Stephen Espinoza: Canelo vs Plant gate bigger than any gate ufc has ever done

[TMLT87]

No, it's not 'meh' compared to any other card, it's a 'meh' card, period.

LOL at you pretending like people are dying to watch Kamaru Usman. He's about as exciting as Anthony Dirrell that you mentioned.

You're talking about UFC shills trying to fool people and then come out with this BS.

Usman is a world champ, p4p no1 and not far off entering GSP territory. You're saying hes boring but then wasnt the first fight with Colby considered to be one of the best fights of 2019? didnt Usman completely obliterate Burns earlier this year and then hand Jorge his first KO loss since 2008 a couple of months after that? isnt there a ton of bad blood in this fight?

This is pretty much a triple main event card + Edgar/Chito could easily main event a Fight Night too, then theres Pereiras debut. You just admitted yourself that you're most hyped for the opening fight of the PPV, doesnt that clearly illustrate that its stacked? what are you smoking m8?

[Szef]

You're talking about UFC shills trying to fool people and then come out with this BS.

Usman is a world champ, p4p no1 and not far off entering GSP territory. You're talking about him being boring but then wasnt the first fight with Colby considered to be one of the best fights of 2019? didnt Usman completely obliterate Burns earlier this year and then hand Jorge his first KO loss since 2008 a couple of months after that? isnt there a ton of bad blood in this fight?

This is pretty much a triple main event card + Edgar/Chito could easily main event a Fight Night too, then theres Pereiras debut. You just admitted yourself that you're most hyped for the opening fight of the PPV, doesnt that clearly illustrate that its stacked? what are you smoking m8?

You're a clown.

Usman is widely considered the most boring fighter in the sport. It's not even debatable. Yeah he gets a KO once in a blue moon, but everybody knows what's his forte and that is wrestling.

Yes he's a great MMA fighter but that doesn't translate into generating buzz and excitement for his fights.

He's the Andre Ward of boxing.

Yes, I'm looking forward to Gaethje vs Chandler. And that's about it. After the fight is done I'm switching back to the Canelo card, and I don't think I will be the only one.

[Fists_of_Fury]

I love boxing but the UFC card is way better and stacked. If you watch both sports and say otherwise, you're an idiot. Canelo vs Plant isn't even a good fight. Plant is trash and going to run all night until he gets stopped. It's an easy belt for Canelo. He already slapped up Plant at a press conference. The speed, skill and IQ difference is tremendous between Canelo and that wannabe black bum. Conte's SNAC has nothing on Mexican meat. The undercard is trash. Boxing PPV has been hot garbage overall for a long ass time.

[TMLT87]

You're a clown.

Usman is widely considered the most boring fighter in the sport. It's not even debatable. Yeah he gets a KO once in a blue moon, but everybody knows what's his forte and that is wrestling.

Yes he's a great MMA fighter but that doesn't translate into generating buzz and excitement for his fights.

He's the Andre Ward of boxing.

Yes, I'm looking forward to Gaethje vs Chandler. And that's about it. After the fight is done I'm switching back to the Canelo card, and I don't think I will be the only one.

"once in a blue moon" like both of his fights this year, both within 3 rounds, and now hes rematching someone whos jaw he broke and who he stopped the first time in a 2019 FOTY contender.

Usman/Covington 2 has no buzz and excitement? really? why has the first fight got 5.5m views on Youtube 2 weeks after the UFC uploaded it then? why does the 268 press conference have like double the views of the Canelo/Plant press conference when its been up less than half as long?

All this **** about how Usman is boring etc, you and I both know the UFC card is going to provide far more action than the Canelo card.

[buddyr]

I love boxing but the UFC card is way better and stacked. If you watch both sports and say otherwise, you're an idiot. Canelo vs Plant isn't even a good fight. Plant is trash and going to run all night until he gets stopped. It's an easy belt for Canelo. He already slapped up Plant at a press conference. The speed, skill and IQ difference is tremendous between Canelo and that wannabe black bum. Conte's SNAC has nothing on Mexican meat. The undercard is trash. Boxing PPV has been hot garbage overall for a long ass time.

he knows this. He's just trolling right now

[_original_]

I’m a hardcore boxing fan and mma casual but that UFC fight is stacked and intriguing. Miss the days of actually watching a decent undercard on a boxing PPV.

[TMLT87]

I love boxing but the UFC card is way better and stacked. If you watch both sports and say otherwise, you're an idiot. Canelo vs Plant isn't even a good fight. Plant is trash and going to run all night until he gets stopped. It's an easy belt for Canelo. He already slapped up Plant at a press conference. The speed, skill and IQ difference is tremendous between Canelo and that wannabe black bum. Conte's SNAC has nothing on Mexican meat. The undercard is trash. Boxing PPV has been hot garbage overall for a long ass time.

Exactly. Preferring boxing and not following MMA is one thing, but if you're a fan of both sports or just wanna watch some fights its pretty ****ing hard to justify watching the Canelo card over the UFC card, especially if you are actually paying for it. Its obvious one is vastly superior to the other both in depth and also in the entertainment value its likely to provide. The UFC is full of big fights that could go either way, Canelo card is a one fight card and that one fight has Canelo as a heavy favourite who on top of that will have the judges on his side in case things dont go as expected.

[sallyField]

Will he wait for the UfC show to end again doe?

thanks. I forgot about that unfortunate extremely weak decision made by showtime. Its up there with the L word and ***** as folk programs.

[bballchump11]

Thats because tickets are more expensive. Canelo/GGG 1+2 both did bigger live gates than any UFC event ever either though Conor/Khabib did as many PPV buys as both of those fights combined. Its not the best indicator of how much interest there is in a fight.

The UFC should raise the prices then.

[TMLT87]

And now the weigh in for the UFC event is getting tens of thousands more viewers while live (and its still going up) than the Canelo/Plant one has an hour after ending lol.