Metamoris has issued a statement concerning Chael Sonnen. Despite failing two drug tests, the organization will allow him to remain in his match against Andre Galvao.
We are not cutting Chael Sonnen from the Metamoris 4 card on August 9th.
Why not? Because we don’t currently test for PED’s and we are not an MMA organization. Metamoris is a grappling event with different rules and we require our own unique set of regulations for all aspects of participation.
We are concerned about the issue of PED’s overall but we have a lot of research and work to do before accurately defining our stance. Due to the instability and controversy surrounding the regulation of PED’s we are taking our time to discover the best approach and fit for our organization.
Lastly, for the people who understand the level of opposition Chael is facing at Metamoris 4, his use of any suppliment [sic] or drug is not likely to provide any advantage whatsoever. Chael is a world class wrestler and MMA fighter and his participation is an exciting way for our fans to see something they don’t normally see.
-Ralek Gracie
Metamoris Founder
Here is the Metamoris official trailer August 9th. In a short time, it produces the best hype videos around.
Payout Perspective:
Good for business, maybe bad for public relations. Metamoris can have Sonnen participate if it wants to but it vicariously tells the outside world that it does not really care about what people are putting in their bodies when competing. But, as it has hiked up its streaming price, eliminating its top match on the card would have hurt sales.
Notably, misspellings are never good, especially in important press releases like this one.
F R E A K S H O W ! ! !
But regardless on whether Sonnen is all juiced up or not, Jiu-Jitsu is his Achilles’ heel so he is likely to get submitted which makes Ralek right in his assumptions.
Any news on ufc174 numbers? Nothing still from the home office with wrestling masks of dave meltzer?
125K is the suggested PPV buy estimate for 174 at this point.
I think he said he’s estimating very bad results… Under 100k at early guesstimates.
Now 176 is in the shitter and 177 too, with barao dillashaw. Horrible year for UFC PPVs. I wonder if they will 151 the next ppv with Aldo out. Need to go back to doing less.
From CagePotatoe:
“The bad news is, last weekend’s UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov event might have done a historically awful, Bellator-caliber buyrate. First, here’s Meltzer discussing the early estimates in his newsletter yesterday:
“It’s too early to get accurate numbers, but every indication we’ve gotten was very bad, and that it showed a steep decline from UFC 173, which was among the lower numbers of the last eight years. UFC PPV shows usually range from 200,000 to 500,000 Google searches after the event, and are usually in the top few searched for items in the country. A bad show may only do 100,000. Bellator’s show last month hit 100,000. A big show can top 500,000, with the shows that hover around 1 million buys usually doing anywhere from 1 million to 5 million searches. This show did less than 20,000, unheard of for a PPV.
Unlike UFC 173, which looked weak on paper and everyone knew wasn’t going to draw much, it still had Dan Henderson and Daniel Cormier in the No. 2 spot. They brought some star power in what was really the main event. It also had a lot to talk about after, due to T.J. Dillashaw’s upset win over Renan Barao.
This show didn’t have much interest going in. But most of the time, those type of shows deliver good action. This had none of that. It wasn’t terrible, but there was no fight you needed to see. As a likely sign of how the show went, Dana White didn’t even attend the post-fight press conference.”
In response to Meltzer’s story, our twitter friend @Niko138 added some inside information that suggests the UFC 174 buyrate was beyond dismal. Treat this as a rumor for now, but holy crap:
I’ve heard from a couple of people who would know, that early estimates of 174 buys have it just a bit under 100k. The sole reason I am posting about this (I normally try not to be one of those ratings/buys posters who everyone hates) is because if the show truly did this bad, it will be a good thing for us fans who complain about watered down cards. The UFC’s core audience was really being tested with this card, to see how much they could get away with buys wise, for a card with absolutely no drawing power to the casual viewer.
If this is the case, it sends a strong message to the UFC that the watered down cards are no longer going over with fans. For me, considering the cards are $60 and there is 14 a year…this is great news.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the number that comes out in the press is just above that, like 125…If you see the number come out around that area, then trust me, it did under 100k. This has to piss Dana off to no end considering the Bellator show did do a legit 100k……”
tops E smells like a bag of turds.
Dana must be completely panicking! I dont think the man has had any good news all year. What next?
Hahahaha….yeah a really bad year….
Sal is pretty shameless, he gets proven dead wrong yet again and instead of shutting up like a normal person would after getting embarrassed, he keeps coming back like the troll that he is.
Tops/Sampson’s autism still flaring.
Hahaha…d acknowledges that were not one and the same…slow really slow….now how long would it take for d to realize that sampson and i are not the same person…by 2015? hahahaha…
Hahaha. Do you even know what you are saying idiot? You are the same person.
If you’ve been around jiu jitsu tournaments at all you understand that they don’t care what you’re on. They don’t test and they’re not likely to start, because they just don’t care. In some ways it’s very egalitarian – everyone is allowed to use PEDs and not just guys who can afford designer PED programs that can be masked and time everything just right.