*** Official Sherdog Power Slap Discussion ***Power Slap 14 Friday July 18 @ 9pm EST (Stream Post #7,792)

[wwkirk]

Heil Honey I'm Home, a sitcom about Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun living next door to a Jewish couple (genuine TV show, BTW).

Holy Smokes! I had never heard of this! I'm gonna watch that shit right this minute! Thanks Shermano.

Spoiler: If you want to see it, here it is

 

[Vulve]

power slap is unironically great though
stupid and/or autistic people (aka redditors) dont get the 2nd and 3rd degree humor in it

 

[Elvis.]

Power slap is a disgrace, Dana being associated with it is an embarrassment to martial arts , but then most of what Dana says in an embarrassment

 

[Gamer007]

I would absolutely expect Dana and crew to be the kind to hire someone to create 250 million views from bots. In fact I cannot imagine that they would not do this.

It's probably why he's going on and on about "social media exposure" being the highest of any sport, beating all other sports combined, and other falsehoods. Social media numbers are all they can point to, and they paid for them.

The number is at 268 million now, it's so absurdly high I had some similar thoughts.


People really love their violence in short 30-60 second clips I guess <45>


Genuinely though, can you KO a man with just an open hand slap? I think you need to do a slight palm strike or bluntly him them on the face to get a KO. The rules have to be terrible and fairly inconsistent in Power Slap, subjecting yourself to that is crazy. These guys are getting brutally KO'd by palm strikes in every clip I've seen. Even if your KO'd by a foul, the KO clip will still make the rounds and nobody cares smh.

 

[mjoln]

Its too complicated for next generation

It's not the right time to be sober
Now, the idiots have taken over
Spreading like a social cancer, is there an answer?
Mensa membership conceding
Tell me why and how are all the stupid people breeding?
Watson, it's really elementary
Industrial revolution
Has flipped the bitch on evolution
The benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized
What a bummer
The world keeps getting dumber
Insensitivity is standard
And faith is being fancied over reason
Darwin's rolling over in his coffin
The fittest are surviving much less often
Now, everything seems to be reversing, and it's worsening
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool
Now, angry mob mentality is no longer the exception, it's the rule
And I'm startin' to feel a lot like Charlton Heston
Stranded on a primate planet

 

[NoSmilez]

I don't think anyone really follows it but they wouldn't be opposed to watching it for a minute after stumbling across it online. It's just two people slapping the shit out of each other.

 

[Nihongi]

Sometimes I really fucking hate Dana

 

[RockyLockridge]

so basically it's lowest common denominator trash that takes no talent to participate in?

 

[Cooliox]

Dana acting like he created the UFC... "early days"

Nah, he convinced his Mafia Friends to buy a product that had already established itself.

Lorenzo just happened to be the commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and voted against sanctioning UFC in Nevada...so the UFC pretty much hit a dead end.

Then Zuffa bought the UFC and got it sanctioned.


By the time Dana had his "early days" in the UFC, which was UFC 30 - Tito Ortiz was already LHW Champ, Randy Couture was already HW Champ... Dana already had stars in his 'early days'

 

[Chaotic Progressor]

'I could not give a shit what the rest of the world thinks'... well, it kind of matters, at least a percentage, otherwise how do you expect to have it valued at 18bn or it be bigger than UFC, if nobody likes or is watching it. I'm not saying nobody is, obviously some are, but it doesn't seem to be growing and I never see a fight fan excited or interested, just casually, and it's about as accessible as it gets - as he's implying - therefore you'd think you'd see tons of people like 'this is awesome!', all I see is people mocking it.

 

[gentel]

FPS

 

[xhaydenx]

Nobody works in views lol

They work in likes and tangible interactions haha

Views = ads, which is huge money.

 

[Ares Black]

Views = ads, which is huge money.

This is Underpants Gnomes stuff.

Views mean very little in social media metrics because they can easily be manipulated. Advertisers know this, and do not base their business model on views.

For context, a Youtube short with 250 million "views" pays the creator about 15 grand. A billion views sounds like a lot, and in context it can be. But it is not accurate to say that views = ads = huge money.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Soccer continues to get knocked down the popularity rankings...

 

[xhaydenx]

This is Underpants Gnomes stuff.

Views mean very little in social media metrics because they can easily be manipulated. Advertisers know this, and do not base their business model on views.

For context, a Youtube short with 250 million "views" pays the creator about 15 grand. A billion views sounds like a lot, and in context it can be. But it is not accurate to say that views = ads = huge money.

No idea what you mean by Underpants Gnomes or whatever, but alright lol.

I thought 250 million views would get you a lot more than 15k, but I guess not.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

This is Underpants Gnomes stuff.

Views mean very little in social media metrics because they can easily be manipulated. Advertisers know this, and do not base their business model on views.

For context, a Youtube short with 250 million "views" pays the creator about 15 grand. A billion views sounds like a lot, and in context it can be. But it is not accurate to say that views = ads = huge money.

Claima White reckons the business is worth $450 million.

Genuinely dude claimed that.

 

[Ares Black]

No idea what you mean by Underpants Gnomes or whatever, but alright lol.

I thought 250 million views would get you a lot more than 15k, but I guess not.

 

[pick999]

Neck and neck with TikTok models

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Power slap is a disgrace, Dana being associated with it is an embarrassment to martial arts , but then most of what Dana says in an embarrassment

Agreed.
its crap and the same thing happens in every event. There is only so much that can happen, a slap and then on to the next bout. There is no variety and it will get boring and stale real quick. It was stale and boring after the first few.

At least in UFC there is a huge variety in every fight and so many different outcomes that can happen.

There is no skill and talent involved, I guarantee if you got 100 strong guys off the street, physically strong adult men and put them all on there with the current roster you would get all mixed results, it will be random wins and losses. Its no art.

 

[Levi_]

Dana acting like he created the UFC... "early days"

Nah, he convinced his Mafia Friends to buy a product that had already established itself.

Lorenzo just happened to be the commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and voted against sanctioning UFC in Nevada...so the UFC pretty much hit a dead end.

Then Zuffa bought the UFC and got it sanctioned.


By the time Dana had his "early days" in the UFC, which was UFC 30 - Tito Ortiz was already LHW Champ, Randy Couture was already HW Champ... Dana already had stars in his 'early days'

Right, and the rules that the SEG UFC had put in place were mostly what we have now BEFORE the UFC bought the company. SEG had already made it into a sport to appease critics; they just didn't have the Wise Guy help that Dana did.