Dana White talks about battling Mayweather's PPV on 9/19

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

De La Hoya's purse was 2 times bigger than Floyd's, who REALLY sold that fight? LMAO!!

So why didn't DLH do bigger PPV's without Floyd?

I know it was a minimum of 70% De la Hoya but it's a fact his biggest ppv and the biggest ppv of all time had Mayweathers name up in lights.

[FadeToBlack]

You are fooled into believing that Machida is the second coming of Jesus Christ. He's not and Shogun has a very good chance at beating him.

"Very good chance"? No way.

"A chance"? Yes. Absolutely.

Machida may not be Jesus, but he's arguably the Fedor Emelianenko of the worldwide light heavyweight division.

Nice to see a fellow MMA fan, BTW.

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Machida should be fighting Rampage but the fact is Rampage is a ***** and knows that there is more money doing TUF and the grudge match with Evans than there is fighting for the belt.

I'm not fooled. You are fooled into believing that Machida is the second coming of Jesus Christ. He's not and Shogun has a very good chance at beating him. My guess is you've only seen his fights in the UFC. I am a Shogun fan BTW.

Ive seen his fights in Pride. Too bad that was in Pride years ago. Just like Wanderlei Silva was a killer in Pride but ain't **** now. They still have him headlining PPV's and hes 1-5 in his last 6 fights. Just show highlights from Pride tell people he is a killer. Dana White is one of the smartest business men out there. He could literally put a piece of **** in the ring and hype it up to be gold.

PBF vs JMM is 2 fighters in their prime 2 top 3 p4p fighters in the world today. It's better than any fight UFC have put on this year or coming up period.

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

"Very good chance"? No way.

"A chance"? Yes. Absolutely.

Machida may not be Jesus, but he's arguably the Fedor Emelianenko of the worldwide light heavyweight division.

Nice to see a fellow MMA fan, BTW.

People actually believe the hype. UFC told people that Leites was a legit contender to Silva. It was obvios he wasn't. Shogun isn't a legit contender to Machida. This is an easy fight. Just like Kenny Florian is easy as **** for BJ Penn and Noguiera vs Couture is a **** fight between washed up fighters. I won't be fooled like the 13 year olds that watch UFC.

[FadeToBlack]

PBF vs JMM is 2 fighters in their prime 2 top 3 p4p fighters in the world today. It's better than any fight UFC have put on this year or coming up period.

Mike Thomas Brown vs. Urijah Faber. WEC (aka the UFC of the lighter fighters)

Some may argue Penn/GSP, but Penn is overrated.

Also, Anderson Silva vs. GSP is expected to happen before New Years Eve. That is a more interesting fight than JMM/PBF IMO, since the style matchup actually favors the likely underdog (which will be GSP).

[neils7147933]

So why didn't DLH do bigger PPV's without Floyd?

I know it was a minimum of 70% De la Hoya but it's a fact his biggest ppv and the biggest ppv of all time had Mayweathers name up in lights.

People are watching all kinds of events, even run-of-the-mill football games, movies, adult movies whatever on PPV in 2007,2008,2009.

Part of it is DLH and Mayweather, but part of it is the culture, the population, and the ease of information now.

Twenty years ago, a lot of people didn't even consider that they could watch Mike Tyson in their own home. There wasn't satellite TV...you had to have the right cable carrier, and often had to rent something to rig your cable box to watch...and the whole idea of paying for a fight was a bigger deal than now when everything is PPV - not to mention a lot of people only had one TV in their house and didn't even have cable. Lots more potential buys now.

Keep in mind the PPV price for those fights back then in adjusted money is more than PPV fights are sold for now as well

And it's as easy as clicking a button on your remote to watch the event.

Lots of things to consider when you crown Mayweather the PPV king based on a fight where all things weren't equal compared to closed-circuit TV back in the day or early PPV.

We're now conditioned to know we can watch any event any time, and it's not too far from the truth.

But make things equal and De La Hoya has bigger PPVs than Mayweather

It's like calling the Transformers sequel or The Dark Knight one of the biggest hits ever...then realize that the budget for the film was unheard of years ago, foreign box office was different before, number of screens was much much less and ticket prices were a small fraction as well...when you do that these new blockbusters still don't touch a Gone With the Wind...

DLH-Mayweather happened at a convenient time to draw those numbers, but keep in mind the level of event it was, was in no way close to the "top show of all-time"

[BEEHOP]

Dana white is a ****ing tool. He is not a boxing fan.

[BEEHOP]

Mike Thomas Brown vs. Urijah Faber. WEC (aka the UFC of the lighter fighters)

Some may argue Penn/GSP, but Penn is overrated.

Also, Anderson Silva vs. GSP is expected to happen before New Years Eve. That is a more interesting fight than JMM/PBF IMO, since the style matchup actually favors the likely underdog (which will be GSP).

You're an idiot nobody knows or cares about Uriah Faber or Mike Thomas Brown.

[GMitchell]

[ßringer]

For once ; I agree with Dana White.

He spoke the absolute truth, and didn't **** on boxing at all.

Has he turned a new corner?