that Machida or Hendo get a minor injury just a few days before the fight so their fight is cancelled and see how many people order the ppv
Who shit in your cereal, mate?
Just because the UFC hype train is trying to shove her down everyone's throat doesn't mean that people care. Time will tell.
ANd I'm saying you're wrong. I've personally bought cards based on fights other than the main event. Sometimes it's the main, sometimes it's the co-main, sometimes it's the undercard, or the entire card.
This isn't boxing where one fight determines the card. This is why half of the discussions are about watered down cards, whether undercards are weak, or stacked cards.
Other things can go into the decision whether or not to buy or not to buy than just the main event.
I would venture to say that you could put "Appearance by Brock Lesnar" on the poster and advertisements and you will get some extra buys just because of that.
You are making it sound like you could put Lesnar/Fedor, Jones/Prime Liddell, and GSP/Silva on the undercard and people would make their decision solely based on Rousey, just the same as if the undercard was made up entirely of amateur journeymen. People do make decisions based on the undercard.
Now, I agree that she will be judged the numbers. But that doesn't mean she holds the sole responsibility. There was a poll on this very site that asked if people would pay for a PPV she headlined. Most of the responses were along the lines of "What does the undercard look like?"
Satoshi Ishi won GOLD!! Look how far that got him. COuld he headline a UFC PPV because of his medal?? The fact that someone can just walk in with high level judo and tear through a division just shows how weak WMMA obviously is. No man could walk into the UFC with just judo and get very far.
EDIT: i apologise, i was getting worked up and let my frustrations out on you. this anti rousey shit has me posting angry and i need to calm down before replying.
again sorry
Well see, I'm not talking about you personally. You can buy cards for whatever reasons you want to.
But when the public buys an MMA card, they buy the headlining main event. So when the public will buy UFC 157, they will buy the Rhonda VS Carmouche event because that's the Headlining Main Event.
That's how it goes.
I almost hope that Machida or Hendo get a minor injury just a few days before the fight so their fight is cancelled and see how many people order the ppv
you must be one angry dike
Well see, I'm not talking about you personally. You can buy cards for whatever reasons you want to.
But when the public buys an MMA card, they buy the headlining main event. So when the public will buy UFC 157, they will buy the Rhonda VS Carmouche event because that's the Headlining Main Event.
That's how it goes.
That isn't how it works. Just like I buy my PPVs for different reasons, so does everyone else. I'm not going to assume the community at large are all sharing a brain. Some people will buy for Rousey, some will buy for the entire card. Different people have different reasons.
When people say, "this is a stacked card, definitely worth my $60", I think it's safe to say, they aren't making their decision based just on one fight/fighter.
i was not apologising to you, your comment was fucking retarded and deserved my derision.