Last UFC card outsold Canelo PPV numbers.

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300k Buys for a card in UK with old guys headlining and a weak under-card. Compared to Canelo fighting on a holiday in the United States.


Bisping is a bigger star than Canelo.

[Motorcity Cobra]

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300k Buys for a card in UK with old guys headlining and a weak under-card. Compared to Canelo fighting on a holiday in the United States.


Bisping is a bigger star than Canelo.

What did it do in comparison to boxing cards in the UK? Compare apples to apples

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What did it do in comparison to boxing cards in the UK? Compare apples to apples

What boxing card in the UK airs on US PPV? I dont know of one.


This was below-average MMA card on PPV vs Canelo on a holiday PPV.

[hayZ]

Bisping definitely isn't a bigger star than Canelo.

Why this card did better than Canelo v Smith:

1) The UFC brand - The UFC will always get at least 150-200k buys regardless of how crap the PPV is (obviously can't be a fight night calibre) because of their brand value.
2) Promotion - The UFC released an excellent mini-documentary of Bispings career on YouTube (more exposure than regular HBO/Showtime). They also used the hype created by 205 to also promote this PPV. They engage with their fans superbly and everyone knew it'd be a good fight if you look at it from a style perspective. They also had history.
3) Canelo was in a fight no one really gave a **** about. Bisping is way more well-known than Liam Smith is around the world and definitely in the UK. People want to see Canelo v GGG, and due to the MayPac fiasco, it has really left a sour taste in peoples mouths when it comes to delaying matchups.

Canelo doesn't speak English and Goldenboy didn't really promote the fight well at all it felt like. At least online that is. They must have done well around the states, as it did well attendance wise.

Boxing is being run like it's 1980 and the UFC is run like it's 2016.

[buge]

that UFC card was definitely crap, but the Canelo card was also crap

Next UFC card is good though

[hayZ]

that UFC card was definitely crap, but the Canelo card was also crap

Next UFC card is good though

Good? It's the best card in UFC History on paper. This card ****** on paper, it had some good fights though.

[ostinato]

Bisping definitely isn't a bigger star than Canelo.

Why this card did better than Canelo v Smith:

1) The UFC brand - The UFC will always get at least 150-200k buys regardless of how crap the PPV is (obviously can't be a fight night calibre) because of their brand value.
2) Promotion - The UFC released an excellent mini-documentary of Bispings career on YouTube (more exposure than regular HBO/Showtime). They also used the hype created by 205 to also promote this PPV. They engage with their fans superbly and everyone knew it'd be a good fight if you look at it from a style perspective. They also had history.
3) Canelo was in a fight no one really gave a **** about. Bisping is way more well-known than Liam Smith is around the world and definitely in the UK. People want to see Canelo v GGG, and due to the MayPac fiasco, it has really left a sour taste in peoples mouths when it comes to delaying matchups.

Canelo doesn't speak English and Goldenboy didn't really promote the fight well at all it felt like. At least online that is. They must have done well around the states, as it did well attendance wise.

Boxing is being run like it's 1980 and the UFC is run like it's 2016.

How about the fact it was, like most boxing cards these days, a total mismatch. Look, boxing has made its own greedy bed and has to lie in it. Meanwhile the UFC is putting on killer cards with intriguing, competitve, fight-friendly matches. UFC 205 will be the first card ever in New York at MSG and it's completely stacked.

Boxing needs a real shakeup and reset in order to become viable again. It's a goddamn mess.

[CaneloMaidana]

Boxing is dead in USA.

[jmrf4435]

MMA doesn't even have to be a "better" sport. It simply has a superior model in terms of the over arching organization in the UFC, this will be a the norm from now on.

I suggest boxing fans get used to it or start demanding change and not buying BS ppv's.

UFC 205 is about to break some records. Most of the cards fights are main event worthy and some could even headline their own PPV. When was the last time we had a card like that in boxing????

[bambam182]

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300k Buys for a card in UK with old guys headlining and a weak under-card. Compared to Canelo fighting on a holiday in the United States.


Bisping is a bigger star than Canelo.

damn, that means GGG doesnt deserve to be in the same block as bisping.