Which fight would sell more PPVs? Hendo-Rashad

killerofchicken wrote:

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

coming off a win against GOAT Fedor! come on, get real already... he's a legend but he ain't much of a draw, thats the reason the UFC let him walk to SF

Complete BS, there where alot of factors in that. Hendo obviously got paid very well to go to SF, the UFC and Dana made it clear that they wanted to keep Hendo. Hendo not being able to get his crack Spider was also a factor. There were multiple factors in that situation. When talking about the Hendo vs Rua numbers you have to remember that card didn't feature a title fight. It also took place during the heart of football season.

im telling you tho, he is not a great draw... and you can't prove me wrong.

He is bigger then he has ever been. So it's impossible for me to tell you his current worth, which IMO is higher then it's ever been. He hasn't been featured in a PPV title fight in some time now. But whenever he gets that opportunity, I'll have those numbers for you.

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

coming off a win against GOAT Fedor! come on, get real already... he's a legend but he ain't much of a draw, thats the reason the UFC let him walk to SF

Complete BS, there where alot of factors in that. Hendo obviously got paid very well to go to SF, the UFC and Dana made it clear that they wanted to keep Hendo. Hendo not being able to get his crack Spider was also a factor. There were multiple factors in that situation. When talking about the Hendo vs Rua numbers you have to remember that card didn't feature a title fight. It also took place during the heart of football season.

im telling you tho, he is not a great draw... and you can't prove me wrong.

He is bigger then he has ever been. So it's impossible for me to tell you his current worth, which IMO is higher then it's ever been. He hasn't been featured in a PPV title fight in some time now. But whenever he gets that opportunity, I'll have those numbers for you.

i agree 100%

but how many casuals watch SF, how many know of Fedor? yeah dana will promote the shit out of him but that only gets u so far. i feel like evans is much more recognizable name for your avarage PPV buyer than Hendo... do i agree with this? HELL NAH! gimme hendo all day over Evans but thats the way it is

Well obviously if you ask this group to pick who they would rather see, Hendo wins all day long. The debate lies in which one would sell more PPVs. Which going on the current votes, seems to be a worthy discussion.

I asked Uncle Creepy what he thought.

ian mccall
@Unclecreepymma
jones Hendo ... No one likes/cares about evans.

does spike own Hendo vs Rua? Or will we see that fight on fuel? If Spike does own it, Im calling the counter programming now.

Can Zuffa use the Hendo vs Fedor clip in promo's? Will showtime re-air the fight to help promo a non showtime ppv?

Dan should not be cutting down to 185 at his age.

freakzilla wrote:

Dan should not be cutting down to 185 at his age.

He shouldn't be cutting 20lbs to be in optimal shape stamina wise at age 41? You do realize he only weighed 207lbs against Fedor?

Gun to my head I say Jones-Hendo, but I think they both do well and about the same 600-750K, depending on the timing (like not head to head with Tebow).

Ludo wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Dan should not be cutting down to 185 at his age.

He shouldn't be cutting 20lbs to be in optimal shape stamina wise at age 41? You do realize he only weighed 207lbs against Fedor?

Look what happened against Jake Shields. At his age he shouldn't be moving divisions. RJJ never recovered.

I remember him having a neck injury which made the weight cut hard for him before the Shields fight. Let alone that Shields presented the same problem everyone does in that at times Hendo gets wild and has been taken down by guys he shouldn't be taken down by.

I have a hard time believing a guy who walks around under 210lbs shouldn't be fighting at 185.

You're saying Hendo should drop to 185 instead of fighting at 205? Why on earth would he want to do that?

I'm not saying he shouldn't be fighting at 205, I'm saying I see no reason why he explicitly should not fight at 185 if the title opportunity comes up for him. In other words I see no reason fighting at middleweight one more time should be "out of the question" for him.

Black on Black crime part deux.

At this point I would say Jones V Hendo, Hendo is riding a wave after the Rua fight, and they should capitalize it, the timing is good, set that shit up. In regards to the Bones V Rashad beef, that will only ramp up and have the surge of excitement if Rashad goes in and lays Davis out, submits Davis, if he pushes him against the cage and does nothing and wins a decision but shows nothing of what it will take to beat Jones, the hype will die quick, no matter how much Rashad who is not Sonnen in any way, but no matter how he tries to talk smack, cause lets face it Bones is not very good on the mic, dam good in the cage though. At this point I would hate to see Sonnen lose and not give us the chance to watch that rematch.

When Frankie and Maynard drew Dana did the right thing and made a rematch instead of giving Pettis the shot. He should do the right thing now and give Hendo the next shot at Jones.

Well if we add in Uncle Creepy's vote it's 8-5 for Hendo. Uncle Creepy said it best. No one likes/cares about Evans.

Looks like we will get to find out. But they did hype the shit out of Rashad vs Bones.

Only way it sells more is if they stack the card and hype up Hendo's knockout over Fedor.

Ali wrote:

Only way it sells more is if they stack the card and hype up Hendo's knockout over Fedor.

I dunno, Hendo has a ton more fans then Rashad ever has.

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

Only way it sells more is if they stack the card and hype up Hendo's knockout over Fedor.

I dunno, Hendo has a ton more fans then Rashad ever has.

Trash talk sells ! we may not like it but that's just the way it is.

LOL don't be coming up with excuses already. We've talked about this earlier in the thread.

josh200612 wrote:

LOL don't be coming up with excuses already. We've talked about this earlier in the thread.

It's alright. Hendo having 10x more fans will make up for the hyped up bad blood.

OU wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

LOL don't be coming up with excuses already. We've talked about this earlier in the thread.

It's alright. Hendo having 10x more fans will make up for the hyped up bad blood.

Doesn't matter about more fans. They need to get their buys from the randoms and noobs. When I went out for this fight the place couldn't let anyone else in, I've never seen anything like that before.

josh200612 wrote:

OU wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

LOL don't be coming up with excuses already. We've talked about this earlier in the thread.

It's alright. Hendo having 10x more fans will make up for the hyped up bad blood.

Doesn't matter about more fans. They need to get their buys from the randoms and noobs. When I went out for this fight the place couldn't let anyone else in, I've never seen anything like that before.

There are enough Jones haters and Hendo fans out there. Plus the casual dumbasses are on Jones' nuts so that will help out the buys. Jones is the Golden Child of the UFC right now so they will get plenty of pub on that fight. It will sell.

OU wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

OU wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

LOL don't be coming up with excuses already. We've talked about this earlier in the thread.

It's alright. Hendo having 10x more fans will make up for the hyped up bad blood.

Doesn't matter about more fans. They need to get their buys from the randoms and noobs. When I went out for this fight the place couldn't let anyone else in, I've never seen anything like that before.

There are enough Jones haters and Hendo fans out there. Plus the casual dumbasses are on Jones' nuts so that will help out the buys. Jones is the Golden Child of the UFC right now so they will get plenty of pub on that fight. It will sell.

No doubt it's gonna sell but you know drama sells more fights.