What does that mean?!? Lineal?
Really? Since when is unifying titles 'no biggie'?
Nah, by most people I mean most people. Champion vs champion has historically always sold well. You're in the minority here sugar.
Think you're actually in the minority on this. Most people are excited to see Nate back in the UFC, and against some contenders at WW. But fighting for the belt is stupid, we got enough log jam in the UFC WW division.
Unifying titles only matters when both organizations are topic tier, and a title unification isn't marketable when half the fans haven't even heard of one of the titles. Strikeforce never got to that high status, and a unifying bout with the champion of a failing organization is nearly meaningless, especially when that organization has little history of success to point to.
Nate is a good fighter, and I hope his success at 170 continues, but anyone who takes his 170 belt to be in the same category as GSP's is deluding themselves.
Really? How many champ vs champ fights have we had? Rampage vs Hendo?
UFC 75 - free TV (Jackson vs. Henderson)
Hendo vs Silva?
UFC 88 - 640,000 (Liddell vs. Evans)
UFC 87 - 625,000 (Lesnar vs. Herring)
UFC 86 - 520,000 (Jackson vs. Griffin)
UFC 85 - 225,000 (Hughes vs. Alves)
UFC 84 - 475,000 (Penn vs. Sherk)
UFC 83 - 525,000 (St. Pierre vs. Serra II)
UFC 82 - 325,000 (Silva vs. Henderson)
UFC 81 - 650,000 (Lesnar vs. Mir)
UFC 80 - 225,000 (Penn vs. Stevenson)
UFC 79 - 600,000 (Liddell vs. W. Silva)
UFC 78 - 400,000 (Bisping vs. Evans)
Astronomical numbers and clearly and historically sold better than other PPVs in the same time frame.........
Thanks for the idiotic post. Get a clue.
Marquardt via epic 20 hit Killer Instinct combo
what's the 2nd UFC belt?
Does Hendo not have a belt then? Cos u'd think u get to keep a copy of the belt? How else would Rampage have one?
Interested - always wondered how it works...
To be fair Henderson was coming off a loss when he fought Silva and had lost a considerable amount of steam by the time that fight came about. And the fact that his unification bout against Rampage was on free tv doesn't mean it doesn't count. Would it not have done better than most of the ppvs that you listed had it been on pay-per-view as well?
Unifying titles only matters when both organizations are topic tier, and a title unification isn't marketable when half the fans haven't even heard of one of the titles. Strikeforce never got to that high status, and a unifying bout with the champion of a failing organization is nearly meaningless, especially when that organization has little history of success to point to.
Nate is a good fighter, and I hope his success at 170 continues, but anyone who takes his 170 belt to be in the same category as GSP's is deluding themselves.
But according to you, it doesn't matter if he was coming off a loss. It is champion vs champion after all, and that sells. Right?
Being a big fish in a small pond doesn't make NM a credible threat to GSP. Hell, im pretty sure he doesnt even have a top 10 win at 170
Thankfully for myself I don't consider it on the level of GSP's belt and have actually argued the contrary multiple times in this thread. But some of you are completely ignoring the point. It's still champ of the premier org vs champ of the second biggest org of the same weight class. That still means something.
What does that mean?!? Lineal?
According to me it doesn't matter if he was coming off a loss? Point out to me where I said anything even remotely similar to that.
It unifies into the UNDISPUTED UFC (add weight division here) Championship. I would LOVE to see GSP vs Marquardt. Would be a great fight. We first have to see how Marquardt does against Saffiedine later this month.