Golden Boy MMA staged and promoted Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 and clearly are the principal party responsible for the fight. There’s an argument, however, that if fans wouldn’t pay for circus fights, promoters wouldn’t stage them. So, who is responsible: the market or the promoters for taking advantage of the market?
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2018-11-27
Hope is the reason why people buy, if Chuck hadn't of looked as bad as he did Saturday night, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
"We need to make some NOISE Arthur
Your argument is kind of stupid about not paying for a Jones fight because he's a cheater.
I hear you hating on TMZ Sports. Why do you still watch their youtube videos and make them money?
I can think Jones is a cheater and at the same time think he's an exciting fighter who I would watch fight. I see nothing morally wrong with that.
The disconnect Luke is experiencing is that the ppl who steer the ship are casual fans- not hardcore fans. But it's the hardcore fans who consume most of the MMA media and end up commenting on Luke's show. The UFC knows it doesn't have to cater to hardcore fans- they're not going anywhere and they're going to watch whatever they put on because there's no where else for them to go really- cheap imitations but nothing really comparable to the UFC.
I hate Jon Jones but still buy his ppv but not just for him alone if Jones was fighting some crap nobody and the rest of the card was nobody’s there’s no way I would pay for the card I pay so I can watch all the other great fights on the card and I’m not going to not buy a ppv and screw over every other fighter on the card just to prove how much I hate Jones
Two professional fighters. One is 43, the other 48. They both wanted to compete. There were no victims here, only volunteers.
Chief called.. this aint it.
Also, there's no contradiction regarding Jon Jones because you CAN and SHOULD disagree and condemn him, but come fight day, he will DELIVER as he's always had. Tito and Chuck was a sad, cringe watch.
At the end of a card where Jon Jones fought there's 100% guaranteed chance I'm gonna get entertained.