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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 12, 2016 12:22:41 GMT -6
Not surprising.
Punk has a name and Gall was a relative unknown.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 12, 2016 12:25:30 GMT -6
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Post by November KS on Sept 12, 2016 12:40:26 GMT -6
I more sheeshing the other guy's pay.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 12, 2016 12:45:35 GMT -6
Yeah I hope he got a bonus or something.
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Post by randomone on Sept 12, 2016 13:34:55 GMT -6
Yeah I hope he got a bonus or something. He didn't. Stipe/Overeem/Andrade/Medeiros all got the bonuses for performances & fight of the night.
UFC absolutely robs their performers in terms of cash (which is why fighters like Rory MacDonald left and also why Luke Rockhold has been turning down fights, because the money offer is awful). The whole Reebok deal also cuts fighters off at the knees too (especially younger fighters) because it definitely limits the sponsorship money they could possibly be getting.
Punk made 500K, but I'm not even sure if that's on top of whether he made more money from PPV revenue.
I'd get my ass kicked for that much money for sure! Not sure about the whole exploding ear thing he has going on, but shit, pay me enough, go right ahead!
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Post by sav on Sept 12, 2016 14:23:57 GMT -6
$500K and he gets to bang A.J. Lee...not a bad life at all.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 12, 2016 14:40:32 GMT -6
$500K and he gets to bang A.J. Lee...not a bad life at all. Eh. He moved to Wisconsin for a few months. I don't wish that on anyone.  |
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Post by Optimisn on Sept 12, 2016 16:45:45 GMT -6
This isn't really a big deal, as identified by the number of buys needed to justify the payment. Draws draw.
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Post by Danny Busch on Sept 12, 2016 16:52:48 GMT -6
That has to almost be a paycut from his days at the E. Sure it was only 2 minutes of getting his ass handed to him but he had to train for a freaking year to get his ass handed to him.
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Post by randomone on Sept 12, 2016 17:17:32 GMT -6
He trained 2 years. Trained one, had back surgery, trained another. I'm not trying to justify it, because why turn down that kind of money, but it was the UFC who wanted to throw him to the wolves. They wanted to exploit this as much as they could & as fast as they could because of his age. You could've milked this thing for YEARS, building him up in small shows, having the ups & downs a new fighter has in his career. Instead, they opted for the one time payday.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 13, 2016 19:03:57 GMT -6
Estimating UFC 203 will get between 650,000-700,000 buys.
Most of any card without McGregor, Rousey, or Lesnar since UFC 183.
Most people expected this card to get 300,000-400,000 buys.
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Post by randomone on Sept 13, 2016 19:07:24 GMT -6
Punk is a major reason it did that many draws too. Sure it had the heavyweight title, but Stipe isn't a known draw. Werdum/Browne wasn't drawing anyone either.
Definitely chalk it up to wrestling fans being interested in seeing what happened.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Sept 13, 2016 19:16:21 GMT -6
Yep.
UFC 198 where Miocic took the title off Werdum only pulled 350,000 buys, and that was with a packed undercard featuring Vitor Belfort, Shogun Rua, Cris Cyborg, and more.
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Post by November KS on Sept 28, 2016 2:53:03 GMT -6
Anybody follow Front Row Brian? I'm trying to figure out if I'm way more than sick of him. My heart tells me I am.
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Post by November KS on Oct 12, 2016 13:54:08 GMT -6
I think this is more a boxing thing but whoever Adrien Broner is, he's strongly hinting at taking his life this afternoon both on twitter and Instagram.
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Post by schmitty1121 on Nov 10, 2016 18:05:08 GMT -6
The biggest card in UFC history is this weekend. At the presser, there was another clown event with Connor. This shit has to be staged, no way he can really be this dumb. |
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Post by randomone on Nov 12, 2016 21:44:51 GMT -6
Miesha Tate just retired after she got beat by Rocky Pennington by unanimous decision.
Rogan asked her if her decision was because of the result of this fight & she said yes.
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Post by randomone on Nov 12, 2016 21:50:49 GMT -6
I'll correct myself, I liked Miesha in Strikeforce. Didn't like her in the UFC. I know she's popular, but I just never got on board.
There has to be more of a reason behind her retiring. She made it seem like it was just because of this loss. I bet she comes back.
Weidman vs Romero up next. 2nd fight on the main card. Holy shit this card is stacked.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Nov 12, 2016 22:13:38 GMT -6
Romero finishes Weidman with a big knee and strikes in the 3rd.
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Post by randomone on Nov 12, 2016 22:18:43 GMT -6
I wanted Weidman to win that one so badly. Romero just is so arrogant & he hides it behind the whole religion thing.
Loved Bisping flipping him off after the fight.
Romero knocked the fuck out of Weidman though. Ref let Weidman take like 4 unecessary shots. Yamasaki sucks.
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Post by randomone on Nov 12, 2016 23:09:26 GMT -6
Joanna Champion is a fucking beast. Karolina is tough as hell. Champ was rocked in the 4th, but dominated the other 4 rounds.
Really entertaining 5 round title fight.
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Post by randomone on Nov 13, 2016 0:18:25 GMT -6
T-Wood vs Wonderboy was a friggin great 5 rounder. split win for T-Wood. 2 judges had it 47-47 another had it 48-47.
Conor vs Eddie up next!
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Nov 13, 2016 0:31:46 GMT -6
And Connor wins via TKO in the 2nd.
And NEW...
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Post by randomone on Nov 13, 2016 0:33:37 GMT -6
Conor just steamrolled Alvarez. Dropped him 3 times in the 1st, then picked him apart in the 2nd. Every time Eddie threw a punch, Conor countered immediately.
Say what you want about how much of an arrogant dick he is, but motherfucker can back it up.
Would like for him to actually defend his Featherweight title next, but who knows.
Hell, T-Wood vs Conor, set it up. Milk this thing for all it's worth.
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Post by randomone on Nov 13, 2016 0:40:50 GMT -6
So the UFC didnt bleep any curse words on the replay of the press conference 2 days ago on FS1, but they just bleeped the fuck out of everything Conor was saying post fight with Rogan.
Then put up a disclaimer apologizing for anyone offended by some of the words they might have heard.
IT'S FUCKING PAY PER VIEW & YOU'RE WATCHING PEOPLE BEAT EACH OTHER UP!
Stop being such pussies!
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Post by schmitty1121 on Nov 13, 2016 11:34:03 GMT -6
Entertaining night of fights. I was watching on Comcast, and they didn't have Connor beeped out, you heard all the f-bombs. Don't want to see Connor at 170, he's not the same fighter. He should either fight Aldo or Khabi. I think Khabi may kicked the shit out of him. I actually called that Tate would retire. She always considers it when she loses, and with losing 2 in a row, it was a easy call. I think she will be pregnant within a 3 months. Some of the commercials they aired in the prelims with Ronda made me question her fitness. She was looking rather chunky.
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Post by November KS on Dec 2, 2016 18:26:33 GMT -6
I really don't follow MMA much so I have to ask; why is this dude green? Is it the lighting or did he really paint himself green for some reason?
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Post by randomone on Dec 2, 2016 21:27:56 GMT -6
Ion Cutelaba is his name & yeah, he's done this before for his last weigh in. Got some buzz for it, so he's back to the well again. His nickname is, you guessed it, The Hulk.
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Post by November KS on Dec 2, 2016 22:20:30 GMT -6
Then I'm rooting for the other guy.
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Post by Danny Busch on Dec 2, 2016 22:22:47 GMT -6
I'm rooting for something...anything else in the sports world to happen tonight so there can be discussion somewhere else on this board.
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