Masdival saying Colby is not a draw is truth

Goosemen said:
I was expecting the Masdival fight to make him into a star because Jorge is a big name, but the guy still has under 1 million IG followers. He's a great fighter and has a good shtick but the casuals don't give a shit. The event probably did decent ppv sales but not because of Colby.

Khamzat is going to send him to LW, Dana was saying he wanted Colby to move down at the last press conference anyway.

Really want to see Colby vs Justin at LW. Maybe he can become more of a star at LW because it's a more popular division. I think you need finishes to be popular though.

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Fuck, who cares? Just fight. Colby, as much as he comes off as a dick is still a talented fighter. He made Jorge look like a novice. Thats all that matters in hindsight. People will argue its a business and you need to sell yourself. That attitude probably ruined just as many careers as its built up. These guys are fighters not influencers.
 
Ezekiel 25:17 said:
Fuck, who cares? Just fight. Colby, as much as he comes off as a dick is still a talented fighter. He made Jorge look like a novice. Thats all that matters in hindsight. People will argue its a business and you need to sell yourself. That attitude probably ruined just as many careers as its built up.
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Colby cares. I actually think he deserves more for all the hard work he does on his shtick, but the fans don't seem to agree.
 
He isn't. It's funny because he probably tries the hardest out everyone to be. He can beat most in his division but it wont be pretty.
 
Joolazoo said:
I understand the point. Jorge is a draw by himself. Put him up against anyone and it will do good numbers. Colby is a draw because of his act and the conflict it brings with other famous fighters. If he has a fight with someone he is friendly with or not manufacturing beef is anyone going to watch because of his entertainment in the cage? You watch Kamaru/Izzy/Francis/Yan/Gaethje/Chandler etc because they are either incredibly entertaining or skilled and if they have an interesting storyline in addition it adds to it. You watch Colby fights BECAUSE of the storyline, so much so no one seemed to be talking about the huge chance Masvidal just gets wrestlefucked and it's a relatively boring fight.

I still think Colby is insanely talented but his style is boring and his act is larger than life so almost all his "attention" is for the conflict he has with other people.
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Same w Chael
 
Chris Lytle and Paul Taylor were one of the MOST exciting fighters in the history of the UFC. But they were also super respectful and bland in interviews and in the MMA media. Because of that, they were easily forgotten despite like having a million fight of the night bonuses.

Point is, you can be exciting in a cage but if you are not stirring the pot then you are not creating storylines that people would wish to follow.
 
Queenofchaos said:
Colbys sold more ppv in his last three than masvidal, Nate Diaz and porier. Not involving Connor.
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You’ve said this a few times that I’ve seen. Do you have a link to Woodley vs Colby? Was that the ME? Because I can’t imagine that selling for shit. Then two Usman fights. While Masvidal had that big Usman ppv, the rematch, and the BMF fight I believe? I’m sorry but I’m going to need some kind of link on this. Because there’s no way Colby sold more than Usman or Masvidal. And both those guys were the A side of their fights with Colby.
 
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Ogata said:
Chris Lytle and Paul Taylor were one of the MOST exciting fighters in the history of the UFC. But they were also super respectful and bland in interviews and in the MMA media. Because of that, they were easily forgotten despite like having a million fight of the night bonuses.

Point is, you can be exciting in a cage but if you are not stirring the pot then you are not creating storylines that people would wish to follow.
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You dont have to "stir the pot" but if nothing ELSE is working...
 
TempleoftheDog said:
You’ve said this a few times that I’ve seen. Do you have a link to Woodley vs Colby? Was that the ME? Because I can’t imagine that selling for shit. Then two Usman fights. While Masvidal had that big Usman ppv, the rematch, and the BMF fight I believe? I’m sorry but I’m going to need some kind of link on this. Because there’s no way Colby sold more than Usman or Masvidal. And both those guys were the A side of their fights with Colby.
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Woodley fight does not count
 
Queenofchaos said:
Ok then give us a reason khabib wouldn't move up unless he knew he was gonna lose
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Why doesnt colby move up unless he knew he was gonna lose. Give us a reason.
 
HHJ said:
Why doesnt colby move up unless he knew he was gonna lose. Give us a reason.
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He has already challenged the champion Izzy. He isn't scared. When did khabib challenge Usman or Colby?

You keep embarrassing yourself
 
Queenofchaos said:
He has already challenged the champion Izzy. He isn't scared. When did khabib challenge Usman or Colby?

You keep embarrassing yourself
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He says alot of things. Doing them is another matter altogether. Jones said he would move up to HW too.
 
HHJ said:
No,not really.
All it proves is he was on a ppv.
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To be clear I root for Colby to get ktfo every fight.

That being said what he has shown in the cage has lowkey made me a fan. The Kurt Angle theme the over the top pro wrestling style heel lol all of it except he takes it too far with the family shit.
 
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