mdwexford wrote: » How is taking on tougher opposition a cop out. Sure it's holding up the division and arguably devaluing the belt but it's certainly not a cop out or easy option.
Offthewildride wrote: » Oh come on. GSP would destroy Conor. GSP has this passion for training which Conor does not have. Compare their two instagrans for instance
red ears wrote: » Losing to gsp wouldn't be a big deal. Losing the defense of his belt would be a very big deal.
Depp wrote: » not sure if this is serious?
Offthewildride wrote: » Conor cares more about his image. Which is his right. GSP is an animal, would wrestle Conor and tap him out at ease. GSP is an elite level fighter
Depp wrote: » so because conor ''cares about his image'' he isnt an ''elite'' fighter... dont be ridiculous
Offthewildride wrote: » Conor is a good fighter, not an elite fighter.
Easy Rod wrote: » Ha.
Offthewildride wrote: » When has Conor ever submitted or wrestled someone? He is far too reliant on one attribute to be considered elite.
callaway92 wrote: » It would be the biggest selling UFC PPV of all time easily. 2 Million + buys.
EagererBeaver wrote: » I wouldn't be so sure about 2 million buys. UFC 205 was supposed to be a cert to do 2 million and only pulled in 1.3m.
red ears wrote: » He hasn't defended any of his belts yet and that is not acceptable.
ScumLord wrote: » I wonder are they pulling GSP out of retirement to tempt McGregor back to MMA?
bmcc10 wrote: » Is GSP really that much of a draw against Conor? Most of the McGregors fans would not have seen GSP before don't really think makes much of a diffrence who he fights,
Mellor wrote: » callaway92 wrote: » It would be the biggest selling UFC PPV of all time easily. 2 Million + buys. It probably would be 2million buys. Biggest PPV of all time. But Conor vrs 155 challenger does and easy 1.5 million buys, And GSP vrs Anyone does easy 1 million buys. Splitting McGregor and GSP onto separate PPVs does more buys than loading them onto one card and following up with a weak PPV somewhere.
hewhoscares wrote: » Conor Vs Anyone does 1.5m buys - easily? he didn't even sell that many in his last fight GSP does over 1m easily? he's only ever sold over 1m when piggybacked with Brock Lesnar and his fanbase.
Thats not to belittle McGregor as he's obviously a draw. But his numbers are greatly exaggerated on here.A fight with Mayweather would be huge, but don't get ahead of ourselves - no way does it make the anywhere near same money as the Pac fight.
callaway92 wrote: » For anyone that hasn't seen it, McGregor's Ariel Helwani interview is going to be on 3e on Wednesday night.
Offthewildride wrote: » When has Conor ever submitted or wrestled someone?
Mellor wrote: » They (the UFC) aren't pulling GSP out of retirement. They have no control over that tbh. GSP indicated his desire to return a long time ago, his retirement was only ever really a hiatus. He's been in contract negotiations for the best part of a year.
Django99 wrote: » There's not much to suggest UFC has any more viewers now than it did when GSP was around, aside from McGregor fights. PPVs seem to be doing much the same,
Django99 wrote: » There's not much to suggest UFC has any more viewers now than it did when GSP was around, aside from McGregor fights. PPVs seem to be doing much the same, Fox viewers slightly increasing. Viewership is apparently dropping off in Brazil though which was probably the 3rd biggest market they had at the time.
Gamebred wrote: » Fans obsessing over ppv numbers is weird, who gives a **** lads the company is a joke god knows what fights they will make pissing in the wind trying to guess and wasting time posting about it and past ppv buy rates.
Gamebred wrote: » Fans obsessing over ppv numbers is weird,
Gamebred wrote: RDA has headlined 1 ppv,it also had overeem,hendricks,cejudo and joanna on the card and it done 310k buys that is truly shocking
Gamebred wrote: » The Cm Punk freakshow done 450k or something decent which is good in todays climate, .....
Gamebred wrote: » Holloway would be a great fight to make after he gets past Aldo, he is a proven draw too didnt 206 do good numbers ppv wise?
Gamebred wrote: » Was the replay on Christmas eve or day I was thinking about, they replayed 206 and the numbers were crazy I remember reading, different thing that ppv buy but a lot seen Holloway then can only be positive.
Gamebred wrote: » How many ppv's will this stunt sell compared to how much it annoys the number 1 star?
Gamebred wrote: I presume nobody will want to get on any of the ppv's now before 200 so 198 and 199 will be out of the question surely,I cant see Conor fighting until ufc 200 tbh.
Gamebred wrote: It wouldnt surprise me if he fought Conor tbh it would be financial malpractice from everyone involved to not try get it done,him **** talking george would do nearly 2m ppv buys surely.
Gamebred wrote: » Funny how on the day this card was ''easily'' beating every single record accord to Dana including ppv trends and as the battle with Conor begins its changed to ''one of the highest ppv's ever'' ie not the the record.
Gamebred wrote: » *SENSEI Portal The auld ppv final push right there good work from all involved wwe ****.
Gamebred wrote: » When people are discussing the ppv pull its relevant to point out what I have experienced from casual bandwagon viewers, these people are the ones buying ppv's there isnt 1 million mma fans tuning into these ppvs, ....
Gamebred wrote: » If you tuned into Diaz McGregor 2.... it was the most watched MMA fight ever according to ppv numbers so the UFC will profit from that on one hand yet strip him on the other they cant have it both ways.
Gamebred wrote: » The only thing the celeb's will be getting out of having a share is probably comped tickets no chance of any sort of return any time soon, he should ask for bigger ppv percentage.
Gamebred wrote: » if shes ko'd Conors position gets bigger hes the only fighter with them ppv numbers and the public know on the roster.
wonderfullife wrote: » Really? :rolleyes:
