Is UFC 221 the worst PPV of all time?

[Joemacka]

The only good fight is Whittaker vs Rockhold and even that could be considered a fake belt.

Hunt vs Blaydes is a terrible fight, Blaydes most likely lays on Hunt for 3 rounds.

Asker vs Tuivasa dont know who they are.

Matthews vs Jigalong. Matthews should be 0-4 from his last 4 fights.

Pedro vs another random.

Then the rest of the card is dogshit dont know who most those guys are. Might as well have put Dan Kelly on the card (im being serious).

 

[The Big Guy]

Jumeau
Ishihara
Formiga vs Nguyen
Pedro
Blaydes
And Rockhold all have me excited. And the cards shitty on paper usually deliver

 

[member 3289]

They put a title fight in the main event on a foreign card but said fuck you with the rest of the fights lol

 

[member 3289]

@Joemacka but yoire still going to it, right?

 

[Joemacka]

@Joemacka but yoire still going to it, right?

Yea i got my tickets right away because i new all the tickets would sell fast but then it looks like the UFC thought fuck it we sold most the tickets and just filled the rest of the card with crap.

 

[Joemacka]

@conor mcgregor nut hugger imagine Whittaker falls off the card.

 

[member 3289]

Yea i got my tickets right away because i new all the tickets would sell fast but then it looks like the UFC thought fuck it we sold most the tickets and just filled the rest of the card with crap.

Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes would be the opening fight at best on a Vegas main card.

 

[member 3289]

@conor mcgregor nut hugger imagine Whittaker falls off the card.

It'll still be a sell-out.

Wtf else are people in Western Australia going to do on a Sunday lol

 

[Joemacka]

It'll still be a sell-out.

Wtf else are people in Western Australia going to do on a Sunday lol

True lol. The funny thing is they will bring some popular ufc fighter guests to do the Q&A instead of putting them on the card.

 

[member 3289]

True lol. The funny thing is they will bring some popular ufc fighter guests to do the Q&A instead of putting them on the card.

SPECIAL Q&A with DANIEL CORMIER AND GEORGES ST PIERRE. TICKETS ONLY $200 EACH!

(Q&A sells out in 5 minutes)

 

[Mishima Zaibatsu]

Yeah, not the best card.

It's set up to sell locally, but if it's a PPV won't they be airing it regular time in NA?

Could end up being really entertaining, but can't say I'm terribly excited by it.

 

[Hwoarang]

Pearson / Hirota should be a fun fight.
Formiga / ben10 should be wild.
Matthews and jingliang should be an entertaining stand up battle.
Dong hyun kim... is that Stun Gun (he always entertains) or the other one?
Mark Hunt more often than not puts on awesome fights.
And Whittiker/ Rockhold has potential FOTY.

And most importantly, not one womens fight!!!
I'll be buying!

 

[sparkuri]

Rousey/McMann, Cormier/Cummins was pretty bad.
On the bright side you're most likely right, which means you're twice as right as most women, @Shinkicker & @nuraknu aside.

 

[Sheepdog]

Can't see the rationale considering foreign PPVs usually tank, Rockhold isn't a big draw and Whittaker's last PPV also tanked.

If they put it on main Fox instead, they would get way more eyeballs and help build the winner.

 

[Joemacka]

Yeah, not the best card.

It's set up to sell locally, but if it's a PPV won't they be airing it regular time in NA?

Could end up being really entertaining, but can't say I'm terribly excited by it.

Yea its still the same time as normal. They could have just thrown a few name fighters on there that are ranked.

 

[SickEye]

I must have missed something. Last I remember, Mark Hunt was pretty much told to kick rocks to save him from himself.

 

[regular john]

Israel Adesanya is a skilled kickboxer and an interesting addition but yeah this card sucks.

 

[ECC170]

Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes would be the opening fight at best on a Vegas main card.

Curtis Blaydes will finish Hunt.. he had 1 boring fight but he's a killer.. ppl always question ngannous takedown defense but Blaydes was a NJCAA national wrestling champion.. but in turn Blaydes ate all ngannous punches better than anybody so far in the ufc and has gotten better since that fight.. the kids a monster and will be top 5

 

[member 3289]

I must have missed something. Last I remember, Mark Hunt was pretty much told to kick rocks to save him from himself.

He publicly stated in an interview that he couldn't remember shit that had happened to him the day before. The UFC had no choice but to pull him from the Australia card against Werdum.

They offered to fly him out to Vegas to meet with a neurologist or some shit but he refused. Later he accepted, went to Vegas, and was cleared.

 

[member 3289]

Also lol @ Jigalong

 

[nuraknu]

This card has some great fighters on it, but I do agree it's more like a really excellent fight night than a ppv.

My guess is that they're kind of throwing it away in terms of the ppv numbers and are more interested in getting the local buy-in, but the problem is that locals anywhere want to see big names from anywhere.

I agree based on the matches this card should seriously deliver, though, so I would be surprised if the people who attend don't end up having a great time.

 

[Greenbean]

That main event is pretty stellar, but you have to sit thru a lot of bullshit before getting to it.

 

[MMAHAWK]

Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes would be the opening fight at best on a Vegas main card.

Funny I swear I was in Vegas for this

 

[member 3289]

Funny I swear I was in Vegas for this

That was an injury-riddled card iirc, no?

 

[Jehannum]

The only good fight is Whittaker vs Rockhold and even that could be considered a fake belt.

to me, title fights should only be recognised if the challenger competes in that weight class.

Conor's win over Alvarez and GSP's win over Bisping should both be set aside by fans as one off fights