Widdy85 Posted April 28, 2016 Posted April 28, 2016 Which is why Dana can afford to leave him off 200.
Paid Members Chunk Posted April 28, 2016 Paid Members Posted April 28, 2016 Hopefully we can move on from it now. There hasn't been any new news on it for days and yet it's still the most talked about thing in MMA.
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted April 28, 2016 Paid Members Posted April 28, 2016 McGregor lost this battle but it will be interesting to see how the rest of the year pans out. We know both aren't looking to back down and despite what all parties say, there will be some resentment. It looks like those rumblings about a fall out last year are probably true, so this has been brewing for quite a while.
David Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 I'm wondering if we can change the name of the thread now? He's not retiring, so maybe just "The awesometastic Conor McGregor thread" or something would do?
David Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 "The McGregor vs David thread" That would never happen, I wouldn't pussy out of media duties.
Paid Members Supremo Posted April 29, 2016 Author Paid Members Posted April 29, 2016 https://instagram.com/p/BEywJmRH0uU/
jimufctna24 Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 That's amazing. Both the video and the differential in numbers.
the_mole Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 I tried watching it life to be fair and it was on about a 2 minute delay, so you couldn't see the instant reactions, so I turned it off and watched it later
seanz25 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 That forbes article also states that 'conservative predictions suggest UFC will lose a small $45 million from Conor not appearing at the event.
Widdy85 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 But they will wake it up on which ever card he does fight on, so irrelevant to UFC.
seanz25 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Don't know about that they'll make a lot but not $45, remember 200's gonna have the added interest from it being a major event in the calender anyway, thus more outlets etc. Plus a bigger PPV buyrate due to the strong card etc.
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 30, 2016 Paid Members Posted April 30, 2016 You never know, they might actually make just as much money or more this way. They'll do well off 200 anyway but now if McGregor comes back and fights Diaz at UFC 201 or 202 then they can bank on another big money spinner PPV. If he'd fought at 200 they'd have killed it, of course. But then they mightn't have had much lined up for 201, 202 and 203. Remember they're using up Jones, Cormier, Aldo, Edgar, Cain, Tate, Rockhold, Weidman, Cruz, Faber, Anderson, Werdum etc in the next few months so most or all of them are very unlikely to be available for those post-200 PPVs. At least this way, if they can get McGregor back for the August or September PPVs then they're guaranteed another big buyrate. If they can get McGregor vs Diaz 2 back on for 201, I think it could well be the biggest back-to-back buyrates they've done since UFC 100 and 101. Whack a Robbie Lawler title defence on under Diaz vs McGregor 2 and that's a great follow up PPV to UFC 200.
jimufctna24 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 If they can get McGregor vs Diaz 2 back on for 201, I think it could well be the biggest back-to-back buyrates they've done since UFC 100 and 101. Whack a Robbie Lawler title defence on under Diaz vs McGregor 2 and that's a great follow up PPV to UFC 200. That would probably be 2 PPV's in a row that would surpass 1 million buys. I don't think that's been done before. This summer is still on to be a cracker. Ending it with McGregor vs Diaz 2 would be the icing on the top of the cake.
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