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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.
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