u gotta have money behind you to do that, only 2-3 mma fighters could realistically do that
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u gotta have money behind you to do that, only 2-3 mma fighters could realistically do that
Roman Brady
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u really think GSP can sellout in canada without the ufc? They were hard pressed to have him fight ouside montreal at the height of his career. rush production presents gsp vs chavier benoit isnt going to rock the house in vancover
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Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
so ufc would have u believe I think only gsp, chuck and forrest are the only fighters the ufc have made proper wealthy. I get the sense most of anderson/jj's riches is from their endorsements not pay packets from zuffa
i think anderson has money, he signed that 6 fight extension within the past 2 years
gsp gets a lot of money from endorsements, hes the biggest canadian athlete out there
TheNatureBoy
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Two WW champions with Felice Herrig in the middle
The Infamous
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Two WW champions with Felice Herrig in the middle
That would be a great fight, Lima is an animal.
Amare's Right Hook
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u really think GSP can sellout in canada without the ufc? They were hard pressed to have him fight ouside montreal at the height of his career. rush production presents gsp vs chavier benoit isnt going to rock the house in vancover
there's no doubt in my mind that a GSP fight in Montreal/Toronto twice a year would sell out. He would probably make more money this way then he would fighting for the UFC 4 times a year. I really think GSP should look into this.
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Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2m
Dana White says he thinks Dillashaw-Barao 2 is next. Thinks Barao deserves the rematch.
Dana White says he thinks Dillashaw-Barao 2 is next. Thinks Barao deserves the rematch.
Barco got dominated. The only thing fans can say is he fought like a warrior with a concussion for 5 rounds. Other than that he got destroyed. If they do it in Brazil, I can live with it, though. Thought he'd be fighting Assuncao.
Translation: no other opponent in the BW division will draw with TJ
TheNatureBoy
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Agreed, I think Johnny would use his wrestling a lot.
The Infamous
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But who would he fight?
He would lose if he traded with Lima the full fight.
The Infamous
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If George tried to self-promote his fights, it would be tough at first...but I truly believe that a lot of these dudes with win streaks that are nearing the end of their UFC/Bellator contracts would see the opportunity to face GSP...potentially make more money...and have more freedom wouldn't pass up on that opportunity @ 170. GSP and Askren...that's a good fight right there to start. And just being on a GSP card/ppv would potentially lure guys from other weight classes to want to be the co-main event for GSP fights.
Or this could actually just make the pay in the UFC better as you could have guys using possibly not re-signing as leverage so ZUFFA could pay them more to stay instead of leaving to do business w/ GSP.
The contract battles from 155 - 185 could get interesting...if George could stay dominant for about 3 more years and solid/good guys left to fight him or fight on his cards, if might give the other big dawgs like Jones the courage to not feel like they need to belong to a league. I wish Golden Boy would get into MMA but the old heads that control boxing generally hate MMA. I guess WAMMA would have to get involved in order to make the belt(s) relevant
I dunno...I'm spoiled w/ all the MMA that's on tv right now(especially coming from UFC's Fox business deal) but it just doesn't seem right that certain boxers only have to fight in 2 or 3 cities their entire career and they may not even be top notch in their sport but they sell out those venues on a Saturday night and make good money b/c they have a hometown/ethnic following but UFC is holding events on a Wednesday in the middle of nowhere and you have 2 guys in the main event that have no racial/local/national/etc. connection to the place...the attendance is average...and then Dana's making all this damn money and he's got top 10 hvwts. like Miocic who still works at the fukkin fire dept. And yeah yeah I know Bryant Jennings is a top 10 hvwt. and he still has a regular job too but if he can get the Stiverne or Klitschko fight, he won't be doing that for long, I bet.
I'm just rambling...I dunno....
Or this could actually just make the pay in the UFC better as you could have guys using possibly not re-signing as leverage so ZUFFA could pay them more to stay instead of leaving to do business w/ GSP.
The contract battles from 155 - 185 could get interesting...if George could stay dominant for about 3 more years and solid/good guys left to fight him or fight on his cards, if might give the other big dawgs like Jones the courage to not feel like they need to belong to a league. I wish Golden Boy would get into MMA but the old heads that control boxing generally hate MMA. I guess WAMMA would have to get involved in order to make the belt(s) relevant
I dunno...I'm spoiled w/ all the MMA that's on tv right now(especially coming from UFC's Fox business deal) but it just doesn't seem right that certain boxers only have to fight in 2 or 3 cities their entire career and they may not even be top notch in their sport but they sell out those venues on a Saturday night and make good money b/c they have a hometown/ethnic following but UFC is holding events on a Wednesday in the middle of nowhere and you have 2 guys in the main event that have no racial/local/national/etc. connection to the place...the attendance is average...and then Dana's making all this damn money and he's got top 10 hvwts. like Miocic who still works at the fukkin fire dept. And yeah yeah I know Bryant Jennings is a top 10 hvwt. and he still has a regular job too but if he can get the Stiverne or Klitschko fight, he won't be doing that for long, I bet.
I'm just rambling...I dunno....