Whittaker out of title fight

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SuperPig

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Fuck man

Hate to say it but Whittaker's career seems to be going the Cain route
But sillier. Cain never had to pull out of a fight due to chicken pox or a hernia magically appearing 24 hours before a fight.

Both are sad but Bobby's is downright absurd.
 

Hong Kong Phooey

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WTF are they going to do about Refunds ? Will there be ? All those people , last minute emergency ? Not sure if UFC is liable.
 

FrankieNYC

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Well this PPV just went to complete shit.

O/U 50k buys
Over but it needs to beat 85k to not be the lowest PPV of modern era UFC (Nunes/Pennington)
I think Izzy vs Anderson brings it over 100k

But what shitty start to UFC's PPV year
 

FrankieNYC

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Well this PPV just went to complete shit.

O/U 50k buys
Meltzer has the O/U at 125k btw

A few things ...
this was the first PPV with ESPN promotion behind it, so should add a few more buys.
But I wonder how the ESPN-era fans feel about a main falling through?
 

Kingtony87

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Meltzer has the O/U at 125k btw

A few things ...
this was the first PPV with ESPN promotion behind it, so should add a few more buys.
But I wonder how the ESPN-era fans feel about a main falling through?
I could and probably am very wrong, but i can't see Silva doing under 300.
 

FrankieNYC

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I could and probably am very wrong, but i can't see Silva doing under 300.
They would go absolutely insane if it does that

i don't know how others felt, but I thought this would do 300k+ before the main event loss.
There was a decent buzz & with no Jan PPV card I thought that helped
Plus ESPN exposure.

If it breaks 200k I would think UFC would be happy, 300k even more

But i can see about 150k
 

Kingtony87

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They would go absolutely insane if it does that

i don't know how others felt, but I thought this would do 300k+ before the main event loss.
There was a decent buzz & with no Jan PPV card I thought that helped
Plus ESPN exposure.

If it breaks 200k I would think UFC would be happy, 300k even more

But i can see about 150k
I was most stoked about the main event. But all the casuals I know were talking about Silva fight. Crazy to think 300k is a homerun now.
 

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After the belt thing I don't believe Whittaker suddenly had a hernia...
 

FrankieNYC

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I was most stoked about the main event. But all the casuals I know were talking about Silva fight. Crazy to think 300k is a homerun now.
Mayweather vs Berto did 400k in between Pac & Mac.
PPV is a tough sell unless it is an event

The fact that UFC is still profitable with PPV is amazing considering both MMA & PPV interest is down.

With almost all of boxing leaving PPV, I wonder if that hurts or helps UFC going forward
 

Kingtony87

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Mayweather vs Berto did 400k in between Pac & Mac.
PPV is a tough sell unless it is an event

The fact that UFC is still profitable with PPV is amazing considering both MMA & PPV interest is down.

With almost all of boxing leaving PPV, I wonder if that hurts or helps UFC going forward
That was a terrible uncompelling matchup. You need a dance partner to sell.