Top 10 PPV buy rates in 2010

you seem way too emotional over this. I don't know what bubble you live in, but the reality of it is people will always want to root for their own & someone that looks like them in a COMBAT sport. Mexicans will most likely root for mexicans, Filipino will root for the Filipino, black will root for the black, white the white, etc. White americans have shown to be successful in the UFC, which is why the UFC is able to create white stars. The majority of the US is white americans. I mean this is logic i shouldn't even have to explain this ****

 

You're ignorant and in denial. For starters, MMA is a real combat sport. If you doubt this, try to learn it and see how long it takes you to master the very rudimentary skills. It is a very technichal sport and an art form, every bit as technical, difficult and artful as boxing. Like any sport, meritocracy prevails - the best participants are the ones that make it through, white or black and its not like the black pool of participants in MMA is tiny.

Secondly, there are many sports in America where Whites are not dying as you claim. For starters, the NBA has seen a resurgence of white players. Hockey is also staffed by many US white players as is baseball and these sports are alll popular. Need I go into Summer and especially Winter Olympic sports?

 

Very true, but I think considering that there weren't many PPVs in boxing, the ones that were PPV made it on the list. I think in that way it can be a big positive.

 

MMA fighters take waaaaaaaay to much punishment to be getting raped by Dana White the way they are. We'll see how many of them have long lasting effects when its all said and done with their careers. As for the Pay-Per-View numbers.... Why does Manny want 50/50 again lol?

And also, when I look at that list I see

1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Bob Arum
3. Dana White
4. Dana White
5. Dana White
6. Dana White
7. Dana White
8. Bob Arum
9. Dana White
10. Dana White

 

That statement is more precise than your earlier one. The eariler one seemed to imply that the UFC is rigged in a way, because it purposely "creates" (your word) white athletes so that the sport can be more popular in the US. That statement seemed to illegitimize UFC as a true sport. Anyways, thanks for clarifying.

 

:deal

 

UFC is taking over...

 

:deal

 

I don't really care about how much boxers earn. What I care about is what the other poster highlighted i.e. when Pac and Floyd decide to retire, it could be an all UFC event for the top 10 PPV buy rates in 2013 or 2014.

 

Silva Brasilian black guy, exiting fighter most of his career, doesn't sell so much in PPV:s

GSP white northern American guy, boring most of his career, gets two time bigger PPV numbers than Silva.

and yes its hard take MMA as real sport, when 90% of fighters are white American gollege wrestlers.

 

63 % is white . hardly a huge majority. reasons why whites excel at mma currently is the ethnic groups in america have nt embraced the sport like the white population in the US. when they do, expect white athletes to suffer as what happened boxing after turn of the 20 th century. boxing is still the number one combat sport in the world and while it may not be gaining new fans in younger age category's in the US, those numbers will be made up in other parts of the world. boxing has always adapted. the real casualty to the rise of the ufc is the wwe. both these companies have alot more in common than hbo boxing and ufc demographic and age category wise.

 

Pac and Mayweather saving boxing in 2010, what happens when boxing fans boycott Pac and Mayweather goes to jail in 2011?

 

Is every UFC event on PPV?

 

And? It's the fighters who fight.

 

Exactly. Technically boxing was meant to "die" in 2006 and UFC take over as Tyson, Lewis, Jones Jr., De La Hoya, Trinidad etc started to lose relevance whereas UFC guys like Liddell, Ortiz, and Couture started to gain some crossover attention.

If I told you that a super-featherweight (at the time) from the philippines and a defensive welterweight were going to be the two biggest draws in boxing you'd have laugh your ass off at me.

What about if I said Miguel Cotto would fight an Israili JMW in front of 25,000 fans at Yankee Stadium would you have believed me?

How about Polish-born Tomasz Adamek fighting Michael Grant in front of 10,000 fight fans when he could barely crack a thousand in 2006?

The biggest HW fight would be between the EBU CW champ and a guy with a "shaky chin".

In 2010 UFC toured Australia bringing with them a host of name fighters (Including Australia's most famous MMA-fighter George Sotiropoulos) which was attended by about 17,000 fans.

Just one year prior 23,000 fans came to see one man (Danny Green) fight an American (Roy Jones Jr.). This wasn't even held at Danny Green's home state! And believe-you-me, the majority of Australians have never heard of Roy Jones Jr.

PPV numbers only tell a small part of the picture. Factor in revenue, attendences and the big boxing events overseas and you'll start to see a different picture.

P.S. I like MMA and personally have no beef with it.