Midnight Mania! Tito Says 200K Buys For Liddell Fight ‘Super Low’
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Tito Ortiz thinks that his trilogy bout with Chuck Liddell this Saturday should garner at least 200,000 Pay-Per-View (PPV) buys- and that’s being conservative.
To be a real success... a low number, 200? I mean, that’s shootin’ super low. If me and Chuck do 200,000 PPV buys, we shouldn’t even be in the business. I think this thing knocks it out of the park, I think we have a home run ahead of us, and I think all the fans at home will be interested in this fight because they want to see how this thing turns out.
VIDEO: Tito Ortiz gives his projections for pay-per-view buys for #LiddellOrtiz3
Full interview: https://t.co/Ol2CysvMSX pic.twitter.com/uUnNk1U6Y3
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) November 21, 2018
As the reporter, Aaron Bronsteter, pointed out, no non-UFC Pay-Per-Views have broken that mark in MMA for some years, an objection Tito responded to with ‘glass half full’ optimism. There are some factors weighing in favor of Tito. Liddell and Ortiz do have considerable name value, and as Tito said, he has drawn big numbers on free TV for Bellator. There is no competition with the UFC Saturday night either- the UFC’s fight card, headlined by heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou, is streamed online from China early Saturday morning. Golden Boy 1, the event headlined by Liddell-Ortiz, normally costs $39.99, but it will be half off on Black Friday for 2 hours, only $19.99. The big question is, after all this time, do fans still care about this rivalry? How powerful is nostalgia, exactly?
Liddell also gave his thoughts on the bout and said it will be a test whether the ‘boxing model’ of selling PPVs can work in mixed martial arts (MMA). The Ultimate Fighting Championship has had the PPV market in a death grip for some time in MMA, using a near-monopoly over the sports’ top talent and their name value to capture most of the revenue the sport generates.
Insomnia
This amateur fighter, Jack Culshaw, thinks he blew out both his knees jumping down from the cage after his win.
Sometimes freak accidents happen no matter how finely tuned the athlete
I might agree with Tito Ortiz and ‘Steven Jobs’ about kids and phone use.
#LiddellOrtiz3 pic.twitter.com/K1Y60qtWIS
— Borrachinha Depot (@FullContactMTWF) November 20, 2018
Amanda Nunes is a sucker for cute dogs- and who isn’t?
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) November 21, 2018
Leave your kids with Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr, they said. It will be fine, they said.
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Johnny Walker does have a vice-like Thai plum.
Justin Scoggins seems to have a grasp on what’s going on with the UFC flyweight division, and his career:
Scoggins also said the only reason Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw is happening at 125 is if Dillashaw wins, the UFC can market him as a two-division champion. Added that Dillashaw is fighting for a "phantom title" in a division that doesn't exist anymore. https://t.co/XYqxbGDCye
— Nick Baldwin (@NickBaldwinMMA) November 20, 2018
Platinum Mike Perry is back with the Platinum Princess
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Georges St. Pierre has some serious snowman-building skills
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Here’s my first masterpiece of the 2018-2019 Montréal winter season!!! On a fait de notre mieux...!
A post shared by Georges St-Pierre (@georgesstpierre) on Nov 19, 2018 at 5:32pm PST
The memes of the Florida man with the cartoonishly thick neck are still circulating
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Sometimes the martial arts are rougher than the stuff they are supposed to teach you self-defense for.
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Attack today like this guy attacks his student ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Sponsored by: @thelegitbags
A post shared by McDojoLife (@mcdojolife) on Nov 20, 2018 at 7:00am PST
Numbers for UFC Fight Night prelims have been up two weeks in a row.
#UFCArgentina Fight Night 140 prelims averaged 707k viewers.
A look at all 2018 #UFC Fight Night prelims. pic.twitter.com/2nUNfKTQzV
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) November 20, 2018
Well that was unexpected- Jamie Varner is now working in stem cell therapy
You know who I spoke to recently? Former WEC lightweight champ @jamievarner. It's one of the more interesting conversations I've had in some time.
After fighting, he went back to college. Now he works in stem cell therapy: https://t.co/t37d0YmjE6
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) November 20, 2018
I enjoy watching Curtis Blaydes fight, and I’ll definitely be tuning into his bout with Francis Ngannou this weekend. I think fans as a whole care far more about personality than fighting style, but very few are good at presenting themselves as larger-than-life figures in that way.
.@RazorBlaydes265 believes he knows why #UFC fans aren't getting behind him.
"They don't like to see a guy take another guy down. They want to see big men in the middle hucking and chucking at each other."
Watch full episode of #TheMMAHour: https://t.co/FDpiw07XP8 pic.twitter.com/2dsM7sFzoE
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) November 20, 2018
Joe Yoga’n.
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l Swipe for alternate universes➡️ Editing help from @no_jitsu @bjjproblems
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Slips, Rips, and Sumo Clips
This was a hard-fought match
Day10 5-4 M2 Tamawashi (L) vs 3-5-2 Komusubi Kaisei - as long as K doesn’t get hurt, even the 3 wins he’s managed are better than a zero for next basho’s banzuke. #Sumolingo #kyushubasho pic.twitter.com/KLw4bryyoG
— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) November 20, 2018
I personally don’t enjoy the gi, but it does open up a lot of possibilities
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Ideas for crossbow & choke users. Switch to armbar when they post to defend
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There is something beautiful about watching someone get intense leverage on a choke.
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Random Land
This is stunning
A shockingly long grind pic.twitter.com/5wf5T0fJkI
— Interesting As F**k (@INTERESTlNGVIDS) November 14, 2018
While we are on skating...
Sigh Boston in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/a4Oxu0wEOA
— 21 Bowtrucke△⃒⃘ (@TheSwagChamp) November 19, 2018
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