Nunes being ridiculous or reasonable?

[CalvilloRay]

The UFC should market her as the “the first gay champ”

Would sell

 

[teamfox223]

So not a marketable champ, but could be a marketable chimp?

Better yet she can get a role in the next planet of the apes movie, those movies are doing very well in the box office way more better pay then the UFC.

 

[eon001]

Years back, every champ will fight to defend their own titles, hardly question about the pay and publicity.

Nowadays, just becuz Conor/Rousey make tons of money, the rest started to ask for similar treatment.

Yes, Nunes isnt blonde and beautiful, so its normal that UFC find it hard to promote her compare to Ronda or even Holly. But she is a fighter, just defends a couple times, then ppl will slowly acknowledge her and give her the credit that she want.

To me, she is being ridiculous to ask for similar treatment as other stars while never plan to defends couple more times in order to achieve that status, just like the way Bispring and Woodley are trying to do previously.

What do you guys think?

I don't even think she's asking for similar treatment. They just want a extra promotional push. When she fought Rousey there was little to know coverage of Nunes. She wasn't on some of the posters and she was the champ. It's the same thing with Mighty Mouse. There not asking for the Conor treatment. They just wan't a little bit extra regarding the attention they get.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

The UFC should market her as the “the first gay champ”

Would sell

I thought Pettis already had that covered?

 

[wtkace**]

I don't even think she's asking for similar treatment. They just want a extra promotional push. When she fought Rousey there was little to know coverage of Nunes. She wasn't on some of the posters and she was the champ. It's the same thing with Mighty Mouse. There not asking for the Conor treatment. They just wan't a little bit extra regarding the attention they get.

MM will get what he want as TJ is coming for him....................but if he ask for 1M becuz of so call "Super fight", he is being ridiculous as it was TJ who throw himself into a hot pot instead of MM. MM will only get extra pay if he move on to BW, end of story.

For Nunes, she just need to defend few more times that WME will have no choice but to promote she as one of the greatest.

 

[wtkace**]

People are too sensitive nowadays, back then Tito knew UFC wanted him to lose and he still didn't care that much, he made the most of it tbh, Nunes and Cyborg would be more marketable if they didn't complain that much, even as a Brazilian fan of WMMA i have to admit that they are too stupid to realize it..

Yeah UFC probably would prefer if they were blonde cute killers, but if they aren't, just deal with it and move on, if they keep winning they will make cash, complaining won't help, this attitude is toxic to their relationship with both WME and fans.

Well, you can blame Conor for introducing that kind of work attitude to the rest of the locker room, of course in the end it will still be WME-IMG fault for not putting a stop on it.

 

[HHJ]

Well, you can blame Conor for introducing that kind of work attitude to the rest of the locker room, of course in the end it will still be WME-IMG fault for not putting a stop on it.

Conor didn't introduce that attitude. He simply made so much money that he could afford to force the UFC to play ball with him on this level. That's the natural evolution of fighters being able to make that kind of money. It was bound to happen. Dana White said it himself. "Its going to really suck dealing with fighters when the money gets that high"

Guys who aren't starving aren't gonna put up with the UFC's shit as much as the guys who cant live the next few years off their pay from one fight.

 

[eon001]

MM will get what he want as TJ is coming for him....................but if he ask for 1M becuz of so call "Super fight", he is being ridiculous as it was TJ who throw himself into a hot pot instead of MM. MM will only get extra pay if he move on to BW, end of story.

For Nunes, she just need to defend few more times that WME will have no choice but to promote she as one of the greatest.

1 million isn't even that much though. Diaz is asking for 15 million to fight Tyron. MM can't even get 1 million to continue a historical win streak?

 

[HHJ]

1 million isn't even that much though. Diaz is asking for 15 million to fight Tyron. MM can't even get 1 million to continue a historical win streak?

Just because Diaz is asking for that doesn't mean he will get it. He absolutely wont get anything near that.

 

[Quietus]

She has a point in that the UFC does more to push white girls, if someone like Paige Van Zant was at 135 and was the one to beat Ronda you'd never hear the end of it.

 

[HHJ]

She has a point in that the UFC does more to push white girls, if someone like Paige Van Zant was at 135 and was the one to beat Ronda you'd never hear the end of it.

I don't think its that at all. If Nunes had something they could use,they would use it. It has nothing to do with her nationality.

 

[Askafan]

You're a fighter coming into a big ppv and you're sick, what do you do? Fighter A says to hell with it and loses. Fighter B says I'll pull out, receives a ton of hate including from the boss of the promotion but keeps the belt. Who was right? I'd say fighter B ..... in a way Fighter A cheated just as much as if they'd thrown the fight.

So Nunes isn't flavour if the month at the UFC, because she was honest. The gay market isnt that big and Mandy's English isn't Gadelha good. Best way for her to market herself is with her fists, but against who? Go look at 135, half a dozen of the top girls have already gone to 125, others poised to go, throw in the pregnant and the sick and the cupboard is bare. ... So the winner of Zingano Vieira or Cyborg Holm.

 

[Johnny Rosa]

Can she carry a numbered ppv.....? No...?
So there's your answer.

Life isn't fair for annoying unattractive people (Ronda got lucky).

 

[12ga.]

Not everyone is gonna have "the look" "the mouth" or the "it" factor

Really easy solution to high PPVs just keep kicking everyones ass.


Lots of GOATS grew organically like silva and jones into large PPV buys.

I guarantee she smashes like 8 girls in a row like she did Ronda she'd be in 500K plus range on PPV.

 

[DarkneT]

She's worthless to the UFC
Let's be honest

 

[rufferto]

It's the way the world works. Justin Bieber and Adam Sandler are millionaires, which is not to say they're any good at what they do. It's just that a lot of people are somehow interested in what they do and are willing to pay good money to watch them do it. But if you're an up-and-coming actor or musician who wants to make as much money as they do just because you're better than them, you're just being unrealistic. And stupid.

 

[snootylol]

This women can't sell a ppv.. fucked over the UFC by pulling out of a title fight AFTER the weigh ins with sinus problems or shit... then she came back had a pretty boring "win" vs Valentina in which she scraped through due to the judges.. Oh and she actually Koed the UFC golden ticket in Ronda.. + she looks and speaks like a man..

No wonder UFC is not paying her top dollar..

Now look how they treat the likes of Bisping/Joannna they may not be able to do numbers like Conor or Ronda.. but they actually go out and try to promote.. that's why the UFC treats them well

 

[KazDibiase]

Reasonable


People keep talking about her looks and shit but the last time I checked, this is MMA not WWE or American's Next Top Model. You got muthafuckas sitting on their asses holding up divisions or asking for crazy payouts without putting the amount of work in. At least she does her job, no harm to give her the respect for that. That's why we end up losing some good fighters to other promotions, people keep forgetting this a sport, not a popularity contest.

 

[Amst3rdam]

cut wmma nobody wants to see it

 

[KazDibiase]

This women can't sell a ppv.. fucked over the UFC by pulling out of a title fight AFTER the weigh ins with sinus problems or shit... then she came back had a pretty boring "win" vs Valentina in which she scraped through due to the judges.. Oh and she actually Koed the UFC golden ticket in Ronda.. + she looks and speaks like a man..

No wonder UFC is not paying her top dollar..

Now look how they treat the likes of Bisping/Joannna they may not be able to do numbers like Conor or Ronda.. but they actually go out and try to promote.. that's why the UFC treats them well

1. She is not the only fighter to pull out of a fight before it happens.

2. This is MMA not a beauty pageant, if you're too busy worrying about looks and personality over talent then oh well.

3. They had a chance to promote her at UFC 207 which was the biggest fight of her career but guess what? They made everything about Ronda who was too scared to face the public after Holly kicked her in the name of God. Completely screwed her over.