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Being White helps
I purposely looked at champions that were pre-WME because the fact that the product as a whole is down right now.Subpar as to opposed by what? Certainly not the numbers the UFC are doing now.
Conor is special. He's got pretty much all of what takes being a draw. Except being undefeated. But, and this is important, he's got legit excuses when he gets defeated. He literally moved from 145 to 170 when he got beat by Nate i.e. Got beat by Mayweather, did better than most expected.
Depends on the ones you knock out. In general, being a KO artist is definitely gonna make you more marketable.
Why was Tyson marketable? 90% of it was because he was a KO artist.
Say what you want, but whiteness is sadly a factor.
Even the poster above me that says Conor, Ronda, Brock and GSP are very different had to notice they all have the same skin color
Conor became a UFC megastar immediately after KOing..Brimage
For the UFC machine? White, aesthetic, blonde, colored eyes (not brown).
PVZ, Sage, Conor, Ronda, Brock. They really had Cody, even though he's missing come of the criteria. They really wanted Till. Ngannou was an outlier, white people have always had a thing for "beastly" black men.
The one guy who doesn't fit the mold and is widely considered the greatest MMA fighter of all time? There goes my argument.So I guess i.e. Jones isn't getting preferential treatment?
No, he didn't. He became a potential star.
They don't have to be attractive but they can't be ugly.
They don't have to be attractive but they can't be ugly.
Brock is quite ugly...and so was Kimbo, may he rest in peace
Winning fights
I disagree I think being really ugly can be a benefit if you play it right.
It works for Danny Trejo in Hollywood, can’t think about it in MMA.
I guess this applys more for women.Brock is quite ugly...and so was Kimbo, may he rest in peace
What is the difference between potential star and the real one, in your opinion?