Report: UFC 225 bombs at the box office with less than 150,000 PPV buys

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Meltzer said UFC 224 did less than 100k buys :picard:
dafucc goin on

The reason I’m leaving is you people. Because after I’m gone, you’re still going to pour money into this company. I’m just a spoke on the wheel. The wheel is going to keep turning and I understand that. Dana White is going to make money despite himself. He’s a millionaire who should be a billionaire. You know why he’s not a billionaire? Because he surrounds himself with glad-handed, nonsensical, douchebag (censored) yes men, like Joe Rogan, who’s going to tell him everything he wants to hear
 

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The reason I’m leaving is you people. Because after I’m gone, you’re still going to pour money into this company. I’m just a spoke on the wheel. The wheel is going to keep turning and I understand that. Dana White is going to make money despite himself. He’s a millionaire who should be a billionaire. You know why he’s not a billionaire? Because he surrounds himself with glad-handed, nonsensical, douchebag (censored) yes men, like Joe Rogan, who’s going to tell him everything he wants to hear
Punk's speech was dumb because WWE has made more money every year since he left and Vince is a billionaire now
 

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Yeah that's exactly my point..like we all know someone like the miz or finn balor ain't tough guys but we can suspend our beliefs because we never seen them catch a fade in real life ....once you see it you can't use unsee it...punks ruined


Punk as an mma fighter
Is like david arquette as a wrestler
 

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Meltzer said UFC 224 did less than 100k buys :picard:
dafucc goin on

I mean thats not shocking. 224 was a weak card. I am not convinced women should be headlining unless you're talking Ronda in her heyday.

UFC also raised the price of PPVs a few months ago. I think fans are still salty about that. I know lots of people that passed on 244, myself included
 

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Punk's speech was dumb because WWE has made more money every year since he left and Vince is a billionaire now
Vince isn’t he only mouth in the room no more
They cut pyro and finally realized that with their American monopoly that all talent will sign with them at some point. Plus they basically outlasted all other forms of television compitition. fukking 8 hours of original content weekly advertisers love it that’s why the tv rights sold well
 

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Yeah that's exactly my point..like we all know someone like the miz or finn balor ain't tough guys but we can suspend our beliefs because we never seen them catch a fade in real life ....once you see it you can't use unsee it...punks ruined

This is it... Punk was taking a huge gamble wtith this...had he actually won either fight it would have increased his stature tremendously but the alternative was that he won't ever be seen in a credible way in fighting or wrestling... Now his best bet is starting a bunch of car dealerships with whatever he's saved up or live off the interest of his investments and do charity work for social causes
 

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Here is the thing with punk...he was a geek in high school not an athlete or a jock or a tough guy

Wrestling was his escape his chance to be the guy he never was... A lot of people who pursue acting or performance art is because they never liked their real selves and it's a chance to escape

The fighting at UFC was for himself to prove to himself that he could be a real life tough guy instead of playing one on TV and be the guy he never was in high school

and now he's back to where he was in high school

It's actually a sad story on a psyche level but at least he's rich
 

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Ain't no way he was gonna draw big after that first performance.

Haven't most UFC shows been doing terrible lately?
I guess the boom period is over for them.
 

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What's the average PPV buys the UFC has been doing in the last 3 years? Legit question.

And people had the unmitigated gall to crown this sport over the sweet science of boxing because they had a little hot run :comeon:

Hell, they were talking about being bigger than Soccer and the NFL at one point.
 

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Ain't no way he was gonna draw big after that first performance.

Haven't most UFC shows been doing terrible lately?
I guess the boom period is over for them.
Why do you think they are fiending for Jon Jones vs Brock...
 
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