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You do realize there are a bunch of independent rankings right? Fightmatrix, Tapology, Sherdog etc, they dont deviate all that much from the UFCs own rankings. The only division you could argue is stronger outside of the UFC right now is 205. You're desperately reaching again and coming up with convoluted **** to try and dismiss an obvious truth lol. The UFC gets **** done, boxing teases and talks.
No it doesnt, the tables have turned and its boxing fans that get insecure and salty over MMA now much more than vice versa. It already started shifting in the late 00s when you had Arum and Floyd crying over MMA as it gained momentum. I cant remember what fight it was now but around 07ish someone like Kellerman or Lampley in the post fight wrap up said something like "the UFC may be getting popular, and it may be entertaining, but you wont see the level of skill that we witnessed in the ring tonight". It was pretty telling because 5 years earlier no boxing broadcast was gonna be acknowledging MMA at all.
If you look at scheduled events globally for both sports Boxrec has 111 cards listed for the rest of July and Sherdog shows 97 for MMA. Quite a few of these none UFC MMA promotions are bigger than all but the biggest boxing promotions too. Especially if we are comparing promotions based outside of the US.
Yeah, you're underselling things. The UFC has had 8 ppvs so far this year and the lowest drawing one did better numbers than 6 of the last 10 none freakshow boxing PPVs stretching back to early 2019. And when you talk about mega fights, most huge fights in the post Floyd/Pac era happened in the UFC, not boxing.
No it doesnt, the tables have turned and its boxing fans that get insecure and salty over MMA now much more than vice versa. It already started shifting in the late 00s when you had Arum and Floyd crying over MMA as it gained momentum. I cant remember what fight it was now but around 07ish someone like Kellerman or Lampley in the post fight wrap up said something like "the UFC may be getting popular, and it may be entertaining, but you wont see the level of skill that we witnessed in the ring tonight". It was pretty telling because 5 years earlier no boxing broadcast was gonna be acknowledging MMA at all.
If you look at scheduled events globally for both sports Boxrec has 111 cards listed for the rest of July and Sherdog shows 97 for MMA. Quite a few of these none UFC MMA promotions are bigger than all but the biggest boxing promotions too. Especially if we are comparing promotions based outside of the US.
Yeah, you're underselling things. The UFC has had 8 ppvs so far this year and the lowest drawing one did better numbers than 6 of the last 10 none freakshow boxing PPVs stretching back to early 2019. And when you talk about mega fights, most huge fights in the post Floyd/Pac era happened in the UFC, not boxing.
That exposes how dependant ufc is on that 1 bum & those numbers are bs anyways
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