"The UFC will be bigger than soccer."

[Poirierfan]

Most already knew Dana was full of shit and a piece of shit even back then, and if you didn't know, well now you know.

 

[Poirierfan]

It's definetely a lot more entertaining than soccer. Seriously, they need to do an overall on soccer. Less people on the field and make the field smaller.

The dang Soccer field is as big as a state and they score like one goal per year, lol.

 

[Azzy]

But he doesn't get any "Fight of the Night" bonuses, so.....

What's crazy is that he'll probably have multiple bonus' in his contract for just doing his job like "being there" and get paid more than any UFC fighter has made in bonus' in their career <45>

Pretty sure it was revealed Neymar Jr was paid 600k a week and also got like 300k extra a month for clapping towards the teams fans after a game.

 

[2Wasted2Day]

PSG Reportedly Offer Kylian Mbappe Highest Ever $1.1 Billion ‘Lifetime Contract’

Paris Saint-Germain have made Kylian Mbappe a 10-year, €1 billion ($1.11 billion) offer to extend his current deal according to a Defensa Central report carried by SPORT.

If accepted by the 24-year-old currently linked with a potential move to Real Madrid, it would be the highest-paid sports contract of all time and provide the Frenchman with a strong chance of topping Forbes' list of The World's Highest-Paid Athletes each year for the forseeable future.

Mbappe looked close to joining the La Liga giants ahead of last season as the five-year terms he agreed when arriving from Monaco in 2017 neared expiry.

At the last minute, however, the Russia 2018 winner ditched Real Madrid president Florentino Perez at the altar and put pen to paper on an extension at the Parc des Princes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomsan...11-billion-lifetime-contract/?sh=59accf786bc4

Red card for calling the biggest sport on the planet "Soccer"

Football mate lol

 

[Mangar]

PSG Reportedly Offer Kylian Mbappe Highest Ever $1.1 Billion ‘Lifetime Contract’

 

[Brigfa2]

One is sport, the other is organization
Real question is, is the UFC bigger than the MLS in the US?

 

[Lee_]

What's crazy is that he'll probably have multiple bonus' in his contract for just doing his job like "being there" and get paid more than any UFC fighter has made in bonus' in their career <45>

Pretty sure it was revealed Neymar Jr was paid 600k a week and also got like 300k extra a month for clapping towards the teams fans after a game.

ROFL he makes more for clapping than UFC fighters make for fighting.

 

[CPH]

MMA will never reach the ballsack of football's popularity, much less surpass it. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with that and I do love fight sport - just stating facts.

 

[Barteh]

You can't even offer 10 year contracts in football lmao. Strong fake news.

 

[Mammothman]

Soccer is the goat sport and premier sport in the planet, MMA is a d level sport that can never be in the same league as Soccer.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

lmao my childhood bud is a decent soccer player who played for NYCFC. No one would ask for an autograph or pic if he’s walking in the city. Made $2 million a year with endorsements, etc.

“According to sources, Thiago Santos might receive $22,000 in sponsorship in addition to his normal pay of $120,000. Jamahal Hill, on the other hand, might make $110,000 as a base salary and an additional $10,000 through sponsorship.” What a joke.

 

[TheShockmaster]

Lol back in 2012 Dana said teh UFC was "neck and neck with soccer"...

Neck and neck with soccer in the North America. Neck and neck with NFL everywhere else.

 

[TheShockmaster]

It's definetely a lot more entertaining than soccer. Seriously, they need to do an overall on soccer. Less people on the field and make the field smaller.

Futsal exists.

 

[TheShockmaster]

What's crazy is that he'll probably have multiple bonus' in his contract for just doing his job like "being there" and get paid more than any UFC fighter has made in bonus' in their career <45>

Pretty sure it was revealed Neymar Jr was paid 600k a week and also got like 300k extra a month for clapping towards the teams fans after a game.

They need to put a bonus in for missing his sisters birthday the incestuous bastard.

 

[Busgosu]

It's definetely a lot more entertaining than soccer. Seriously, they need to do an overall on soccer. Less people on the field and make the field smaller.

lol yeah and have them play on a mine field with surrounding moats filled with alligators and white sharks so yanks can keep their attention for 10 minutes straight

 

[Azzy]

It's definetely a lot more entertaining than soccer. Seriously, they need to do an overall on soccer. Less people on the field and make the field smaller.

That's right. You tell the most popular sport on earth how to be popular...

 

[Azzy]

The dang Soccer field is as big as a state and they score like one goal per year, lol.

Yeah! and they don't have people walking around the stands firing T-shirts at you from a bazooka.

 

[Frank Kain]

Dana had a foreshadowing of the success of Power Slap but confused it with the UFC is all.

powerslap or porn… one of them will dominate the internet, but which one?

 

[jsbx45]

You just have to give teh UFC some time to develop.

Compared to many other "staple sports"... MMA has moved past its infancy, and its awkward teenage years... & must now continue to carve out its place in teh sports world as a fresh new grown up.

definitely has zits

 

[Sgt Smith]

A lot of casual fans in both, but the regional loyalty of team sports makes a huge difference in consistency. And team sports are just more digestible for a broad array of people. Dana made a bold claim, but many people understood it was hyperbolic. Even if Dana believed it. As long as MMA remains viable as a product, doesn't really matter to me.