People Who Talk About MMA Decline are Ridiculous
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Do they make boots that prevent a person from making shitty fight picks?
I think boots are made for walking.
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@Sex Chicken walk away from his phone/computer before submitting terrible fight picks?
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I just wish they would drop the number of PPV's to 6-8 a year and stack the shit out of them. I don't even wanna think twice about whether or not it's worth the $...it should be a resounding "YES"!
Upping the price in the midst of a run of shitty PPV's (on paper) is a WTF? moment too. Fuckers.
Upping the price in the midst of a run of shitty PPV's (on paper) is a WTF? moment too. Fuckers.
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0 results you idiot.
Dana always wanted to shift MMA away from being a WWE-type spectacle to a sport like boxing...and he's finally succeeded. Boxing has maybe 3 certified PPV stars, and some of the best fights that end up on PPV sell poorly. Guys like MM aren't going to put up big PPV numbers, but Anderson Silva wasn't a PPV star until Chael Sonnen made him look human. Ward-Kovalev were great fights between the best P4P boxer in the world and a monster who was almost his equal, they were relevant to the sport, but not to the casual fan who'll buy a Floyd or Canelo fight.
We're getting Stipe-DC soon. If promoted right, it should be a big seller.
We're getting Stipe-DC soon. If promoted right, it should be a big seller.
I think Holloway, and Ortega are marketable as hell also.
I honestly think the next real surge in popularity will come when/if we get a more competitive field of heavyweights. Same as in boxing, I think casual fans want to think the are seeing the biggest “most dangerous men” on the planet. Even a rivalry like Sylvia/Arlovski did a lot to attract casual interest. Good or bad for the sport Brock Lesnar brought them in. A marketable heavyweight champ is big business.
I honestly think the next real surge in popularity will come when/if we get a more competitive field of heavyweights. Same as in boxing, I think casual fans want to think the are seeing the biggest “most dangerous men” on the planet. Even a rivalry like Sylvia/Arlovski did a lot to attract casual interest. Good or bad for the sport Brock Lesnar brought them in. A marketable heavyweight champ is big business.
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I didn't read any of this, but it's good to see Bobby Lupo here.
People have been saying MMA/UFC is dying forever. It's a running gag on some forums.
Back in 2013 people said it was dying because GSP retired and Anderson lost twice and broke his leg, then McGregor and Rousey became the biggest stars the sport has ever had.
Eventually we'll see some new fighters people don't know about yet(or maybe we already have them, but they just havnt hit their stride) come along and take the sport by storm.
It's happened before it'll happen again.
Back in 2013 people said it was dying because GSP retired and Anderson lost twice and broke his leg, then McGregor and Rousey became the biggest stars the sport has ever had.
Eventually we'll see some new fighters people don't know about yet(or maybe we already have them, but they just havnt hit their stride) come along and take the sport by storm.
It's happened before it'll happen again.
Lupo's the clear MVP of the UG the past handful of years. All we need is a couple of super-knowledgeable guys like wiggum to put this place over the top.
Never posted there
I seen them repost my stuff a few times by links
But I dislike the layout
Good that more quality posters are contributing
I invited a lawyer that post on SD called @trojanlegal over ... hopefully he joins
@MyrddinWild can prob attest he is quality
I think we should PayPal Lupo on a regular basis to stay here.
2 years is a long time in combat sports. McGregor went from debuting to selling 1mil ppvs in about 2 years. I don't think it's likely but you can't rule these things out.
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The author is none other than Bobby Lupo. Mind blowing I know, if you weren't already aware of this.
In 2014, UFC supposedly died
Then it had its three biggest profit years with each year doing better.
Anybody that follows prize fighting knows it is not a sport that lives & dies yearly.
Boxing died after Ali ... then there was Tyson ... etc & etc
When people say the sport is dying, they're not talking about the objective quality of fights, they're talking about the interest and money generated in the sport, which has undoubtedly taken a hit with the absence of big names like Ronda, Brock, Conor, JBJ, etc.
Saying the sport is dying is moronic hyperbole, but it has dropped down.
right, this and also the 'user experience' of being a fan has declined, especially for longtime fans. There used to be far more 'stacked' events, with more style contrasts. You have to work harder these days to get the quality now that there's so much dilution. It's hard to get excited about 'tattooed wrestle-boxer vs. tattooed wrestle-boxer' sandwiched between 2 low-level WMMA fights in order to get to the 2 or 3 interesting fights on the card.
The apologists call people who complain about this 'lazy', but WTF does work ethic have to do with being a fan?
"People who don't agree with me are ridiculous" That's what this whole thing reads like.
Absolutely.
Agreed. But I guess with the new fans, they'd have no history with the sport and how it was. Fair enough.
Are they call them ridiculous. It's just not a valid argument when you start with ad hominem.