Comments on: MMA's April Chess Match http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brain Smasher http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Brain Smasher Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:09 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1879 Maybe Dana is giving a little promotion to boxing because they will give some back? At this point in time with the signin gof James Toney it would be great to get the UFC and their product out there infront of boxing fans to draw in revenue for Toneys fights. This is win win for the UFC because MMA fans are not going to buy boxing if they werent already just because Dana says so. They have no reason to. But Boxing fans who dont normally buy MMA have a reason to. The UFC has a Boxer fighting. There is no UFC fighter boxing. Great deal for the UFC. Maybe Dana is giving a little promotion to boxing because they will give some back? At this point in time with the signin gof James Toney it would be great to get the UFC and their product out there infront of boxing fans to draw in revenue for Toneys fights.

This is win win for the UFC because MMA fans are not going to buy boxing if they werent already just because Dana says so. They have no reason to. But Boxing fans who dont normally buy MMA have a reason to. The UFC has a Boxer fighting. There is no UFC fighter boxing.

Great deal for the UFC.

]]> By: fff http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 fff Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:05:18 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1878 yo kelsey...just read Dana is promoting the pacman vs clottey fight on his tweeter...whats up with that? do they want to deal with jerry jones and get a fight in the stadium as well or are they selling the ufc....ppv numbers are down... and station casinos is is bankrupt...i am a business person and its an absolute no no to go and tell your clients to buy from your competitor....maybe this move is a sign of dana dosent want to compete with boxing anymore and not consider them as competition..instead they would be working on cross promotion.. Bob Arum even thanked the 2 fertita and dana for helping them in promoting the boxing ppv....i dont think coke would tell theyre customers to buy pepsi anytime soon as im typing this bunch of mma websites have bunch of fans commenting..why the hell is Dana now promoting boxing? it would certainly make him look silly that all this years he is saying that boxing is dead...and now that there is a huge event in a mainstream stadium he wants to be in it...it would confuse all his danamaniacs!!! yo kelsey…just read Dana is promoting the pacman vs clottey fight on his tweeter…whats up with that? do they want to deal with jerry jones and get a fight in the stadium as well or are they selling the ufc….ppv numbers are down… and station casinos is is bankrupt…i am a business person and its an absolute no no to go and tell your clients to buy from your competitor….maybe this move is a sign of dana dosent want to compete with boxing anymore and not consider them as competition..instead they would be working on cross promotion..

Bob Arum even thanked the 2 fertita and dana for helping them in promoting the boxing ppv….i dont think coke would tell theyre customers to buy pepsi anytime soon

as im typing this bunch of mma websites have bunch of fans commenting..why the hell is Dana now promoting boxing? it would certainly make him look silly that all this years he is saying that boxing is dead…and now that there is a huge event in a mainstream stadium he wants to be in it…it would confuse all his danamaniacs!!!

]]> By: fat http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 fat Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:15:26 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1877 YO Kelsey...hope you report on the alliance of boxing and NFL with Jerry jones leading the way...since you report a lot of boxing news in your site....its mainstream news and everybody's reading it...40,000 tickets were sold YO Kelsey…hope you report on the alliance of boxing and NFL with Jerry jones leading the way…since you report a lot of boxing news in your site….its mainstream news and everybody’s reading it…40,000 tickets were sold

]]> By: mmaguru http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 mmaguru Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:42:33 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1876 Tyler, although it might be a bluff the odds are that in the future this will happen. Zuffa have built cards in short periods of time if I remember correctly - the one where they fought for the troops seemed to be pretty rushed. If Zuffa does decide to counter with a live event, all bets are off for the next CBS card. Expect it to go head to head with one of the lackluster Zuffa PPV. Coker and Co. decided to play nice this time around by not going up against WEC which to me would have been the best date. I don't think MMA fans cross over to boxing as much as people think. If you look at the surge of fans, most probably came over from the wrestling fan base. Tyler, although it might be a bluff the odds are that in the future this will happen. Zuffa have built cards in short periods of time if I remember correctly – the one where they fought for the troops seemed to be pretty rushed. If Zuffa does decide to counter with a live event, all bets are off for the next CBS card. Expect it to go head to head with one of the lackluster Zuffa PPV. Coker and Co. decided to play nice this time around by not going up against WEC which to me would have been the best date. I don’t think MMA fans cross over to boxing as much as people think. If you look at the surge of fans, most probably came over from the wrestling fan base.

]]> By: Tyler http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Tyler Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:31 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1875 Strikeforce will not move their card to the 24th because they will not want to go up against the Super 6 on Showtime. Not because they can not beat them but because they would not want to hurt that event due to the relationship with Showtime. I think this is a bluff from the UFC. I do not see how they can put together a quality card on the 17th on this short of notice. Plus, wasnt it just confirmed that Slice/Mitrione was on the UFC 113 card? If the counterprogramming were to occur I am sure Kimbo would be part of it and he is already tied up. Strikeforce will not move their card to the 24th because they will not want to go up against the Super 6 on Showtime. Not because they can not beat them but because they would not want to hurt that event due to the relationship with Showtime. I think this is a bluff from the UFC. I do not see how they can put together a quality card on the 17th on this short of notice. Plus, wasnt it just confirmed that Slice/Mitrione was on the UFC 113 card? If the counterprogramming were to occur I am sure Kimbo would be part of it and he is already tied up.

]]> By: Kelsey Philpott http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Kelsey Philpott Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:51:27 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1874 Oh no worries. I didn't take it like that at all. I just like to get things right without having to post on them three separate times. Oh no worries. I didn’t take it like that at all.

I just like to get things right without having to post on them three separate times.

]]> By: mmaguru http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 mmaguru Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:38:13 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1873 Hey Kelsey, I was just kidding and I apologize if I was one of the ones complaining about the trending numbers :). Hey Kelsey,
I was just kidding and I apologize if I was one of the ones complaining about the trending numbers :) .

]]> By: Kelsey Philpott http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Kelsey Philpott Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:28:50 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1872 I got burned on the last PPV report by taking a Meltzer trend number for a Meltzer confirmed; saying UFC 108 was 270k when it actually turned out to be 300k. I guess we can post the trending numbers if you guys want to hear them, but I just prefer to post the final reported numbers instead (which haven't come in yet). Kelsey I got burned on the last PPV report by taking a Meltzer trend number for a Meltzer confirmed; saying UFC 108 was 270k when it actually turned out to be 300k.

I guess we can post the trending numbers if you guys want to hear them, but I just prefer to post the final reported numbers instead (which haven’t come in yet).

Kelsey

]]> By: mmaguru http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1871 mmaguru Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:12:22 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1871 Thanks for the links Stan, I usually just look here for buy rates. Kelsey is slacking LOL. I've followed Meltzer for quite a few years going back to the late 90's. I was even a subscriber many moons ago. I just find that ever since he joined up with Yahoo and has become good with the UFC his journalism has become suspect and besides I'm on a negative UFC rant over the last week, the counter programming and signing of James has revved me up. Thanks for the links Stan, I usually just look here for buy rates. Kelsey is slacking LOL.

I’ve followed Meltzer for quite a few years going back to the late 90′s. I was even a subscriber many moons ago. I just find that ever since he joined up with Yahoo and has become good with the UFC his journalism has become suspect and besides I’m on a negative UFC rant over the last week, the counter programming and signing of James has revved me up.

]]> By: Stan Kosek http://mmapayout.com/2010/03/mmas-april-chess-match/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 Stan Kosek Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:03:29 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=8786#comment-1870 http://www.watchkalibrun.com/2010/1/14/1251952/ufc-108s-ppv-buy-rate http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/1/14/1251868/meltzer-ufc-108-ratings-the-lowest Guru, Did you even google "meltzer ufc buy rates"? because if you did you would see he HAS reported on, at least, 108... it did terrible, but basically everyone expected that. Dave Meltzer has been around a LONG time and he is very reliable, in no way shape or form is he in Zuffa's pocket. If you think Dana/Zuffa are hard to work with, that guy has dealt, and been successful, in an industry lead by Vince McMahon for many year. http://www.watchkalibrun.com/2010/1/14/1251952/ufc-108s-ppv-buy-rate

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/1/14/1251868/meltzer-ufc-108-ratings-the-lowest

Guru,

Did you even google “meltzer ufc buy rates”? because if you did you would see he HAS reported on, at least, 108… it did terrible, but basically everyone expected that. Dave Meltzer has been around a LONG time and he is very reliable, in no way shape or form is he in Zuffa’s pocket. If you think Dana/Zuffa are hard to work with, that guy has dealt, and been successful, in an industry lead by Vince McMahon for many year.

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