Why hasn't the UFC been able to produce a major crossover star since Conor?

[Söze Aldo]

How many major cross-over stars even exist in all of combat sports - who had their breakout later than Conor's (so 2016 or later)

List all of them.

Like...I'm not even sure how many major boxing stars got their breakthrough after Conor had his?
Fury, Wilder, Joshua? Do you count Usyk and Loma?

Canelo was fighting before Conor, but his biggest (non-Mayweather) fights came after 2016. Tank Davis and Ryan Garcia are pretty big at least compared to the non-Conor UFC stars. Jake Paul technically counts, it sucks but he is one of the biggest names in combat sports right now, the Tyson fight was huge.

 

[Venom]

Conor is legitimatly crazy and evil so he was able to pull off a great heel. He has no acting ability as we saw in road house. It has to be real.

It's very hard for normies to sell that WWE character because these are not actors.

Best character traits are low shame, extroversion, sociopathic tendencies. They make you a huge asshole but it sells.

 

[Eater of Souls]

The UFC has never built a crossover star. They have built themselves.

 

[leto1776]

Even if they could, they don’t want to. They make enough money doing what they did week to week.

 

[Mind Mine]

Conor McGregor is a once in a generation type personality. He is like Mike Tyson level popular. You can’t just create those type of at people will.

Can you stop with the Tyson Conor crap. There very easily can be another Conor type figure. There will never this lifetime be another Tyson. The fact you don’t understand the factor of cable TV and fewer events means half of America was tuned in to Tyson fights or headlines. Conor is the most popular man from a D league sport. Conor at no point in time had all of America terrified or enthralled maybe just you or your buddies. For those of us that lived through the Tyson golden era SHUT UP. Compare him to someone more his stature. He wasn’t even Pacquiao level of fame or respect and you are talking Tyson BWAHAHAHA

 

[David Street]

Big stars happen Rampage broke thru before Conor did a movie.. Heck
Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell ... MMA is just starting compared to WWE Even age not stop them these days from getting into show business.