Mayweather = Final Nail in UFC's Coffin

[Johnston]

Watching almost any mma fight is dreadful. Besides Jon Jones they all seem so average . I think people realize 90% of the fights are 30 seconds or 15 minutes of guys laying on the ground together. It's bad and most of the fighters are bad

[LADIV]

For those of you not paying attention, UFC has been doing very badly in PPV numbers. Ultimately, thats how they survive.

Mc****** is UFC's last star. Floyd knocks Mc****** the fcuk out, their last star will fall.

Some of you think the fight is a joke, but it's not. Floyd get's his 50th win and breaks that bum Marciano's record. Then the fall of UFC, what more could you ask for?

this fight has nothing to do with the ufc..its a boxing match

[pacmanis1]

For those of you not paying attention, UFC has been doing very badly in PPV numbers. Ultimately, thats how they survive.

Mc****** is UFC's last star. Floyd knocks Mc****** the fcuk out, their last star will fall.

Some of you think the fight is a joke, but it's not. Floyd get's his 50th win and breaks that bum Marciano's record. Then the fall of UFC, what more could you ask for?

Look a the PPV numbers.

01/02/2016 UFC 195 Lawler vs Condit 300,000
03/05/2016 UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz 1,317,000
04/23/2016 UFC 197 Jones vs St. Preux 322,000
05/14/2016 UFC 198 Werdum vs Miocic 217,000
06/04/2016 UFC 199 Rockhold v Bisping 2 320,000
07/09/2016 UFC 200 Tate v Nunes 1,009,000
07/30/2016 UFC 201 Lawler v Woodley 240,000
08/20/2016 UFC 202 McGregor v Diaz 2 1,650,000
09/10/2016 UFC 203 Miocic v Overeem 450,000
10/08/2016 UFC 204 Bisping v Henderson 2 290,000
11/12/2016 UFC 205 McGregor v Alvarez 1,300,000
12/10/2016 UFC 206 Holloway v Pettis 150,000

They don't even show 2017 numbers because they're so low.

Boxing PPV in 2016

Pacquiao-Bradley III: ~400K PPV buys
Alvarez-Khan: ~450K-600K PPV buys
Crawford-Postol: 50K-60K PPV buys
Alvarez-Smith: >~300K PPV buys
Pacquiao-Vargas: ~300K PPV buys
Ward-Kovalev – 160,000 PPV buys

And don't ever refer to Marciano as a bum again you trolling tw@t.

[Sheppirino]

Floyd could beat Conor into a bloody pulp and the UFC would still do fine. MMA isn't going anywhere after August 26 and the UFC will always be where the top fighters are in that sport.

[McNulty]

this fight has nothing to do with the ufc..its a boxing match

The damage will be done to their biggest star. He's going to get humiliated in record setting numbers. Of course its going to hurt his ego and the image of UFC lmao.

Boxing PPV in 2016

Pacquiao-Bradley III: ~400K PPV buys
Alvarez-Khan: ~450K-600K PPV buys
Crawford-Postol: 50K-60K PPV buys
Alvarez-Smith: >~300K PPV buys
Pacquiao-Vargas: ~300K PPV buys
Ward-Kovalev – 160,000 PPV buys

And don't ever refer to Marciano as a bum again you trolling tw@t.

Boxing doesn't NEED PPV to survive like UFC does. Big difference!

Nice try you fcuking KFC nuthugger and Marciano was a fcuking BUM. Only fought names when they were well past it or well out of their division and well past it. He was a stain to the sport. He quit like a b1tch when the going got tough.

Floyd would whip Marciano's as$ at a catchweight. Hell, Michael Carbajal would whip Marciano's as$ at a catchweight ROFL.

Marciano"peeleft:

[TheBigLug]

UFC probably know Conor is on the way out sooner rather than later, that's why they have cashed out with this fight. There's no way UFC would dare put a rising star/future cash-cow in the boxing ring with Mayweather but McGregor is already a star and more likely to be on the way out than get more popular. They wouldn't even make this fight if they had a guaranteed 4 or 5 more McGregor fights, but they know it's highly unlikely. This fight will make the same money for them as a few Conor PPV's in UFC. So they have to make that money while they can.

Conor has never shown great desire to stay in the sport a long time and has already had strained relations with the UFC in the past. Not to mention another loss in UFC could some shine off him again. They know they can make a lot of money feeding him to Floyd while it's possible.

[pacmanis1]

The damage will be done to their biggest star. He's going to get humiliated in record setting numbers. Of course its going to hurt his ego and the image of UFC lmao.



Boxing doesn't NEED PPV to survive like UFC does. Big difference!

Nice try you fcuking KFC nuthugger and Marciano was a fcuking BUM. Only fought names when they were well past it or well out of their division and well past it. He was a stain to the sport. He quit like a b1tch when the going got tough.

Floyd would whip Marciano's as$ at a catchweight. Hell, Michael Carbajal would whip Marciano's as$ at a catchweight ROFL.

Marciano"peeleft:

If boxing doesn't need PPV than why are all big fights on PPV. And why are UFC averaging higher buyrates? I'll take boxing any day of the week but saying this will be the nail in the coffin of UFC makes you sound like a UFC fanboy from 2007 saying boxing was dead. Both sports will have their ups and downs regardless of what happens.

[Chuckguy]

And the UFC has my boy GSP coming back! They will be just. Fine

[McNulty]

If boxing doesn't need PPV than why are all big fights on PPV. And why are UFC averaging higher buyrates?

Because extra money is great. Fighters are still making multi-million dollar purses without PPV. Meanwhile, HW UFC champ Mir made 45k vs Lesner.

All they do are PPV's, obviously the vs rate should be higher.

[TexDeuce]

Watching almost any mma fight is dreadful. Besides Jon Jones they all seem so average . I think people realize 90% of the fights are 30 seconds or 15 minutes of guys laying on the ground together. It's bad and most of the fighters are bad

That's because you have no clue what you are looking at. The "laying on the ground" is years of training and technique. Every position, sweep, submission, etc. All done for a purpose. To gain pure dominance or to play defense and avoid being dominated. Some guys are BJJ and Wrestling world champions / Olympians. Very dynamic and entertaining things happen on the ground.

In reality the MMA fghts are much more varied than in boxing, fights end with knees, chokes, overhand rights, ground and pound etc.

If it isn't your thing, that's cool. But how are the top 10 MMA guys in each weight class any more average than the top 10 in each weight class in boxing?