That is not true at all
What buzz did Rousey have before Zuffa?
I fancy myself a fan and I never heard of her until she won the UFC title
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What buzz did Rousey have before Zuffa?
I fancy myself a fan and I never heard of her until she won the UFC title
She never won the title they gave it to her at a press conference lol
She was on the cover of SI before She came to UFC. Her rivalry with Tate received coverage. Like infamous said they created the division after vowing not to because she was a star. Maybe you were just a fan of UFC and not MMA in general
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JEFF MAYWEATHER GOES OFF ON DANA WHITE AND CONOR MCGREGOR: "WHO ELSE THEY GOING TO GET TO USE FLOYD'S NAME"
By Percy Crawford | March 18, 2016
"It's one of those things where the UFC was building their brand and building their fighters up off of Floyd's name. First of all, it ain't never going to happen, so it's just talk, and the only way that you can make yourself seem like you are bigger than what you really are is to call out the best guy in his sport, who has actually proven to everyone what he can do," stated world-class trainer Jeff Mayweather, who went off on UFC President Dana White, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, and others for allegedly using the name of his nephew, retired undefeated former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, to promote the organization. Check out what else he had to say!
JEFF MAYWEATHER:
You talking about a guy who, first of all, almost made a billion dollars in the damn ring with no fukking endorsements. And then not only that, people always talk about, "He ran, he ran." Yeah, he ran all the way to the fukking bank. He ran straight to the bank and then when he finally stopped running, he was undefeated and had damn near every record that there is in boxing. You want to criticize this man? It's asinine to even talk about it. People forgot, the art of boxing is to hit and not be hit. At the end of the day, I don't give a fukk what sport you're in, everybody, every single person that's ever played a sport wants to be undefeated. And they want to be undefeated at all costs and Floyd did that for 19 years. He did shyt that is never going to be surpassed; not in this lifetime. They want to make it like Conor McGregor is so great because he went up and got his ass whooped. Wow! That's great? You went up and got your ass whooped. It would have been great if you went up and did something and you actually won; just like Floyd did in 5 different weight classes. I catch hell every time I do an MMA video or talk about it, but I don't give a damn.
I don't even buy into that shyt MMA fans like to say, "Well, there are more ways to lose in MMA than boxing." At the end of the day, that motherfukker chose that sport. You chose that sport; don't tell me about no goddamn ways of losing. Floyd chose the sport he chose and he walked away unbeaten. Just like there are a lot of ways to lose in MMA, one punch in boxing can end it all, and in boxing, you got a motherfukker throwing anywhere from 70 to 100 punches a round at your fukking head and body, so I don't want to hear that shyt. It ain't no different. They are both a combat sport. At the end of the day, the only thing a motherfukker care about is if you won or if you lost. Because if Conor McGregor would have fukking won, oh my God, he would have been the greatest thing since fukking ice cream. But since he lost, now they want to give him credit for going up; going up and getting his ass whooped. You don't get no credit for that. You chose to do that. You accepted that man's challenge and talked plenty of shyt about him, then you got your ass whooped by him. You made fun of him teaching Jiu Jitsu classes to children and then got choked the fukk out. You don't get no damn honor points for that shyt. I look at it this way, they ain't got nobody else that can fukking mention Floyd's name. Who else they going to get to use Floyd's name, damn Jon Jones or somebody else way bigger than him? Somebody he can't never fight any damn way. Anybody that's close to Floyd's weight, they're done. Their value is done now. Everybody listening to Dana White talking that stupid shyt about Ronda Rousey beating up men and now they jump on Conor McGregor's bandwagon, they don't got no motherfukking wagon no more. That shyt is over with. They don't got nothing else to talk about. It shows that they need Floyd to promote their sport. They want to talk shyt about the man, but it just shows how much they truly need Floyd to promote their company. Floyd has never ever said that he wanted to fight one of them. He never said, "I'll beat Ronday Rousey," or "I'll beat Conor McGregor." Like I said, they had they little moment of fame. McGregor's lasted almost a year and Rousey's lasted about a year and a half. That shyt is over with now. They can shut the fukk up about that dumb shyt. They can shut the fukk up about what a MMA fighter can do to Floyd Mayweather because ain't shyt going to happen to Floyd Mayweather. First of all he's never going to fight a MMA fight, and secondly, if you're going to make one of them come fight him in boxing, we already know the result and everybody else know the result. It's going to be the same result that professional boxers get against Floyd; actually it's going to be easier. Fighting Nate Diaz was great, but at the same time, Floyd could never fight someone with a record or the caliber of a Nate Diaz in the sport of boxing. And to be honest, if he was to fight somebody in boxing with that same record, he would win easily. Floyd couldn't fight someone with Conor McGregor's record. Floyd damn near can't fight someone with 3 losses. They had a fit when he fought Berto and Berto is a 2-time world champion. At the end of the day, there is one thing that Floyd did that nobody else did other than Marciano, he went out with 49 fights and 49 wins!
JEFF MAYWEATHER GOES OFF ON DANA WHITE AND CONOR MCGREGOR: "WHO ELSE THEY GOING TO GET TO USE FLOYD'S NAME" || FIGHTHYPE.COM
By Percy Crawford | March 18, 2016
"It's one of those things where the UFC was building their brand and building their fighters up off of Floyd's name. First of all, it ain't never going to happen, so it's just talk, and the only way that you can make yourself seem like you are bigger than what you really are is to call out the best guy in his sport, who has actually proven to everyone what he can do," stated world-class trainer Jeff Mayweather, who went off on UFC President Dana White, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, and others for allegedly using the name of his nephew, retired undefeated former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, to promote the organization. Check out what else he had to say!
JEFF MAYWEATHER:
You talking about a guy who, first of all, almost made a billion dollars in the damn ring with no fukking endorsements. And then not only that, people always talk about, "He ran, he ran." Yeah, he ran all the way to the fukking bank. He ran straight to the bank and then when he finally stopped running, he was undefeated and had damn near every record that there is in boxing. You want to criticize this man? It's asinine to even talk about it. People forgot, the art of boxing is to hit and not be hit. At the end of the day, I don't give a fukk what sport you're in, everybody, every single person that's ever played a sport wants to be undefeated. And they want to be undefeated at all costs and Floyd did that for 19 years. He did shyt that is never going to be surpassed; not in this lifetime. They want to make it like Conor McGregor is so great because he went up and got his ass whooped. Wow! That's great? You went up and got your ass whooped. It would have been great if you went up and did something and you actually won; just like Floyd did in 5 different weight classes. I catch hell every time I do an MMA video or talk about it, but I don't give a damn.
I don't even buy into that shyt MMA fans like to say, "Well, there are more ways to lose in MMA than boxing." At the end of the day, that motherfukker chose that sport. You chose that sport; don't tell me about no goddamn ways of losing. Floyd chose the sport he chose and he walked away unbeaten. Just like there are a lot of ways to lose in MMA, one punch in boxing can end it all, and in boxing, you got a motherfukker throwing anywhere from 70 to 100 punches a round at your fukking head and body, so I don't want to hear that shyt. It ain't no different. They are both a combat sport. At the end of the day, the only thing a motherfukker care about is if you won or if you lost. Because if Conor McGregor would have fukking won, oh my God, he would have been the greatest thing since fukking ice cream. But since he lost, now they want to give him credit for going up; going up and getting his ass whooped. You don't get no credit for that. You chose to do that. You accepted that man's challenge and talked plenty of shyt about him, then you got your ass whooped by him. You made fun of him teaching Jiu Jitsu classes to children and then got choked the fukk out. You don't get no damn honor points for that shyt. I look at it this way, they ain't got nobody else that can fukking mention Floyd's name. Who else they going to get to use Floyd's name, damn Jon Jones or somebody else way bigger than him? Somebody he can't never fight any damn way. Anybody that's close to Floyd's weight, they're done. Their value is done now. Everybody listening to Dana White talking that stupid shyt about Ronda Rousey beating up men and now they jump on Conor McGregor's bandwagon, they don't got no motherfukking wagon no more. That shyt is over with. They don't got nothing else to talk about. It shows that they need Floyd to promote their sport. They want to talk shyt about the man, but it just shows how much they truly need Floyd to promote their company. Floyd has never ever said that he wanted to fight one of them. He never said, "I'll beat Ronday Rousey," or "I'll beat Conor McGregor." Like I said, they had they little moment of fame. McGregor's lasted almost a year and Rousey's lasted about a year and a half. That shyt is over with now. They can shut the fukk up about that dumb shyt. They can shut the fukk up about what a MMA fighter can do to Floyd Mayweather because ain't shyt going to happen to Floyd Mayweather. First of all he's never going to fight a MMA fight, and secondly, if you're going to make one of them come fight him in boxing, we already know the result and everybody else know the result. It's going to be the same result that professional boxers get against Floyd; actually it's going to be easier. Fighting Nate Diaz was great, but at the same time, Floyd could never fight someone with a record or the caliber of a Nate Diaz in the sport of boxing. And to be honest, if he was to fight somebody in boxing with that same record, he would win easily. Floyd couldn't fight someone with Conor McGregor's record. Floyd damn near can't fight someone with 3 losses. They had a fit when he fought Berto and Berto is a 2-time world champion. At the end of the day, there is one thing that Floyd did that nobody else did other than Marciano, he went out with 49 fights and 49 wins!
JEFF MAYWEATHER GOES OFF ON DANA WHITE AND CONOR MCGREGOR: "WHO ELSE THEY GOING TO GET TO USE FLOYD'S NAME" || FIGHTHYPE.COM
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I'll give you the fact that I didn't and barely care about WMMA, but I'm aware enough to have heard of this broad if she had a buzz.
I don't recall SI having her on the cover while she was in Strikeforce.
The Infamous
Superstar
She headlined 2 Strikeforce cards, was on Maxim and ESPN body issue before she was with the UFC. She used the UFC as a platform to skyrocket her popularity, but to say she had no buzz before signing with the UFC is incorrect.
Yea she was already a star before UFC. They just had the platform to push her into the stratosphere
Edit: ESPN I see. I thought it was SI they are all the same to me lol. Point is she wasn't some unknown
The Infamous
Superstar
Yea she was already a star before UFC. They just had the platform to push her into the stratosphere
Edit: ESPN I see. I thought it was SI they are all the same to me lol. Point is she wasn't some unknown
I wouldn't call her a star back then, but she def had some buzz.
The timeline in my head was definitely jumbled up, I thought that ESPN cover came after the UFC deal.
Daniela Hantuchova was also on the cover of the Body Issue that year.
That cover don't mean you're buzzin.
But I'll give it to her. She had some notoriety.
If by 'at the top' you mean current champs and contenders, I disagree.
If by 'at the top' you mean most popular fighters, maybe
Gina Carano was the big star at first...then Ronda blew up and everyone starting saying she was a female Tyson with the fast tap outs