Holly Holm was written off by the media.
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Don't move the goal posts. You said Kournakova got top billing over the top female tennis players. In every tournament they played, the Williams sisters were always the most talked about. Nobody promoted tournaments by talking about Anna Kournakova. In fact, the fact that she wasn't very good but was attractive was what people talked about when she got brought up. Maria Sharapova is an actually good tennis player with multiple Grand Slam wins so that doesn't fit your "how the game works" narrative. Plus Serena gets way more attention than her anyway. Lolo Jones isn't white and only got talked about because she's a virgin.
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yseJ
Empire strikes back
Whats sad is that negative publicity is still publicity. The problem here is that the "story" was bigger than the fighters really.
This is the first time people pay ANY attention to women's MMA. We've just witnessed mainstream gobble up a meal usually considered too bland for their taste.
Holly been around, just look at her resume. But no one gave a shyt about that (including Holly getting KOd pretty badly for the second loss) or women's MMA until ronda's "story" appeared. I won't lie - I also never checked for women's MMA.
So in this case, the plot and hype worked. Whether one likes ronda or not, the "story" and her hype made people watch. It wasn't all for naught - in the process, incidentally, people learned of a very good female fighter as well. But what's sad is how easy it is to manufacture hype in times when MMA is struggling attracting new viewers.
Even with ronda's loss, people will still watch the re-match. There is no more 'story', but there is another one. This was a very successful hype buildup for everyone involved, including ronda.
I won't be surprised if more struggling or women's sports will be marketed like that with bullshyt stories and all.
This is the first time people pay ANY attention to women's MMA. We've just witnessed mainstream gobble up a meal usually considered too bland for their taste.
Holly been around, just look at her resume. But no one gave a shyt about that (including Holly getting KOd pretty badly for the second loss) or women's MMA until ronda's "story" appeared. I won't lie - I also never checked for women's MMA.
So in this case, the plot and hype worked. Whether one likes ronda or not, the "story" and her hype made people watch. It wasn't all for naught - in the process, incidentally, people learned of a very good female fighter as well. But what's sad is how easy it is to manufacture hype in times when MMA is struggling attracting new viewers.
Even with ronda's loss, people will still watch the re-match. There is no more 'story', but there is another one. This was a very successful hype buildup for everyone involved, including ronda.
I won't be surprised if more struggling or women's sports will be marketed like that with bullshyt stories and all.