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Topic subjectRE: For the record, I am not a fan of the man
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2742887, RE: For the record, I am not a fan of the man
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Mon Jul-12-21 10:41 AM
I dont doubt hes' the highest earner of all time -- but that train is coming to a stop. You cant keep earning that way if you lose. I feel like next fight could be a pretty big drop. Now people just dont care. Maybe his post fight rants keeps him relevant in the media, but he's also becoming a clown. Fotting that hes quoting Scarface - because there are many parallels in his rise and fall --and this only ends one way.


>and it does appear that he is washed compared to his prime
>from roughly 3-4 years ago, but it appears Conor is the UFC's
>biggest star by a wide margin.
>
>If Dana was accurate in his post fight presser in regards to
>this card grossing over 1 million PPV buys, the only fighters
>that can garner those numbers on the roster are Jon Jones and
>Francis Ngannou, and that might be a stretch given how Dana is
>playing games with both fighters getting fights. As skilled
>stylistically and media savvy as Stylerbender is, his last
>fight got around 600k PPV buys.
>
>I have to think Dana is going to milk Conor for as many fights
>as they can possibly get. For better or for worse, I also have
>to think Conor is well aware of this. It wouldn't surprise me
>if he gets more money in his return fight than what Charles
>Olivera or Dustin Poirier will get if either one of them are
>champion when Conor returns.