Why do so many of you hate MMA??

[Brother Naazim]

It's comments like this that really piss me off.....

I agree, UFC has for the most part more consistent buys. In fact of the top 15 PPV's, I believe UFC was responsible for 9 of them, boxing had 4 and WWE had 2.

It's from youtube, so I can't be too mad, all things considered.

But what top 15 PPVS? Of all time, or last year, in the last 3 years, 5 years? What? And where are the numbers?

Basically people who talk out their ass about either sport piss me off. Period.

[deevel79]

It's comments like this that really piss me off.....



It's from youtube, so I can't be too mad, all things considered.

But what top 15 PPVS? Of all time, or last year, in the last 3 years, 5 years? What? And where are the numbers?

Basically people who talk out their ass about either sport piss me off. Period.

Top 10 PPV's for 2008

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000

2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000

3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul "Big Show" Wight, March 30, 670,000

4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000

5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000

6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000

7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000

8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000

9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000

10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000

[Brother Naazim]

Top 10 PPV's for 2008

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000

2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000

3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul "Big Show" Wight, March 30, 670,000

4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000

5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000

6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000

7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000

8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000

9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000

10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000

Technically #3 is a boxing event, everybody bought it to see Floyd move up to 40-0 against that giant Big Show dude.

[deevel79]

Technically #3 is a boxing event, everybody bought it to see Floyd move up to 40-0 against that giant Big Show dude.

Kidding right? LOL. Floyd/Bigshow wasnt even the main event. On top of that, it did fewer sales than the previous years Wrestlemania.

[Brother Naazim]

Kidding right? LOL. Floyd/Bigshow wasnt even the main event. On top of that, it did fewer sales than the previous years Wrestlemania.

Yeah, I was kidding. Is "WrestleMania" always on every years top PPV sales list? I remember watching that stuff when I was a kid, I had no idea it was still so popular.

[deevel79]

Yeah, I was kidding. Is "WrestleMania" always on every years top PPV sales list? I remember watching that stuff when I was a kid, I had no idea it was still so popular.

What i cant believe is how grown ass men still go crazy over wrestling. It was cool when you was a kid, because back then we thought it was real.

[Brother Naazim]

What i cant believe is how grown ass men still go crazy over wrestling. It was cool when you was a kid, because back then we thought it was real.

Yeah, really. One of my girlfriend's uncles used to be a wrestler on the local circuit here, he's all obsessed with that **** still. He collects DVDs, action figures, all that ****. And he's almost 40. It's sad.

I can understand them still being popular with kids between 5-15, but damn.

I don't know how I ever liked it, but I guess we were all dumb as kids.

[KennyWeldon]

lets check out the similarities...

****sexuals
Hug each other, wrap their legs around each other, roll around the floor, twist each other's arms or legs while play fighting.

MMA

Hug each other, wrap their legs around each other, roll around the floor,
twist each other's arms and legs while actually "fighting"
only they do it on t.v

WoW! aren't they basically the same?

[Check]

Okay MMA had 7 of the top 10 PPVs but right under that would be Pac/Marquez and Cotto/Marg. MMA had 7 of the top 12, boxing 4 of the top 12. Its not that huge of a landslide. If you want to completely disregard WWE's ppv you have to do that from the Brock fight. That fight doesnt do anywhere close to a mil without the WWE fans. Straight up MMA events do about 400,000 a ppv and boxing is in the 300ish. Its pretty even when you look at averages.

[fathergll]

Okay MMA had 7 of the top 10 PPVs but right under that would be Pac/Marquez and Cotto/Marg. MMA had 7 of the top 12, boxing 4 of the top 12. Its not that huge of a landslide. If you want to completely disregard WWE's ppv you have to do that from the Brock fight. That fight doesnt do anywhere close to a mil without the WWE fans. Straight up MMA events do about 400,000 a ppv and boxing is in the 300ish. Its pretty even when you look at averages.

Actually thats even off. That list doesn't include UFC 92 12/27/2008 which is reported to have done over 1 million buys without Lesnar. Either way the whole Lesnar argument is ****** because hes a MMA fighter now and is signed with the UFC. ...So he will continue to draw. Its just like arguing boxing can't draw **** without De La Hoya. Also MMA has done over 1 million before without Lesnar

People have to realize this is where the UFC has ever advantage in the book. Theirs no way any boxing promoter can compete with the UFC for getting consistent high PPVs right now because simply boxing is setup completely different than MMA. This is the UFCs advantage...they own 80% of the talent out there, they have less weight classes, don't deal with 4 belts for each class, they can promote solid cards on a consistent basis on ****e. Boxing is event to event with different promoters essentially just focusing on a main event. Its the same reason why main event Boxers get paid much more $$$