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Show Money Episode 8 talks MMA Free Agency, PBC and more

February 8, 2016 by Jason Cruz 11 Comments

We’re back with Episode 8 of Show Money.  Myself and Bloody Elbow’s John Nash and Paul Gift talk MMA Free Agency, the state of PBC, the Conor effect, the UFC lawsuit and more…

 

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Bellator, Featured, legal, Promoters, Show Money, UFC

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  1. d says

    February 8, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Something not really mentioned here:

    Northcutt fights that ended in decision: 0.

    Sterling fights that ended in decision: 4.

    Also, anyone who watches their fights would realize that Northcutt is the much more exciting fighter, despite being less talented. This is what sells fights. Go back to the Lindland days when the UFC was marketing Baroni 10x over Lindland obviously not due to talent, but because of Baroni’s finishing ability. Also fighters like Fitch, and many other conservative grinders have always been cut readily due to their boring styles. Fighters like B. Henderson and Sterling fall into that same category.

    Guys like Kimbo Slice and Houston Alexander who were very exciting, talent less fighters were making more money and were promoted higher than white fighters who were ranked ahead of them, which proves the common denominator is just exciting fighters.

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  2. tops E says

    February 8, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Dw favorites…whats the common denominator? hahahaha

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  3. d says

    February 8, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    Another common denominator….topps going full throttle any time irrefutable success occurs within mma and boxing hits a brick wall. HAHAHAHA!!

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  4. tops E says

    February 8, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    As thompson said…dana’s angels…..haHahA….the great hype

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  5. Jason Cruz says

    February 9, 2016 at 9:59 am

    d – you make a very good point with your first comment here.

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  6. tops E says

    February 9, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1685451-rampage-jackson-reveals-how-the-ufc-hated-him-for-beating-chuck-liddell……hahahahaha.dw favorites

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  7. d says

    February 9, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    Yeah, the truth is, if they can make more money from you because you can sell a fight or put on an entertaining performance, they are going to promote you better.

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  8. tops E says

    February 10, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    Hahaha.how bout the champ move forward all action lawler….dw favorite mcdonald got all the hype….then failed karma hahaha

    Reply
  9. d says

    February 10, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    Incoherent ranting at its best.

    Reply
  10. comment says

    February 11, 2016 at 9:54 am

    @ Jason Cruz

    you guys should talk about the great and amusing comment section 🙂

    Reply
    • Jason Cruz says

      February 11, 2016 at 6:21 pm

      We talk about the comment section offline. Maybe we should record it next time. LOL.

      Reply

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