MMA overtaken Boxing 100%

[KingBeef]

that's because Boxing was the only game in town

It's not about being the only game in town, it's about being the biggest. MMA isn't there and it won't be in 10 years.

 

[RNC555]

19 milion watched that fight illegaly and it trended muuuch higher than ufc.

fury vs wilder was much bigger than you realize. canelo pulls bigger numbers in the states then any MMA fighter not named Conor.

at least you are a much better troll than me haha.

26+ mil in Russia alone watched Khabib vs Dustin for FREE. LOL.

There are multiple guys in the UFC that can do better numbers than Canelo. Not just 1 guy.

 

[pwforgotlolol]

Every televised, big franchise sports share the same constant truth, "how do we make more money out of this without sacrificing the integrity of the game?". MMA is constantly evolving, and rules will be changed to make it more exciting to the viewers. It's not in stasis.

buddy all combat sports will become niche in 20-30 years.

 

[bl0b]

100% is a stretch but it's close. Too bad most mma paydays are still centuries behind

You can't talk about it being a stretch in one sentence, and then in the next talk about fighter pay being "centuries" behind.

CENTURIES BRO?

In all seriousness, throw some ball park numbers at me for the following:

Low-tier UFC fighter:

Average UFC fighter:

Top-tier UFC fighter:

UFC Champion:

 

[KingBeef]

Boxing was never really that big of a sport anywhere in the world other than USA, Ex Soviet Union and some south American countries.

I guess you've never heard of the U.K?

 

[pwforgotlolol]

26+ mil in Russia alone watched Khabib vs Dustin for FREE. LOL.

20-30 Million People watched (regular Basis) the Kameda Brothers .-.. its not that impressive.

I bet they didnt even make that much money, cuz russian tv deals are one of the worst.

 

[KingBeef]

Around $9 Million



Excuse me, Ruiz gets $13 Million

Damn, that's a pretty big discrepancy. I hope Ruiz knocks his ass out again!

 

[RNC555]

20-30 Million People watched (regular Basis) the Kameda Brothers .-.. its not that impressive.

I bet they didnt even make that much money, cuz russian tv deals are one of the worst.

Doesnt matter whos making more money. MMA is more popular than boxing and its still growing more popular than boxing. MMA fighters were making nothing 15 years ago compared to today.

 

[Joe Joyce]

Meanwhile Joshua vs Ruiz II in Saudi will sell over a million PPV buys in the UK alone this weekend.

 

[Stormtrooper85]

Damn, that's a pretty big discrepancy. I hope Ruiz knocks his ass out again!

Well AJ is still the big draw. It's unfortunate for Ruiz that he has to knock him out twice to get paid well but if he does his next fight will be the big payday

 

[KingBeef]

Well AJ is still the big draw. It's unfortunate for Ruiz that he has to knock him out twice to get paid well but if he does his next fight will be the big payday

Yeah that does suck for Ruiz. Can you imagine how much money Joshua vs Wilder would have done had their promoters just signed the papers?

 

[RNC555]

Meanwhile Joshua vs Ruiz II in Saudi will sell over a million PPV buys in the UK alone this weekend.

Joshua vs Ruiz 1 did 400k ppv. Lmfao.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Yeah right. Boxing's sad decline since the early 2000s has been remarkable. In large part due to amateur boxing being ruined by that horrible point system and corrupt judges. Like those that gave Anthony Joshua his gold.

Fury, Wilder and Joshua would be lucky to be top 10 fighters in the HW division about 15 years ago.

Sad but true

Lewis would beat all three on the same night

 

[Local Plata]

Boxers still taking home those HW paychecks though.

 

[Joe Joyce]

Joshua vs Ruiz 1 did 400k ppv. Lmfao.

In the UK? Makes sense as it was on at 4AM and was expected to be a knock over job. The rematch will be on at 9pm UK time and has a lot more interest.

 

[Right Hook nut shot]

I wonder if UFC would be bigger if they started feeding their top fighters bums in order to build them up like they do in boxing. I feel like it hypes the top fights more

 

[Stormtrooper85]

Yeah that does suck for Ruiz. Can you imagine how much money Joshua vs Wilder would have done had their promoters just signed the papers?

Yes I can imagine, Wilder was offered $100 Million for 3 fights for DAZN Breazeale and 2 with AJ
Wilder turned it down and managed $20 Million for that Ortiz rematch

 

[KingBeef]

I wonder if UFC would be bigger if they started feeding their top fighters bums in order to build them up like they do in boxing

Greg Hardy says hello.

 

[Right Hook nut shot]

Greg Hardy says hello.

He's not a top fighter tho

 

[wolfss]

100% is a stretch but it's close. Too bad most mma paydays are still centuries behind

Some of the undercard boxers on the canelo fight made $1500 and boxing is very unforgiving. Either you have all the talent and are worth it or are mediocre and worth nothing and Canelo takes it ALL!!!! Middle of the road mma make more than middle of the road boxers.