Oscar expected between 200-400k.
I'm not surprised at low numbers, which there will be, as the social media/online smear campaign was vast.
People talk about "supporting the sport", then stream a fight like this from a new promotion where for the first time i can recall, the promoter took LESS than the fighters.
I don't mind people not interested, or even people streaming.
What I DO mind is taking part in a campaign that directly affects fighters.
And as I understand it, this was a promotion that touted:
"For the first time in history, the amateur fighters were all tested too. If you're gonna have a standard in the sport, start from the beginning. "
PED's are foundational.
But, there are those who don't, haven't, and never would use them.
I have ALWAYS been for a level playing field.
These types of moves should've been supported by the fighting community.
It's clear more than 40k people watched the fight, surely after a million people went online to badmouth it later.
The result of the fight had far less to do with the standards they were implementing, which should've been supported by a larger percent of streamers on principal alone.
Someone mentioned, "If the UFC had done 30/30/40 PPV split in 2006 for Chuck/Tito, each fighter would've walked away with 6.5 million dollars."
As it is, the entire roster avrrages around 15% in the UFC.
And as mentioned, Chuck would've never been in there if not for Dana White's broken promise.
Both Chuck and Tito will walk away with upwards of a million dollars for this fight.
If people really want to support fighters, then stop throwing money at UFC's and put your money on other promotions to establish strong alternatives for fighters so the don't feel like they have to worship the boxercise instructor.(I think about that Rocky 5 Don King-type character)
I'd have paid Matt Hume $500+ flight personally to go kick Dana's ass when that threat was made.
(At times, I was able to attend some Dane White Q&A's, but knew it wouldn't turn out well to be in the same room with him, opted out).
People should fight more for the fighters, I know if I could still train/fight, I'd appreciate the hell out of it.
*This numbers movement started after TUF, when the UFC started reporting PPV's/live gates using them as a leverage tool to sway and control public opinion. The entire sport has suffered because of it.*