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Old 03-11-2010, 10:10 AM   #5 (permalink)
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This may be some of the problem

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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that buyrates for the latest UFC PPV in Sydney, Australia are trending very low


This next one I can agree with

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We’ve talked a lot about the role that momentum plays in motivating purchasing behavior, and three lacklustre PPVs in a row have clearly hurt the UFC’s base. Should anyone be worried? Yes and no.

This is really the last lingering effect from the cursed back-half of 2009 when just about every major UFC star had some sort of injury; and, with a line-up in the next three months that’s going to feature four title fights, the UFC should be able to gather some momentum heading into the summer.
Now to answer the question the UFC will be fine...thier next cards 111 throught 114 are stacked.

The public has a lot of causal fans that want to see the names they know, Brock, Anderson, Chuck, Randy, BJ etc.

But with these stacked cards approaching us the public will buy them and see new fighters expanding the UFC for years to come....

Injuries hurt the UFC last year nothing else IMO.
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I just see Sonnen as someone with zero integrity: a corrupt businessman, a known juicer, a known liar, a significantly-less-than-funny-plagiarist; and as an individual who embodies the worst possible stereotypes of what it is to be American. I do not want him as an ambassador for the U.S. or for MMA in general.
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