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Six Reasons Mayweather vs. McGregor Was Terrible For MMA

Now that the dust has settled on last weekend’s (Sat., August 26, 2017) massive Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., the collective mixed martial arts (MMA) world can finally get back to the kind of fights they love most after a brief foray into the so-called sweet […]

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Sure, the drawn-out, overhyped media spectacle was guaranteed to be a huge financial success, and with UFC President Dana White recently claiming that the event had pulled a record-smashing 6.5 million pay-per-view (PPV) buys, it obviously brought a ton of eyeballs and attention to the UFC and the sport of MMA as a whole.

That’s something that was only amplified when McGregor put on an absolutely surprising and impressive performance against an all-time great with zero pro boxing bouts on his record. Many combat sports fan who would not have considered watching the UFC may certainly tune in now.

But despite the huge cash windfall new UFC owners WME-IMG are about to receive from the boxing match, there are some disturbing signs that may suggest the fight wasn’t that great for the long-term prospects of the UFC and MMA despite them needing a huge fight during a subpar 2017.

Let’s break them down here.

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6.) The UFC’s Biggest Fight Of 2017 Wasn’t In The Cage:

Mayweather vs. McGregor was huge – that much is true.

But even though its scope and overall coverage brought the UFC into mainstream sports media like never before, it was a spectacle that cannot be topped by anything in MMA this year and perhaps ever, meaning the fact will always remain that 2017’s biggest fight involving the promotion took place in a boxing ring.

If you were told that even say, two years ago, you probably would have laughed in whoever told you that’s face, because the previous UFC regime under the Fertitta brothers was adamant they didn’t co-promote. But with billion-dollar loans outstanding, WME-IMG decided they wanted the biggest payday out there, and they had to work with SHOWTIME Sports (and on the B-side, no less) to get it.

Whether or not that affects the UFC’s reputation remains to be seen.

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Conor McGregor Issues Statement On TKO Loss To Floyd Mayweather

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor suffered a TKO loss to boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. This bout will likely be the most lucrative fight of all time. Mayweather stopped him in the 10th round. With McGregor losing the bout, several former foes and several boxing personalities have taken […]

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With McGregor losing the bout, several former foes and several boxing personalities have taken several shots at the UFC champion. As the days passed following the fight, McGregor stayed quiet until now. As seen in the fight, the UFC champion did show some pretty good things in ring considering that it’s his first outing as a professional.

Although McGregor looked good in the first three rounds, he started getting tired as the fight went on. Even McGregor cited patches of fatigue that he needs to overcome for him to become more effective in a lengthy statement that he posted on his official Instagram account. He made it clear and finally admitted that going 12 rounds was always a challenge for him during training camp.

Make no mistake about it, the conditioning in boxing is certainly different from conditioning in mixed martial arts, as there are very different muscle groups and movements that are used. McGregor showed up for the fight in great shape, but it wasn’t enough for him.

McGregor ended his statement by giving Mayweather props and taking back some of the things he said during the lead up to their bout. He issued the following:

“Just coming back around after a whirlwind couple of days. Thank you to all the fans for the support of the fight and the event! Without your support we as fighters are nothing so I thank you all! Thank you to my team of coaches and training partners!” he wrote on Instagram.

“I had an amazing team and It truly was an amazing and enjoyable camp, and honestly I feel with just a little change in certain areas of the prep, we could have built the engine for 12 full rounds under stress, and got the better result on the night.

“Getting to 12 rounds alone in practice was always the challenge in this camp. We started slowly getting to the 12 and decreasing the stress in the rounds the closer it got to 12. I think for the time we had, 10 weeks in camp, it had to be done this way.

“If I began with a loaded 12 rounds under much stress I would have only hit a brick wall and lost progress as a result and potentially not made the fight. A little more time and we could have made the 12 cleanly, while under more stress, and made it thru the later rounds in the actual fight. I feel every decision we made at each given time was the correct decision, and I am proud of everyone of my team for what we done in the short time that we done it.

“30 minutes was the longest I have fought in a ring or cage or anywhere. Surpassing my previous time of 25 minutes. I am happy for the experience and happy to take all these great lessons with me and implement them into my camp going forward. Another day another lesson!”

“Congrats to Floyd on a well fought match. Very experienced and methodical in his work. I wish him well in retirement,” he wrote. “He is a heck of a boxer. His experience, his patience and his endurance won him this fight hands down. I always told him he was not a fighter but a boxer. But sharing the ring with him he is certainly a solid fighter. Strong in the clinch. Great understanding of frames and head position. He has some very strong tools he could bring into an MMA game for sure.Here is a toast of whiskey to everyone involved in this event and everyone who enjoyed it! Thank you to you all! Onto the next one!”

Just coming back around after a whirlwind couple of days. Thank you to all the fans for the support of the fight and the event! Without your support we as fighters are nothing so I thank you all! Thank you to my team of coaches and training partners! I had an amazing team and It truly was an amazing and enjoyable camp, and honestly I feel with just a little change in certain areas of the prep, we could have built the engine for 12 full rounds under stress, and got the better result on the night. Getting to 12 rounds alone in practice was always the challenge in this camp. We started slowly getting to the 12 and decreasing the stress in the rounds the closer it got to 12. I think for the time we had, 10 weeks in camp, it had to be done this way. If I began with a loaded 12 rounds under much stress I would have only hit a brick wall and lost progress as a result and potentially not made the fight. A little more time and we could have made the 12 cleanly, while under more stress, and made it thru the later rounds in the actual fight. I feel every decision we made at each given time was the correct decision, and I am proud of everyone of my team for what we done in the short time that we done it. 30 minutes was the longest I have fought in a ring or cage or anywhere. Surpassing my previous time of 25 minutes. I am happy for the experience and happy to take all these great lessons with me and implement them into my camp going forward. Another day another lesson! Congrats to Floyd on a well fought match. Very experienced and methodical in his work. I wish him well in retirement. He is a heck of a boxer. His experience, his patience and his endurance won him this fight hands down. I always told him he was not a fighter but a boxer. But sharing the ring with him he is certainly a solid fighter. Strong in the clinch. Great understanding of frames and head position. He has some very strong tools he could bring into an MMA game for sure. Here is a toast of whiskey to everyone involved in this event and everyone who enjoyed it! Thank you to you all! Onto the next one!

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Conor McGregor Declares Nate Diaz Must Fight Him At Lightweight

Conor McGregor certainly achieved a great amount of success in his boxing match with all-time legend Floyd Mayweather last weekend from Las Vegas, as the MMA superstar was able to land more punches on the elusive great than many world-class boxers had against “Money.” But ultimately he succumbed to a tenth-round TKO after he faded badly […]

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But ultimately he succumbed to a tenth-round TKO after he faded badly and Mayweather poured on the pressure, and regardless of if you felt the stoppage by referee Robert Byrd was early or not, McGregor clearly had little left in the tank in the later rounds. He admitted as much after the fight, and it was hardly a surprise to hear him talk about returning to the octagon before the year is over – if his medical suspension is able to be surpassed.

When he does, the clear frontrunner for his next MMA bout is his oft-discussed trilogy bout with rival Nate Diaz after the two split a pair of record-grossing classics at UFC 196 and 202 last year.

“The Notorious” has already begun sowing the seeds of the bout in the media, and he recently took discussion of the fight to a new level in an interview with BBC News (via BJPenn.com), declaring that Diaz would have to cut down to 155 pounds where he holds the title after they met at 170 pounds in their two original bouts:

“I’m the 155-pound champion. I faced him at 170, he beat me, then I rematched him at 170, I beat him. Now I’m the 155-pound world champion, now if he wants that fight, he must come down — that’s a fair trade. I didn’t ask for the rematch at a lower weight, I asked for the rematch at the exact same weight. I thought that was a fair play move on my behalf and I came in and I won. So, now I won that and I won the 155 title after that, so if he wants the fight he has to make that 155-pound limit.”

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It’s far from a surprise to hear McGregor insist Diaz has to meet him in the division he currently rules over (although some fight fans would say it’s a surprise) because the major advantage many felt Diaz had over McGregor was size. The Stockton star has had trouble making the 155-pound limit before, most recently in his late 2014 loss to former champion Rafael dos Anjos, a fight before which he said he was significantly injured.

McGregor vs. Diaz II was a bout that was going to made eventually no matter what, and putting the title on the line will make it the biggest fight the UFC has on the table right now. It’d be a perfect headliner for the New Year’s Eve weekend card on December 30, and would almost assuredly deliver the biggest pay-per-view numbers in a year that has been painfully short of just that thanks to McGregor’s absence from MMA.

Diaz may not want to cut down to lightweight at this point in his career, but taking into account the payday he would receive and the fact that it appears to be the only fight he’s willing to return to MMA for, it’s going to happen sometime, and most likely sometime soon.

UFC, the ball is in your court.

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Dana White Reveals Record Pay-Per-View Buys For Mayweather vs. McGregor

If Dana White’s claim about the overall pay-per-view (PPV) buy rate for last weekend’s (Sat., August 26, 2017) massive Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., proves to be officially true, then the fight will have broken the previous record by a huge margin. With the fight competing […]

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With the fight competing against 2015’s North American record-holding Mayweather vs. Pacquiao and its 4.6 million buys, White reportedly revealed that Mayweather vs. McGregor had absolutely destroyed that number during a conversation that was supposedly taped last night while White was with the announce team for his “Tuesday Night Contender Series,” rapper Snoop Dogg and MMA legend Urijah Faber.

In the conversation, which was posted by SI writer Mike Dyce on his Instagram (via MMA Fighting), White claims the pay-per-view spectacular did an amazing 6.5 million buys:

#DanaWhite says #MayweatherMcGregor did 6.5 million PPV buys ???? #FloydMayweather #ConorMcGregor #ufc #boxing #mma #mmanews #tmt

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Now, White has certainly been known to embellish a number here and there, and the official numbers have not been released as of yet. But if the 6.5 million figure does somehow prove to be true, it would be a worldwide record, as Mayweather vs. Pacquiao did 5.5 million buys worldwide two years ago.

Mayweather vs. McGregor was slated to be the biggest pay-per-view spectacle ever, and even though the streaming for the fight experienced widespread difficulties from UFC FIght Pass and SHOWTIME Sports, it is still trending to be just that.

If the number the at-times outlandish White revealed proves true, however, it’s going to be the biggest ever by a wide margin.

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Mayweather vs. McGregor Makes Huge Sum In Movie Theaters Alone

As expected, the numbers for Mayweather vs. McGregor are looking good so far. While the PPV and live gate are still being calculated, the figures for movie theater gross ticket sales for the event raked in $2.6 million nationwide. While the pay-per-view (PPV) and live gate are still being calculated, the figures for movie theater […]

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While the pay-per-view (PPV) and live gate are still being calculated, the figures for movie theater gross ticket sales for the event raked in $2.6 million nationwide.

Based on those impressive stats obtained from MMA Junkie, it was the third-highest grossing event in theaters over the weekend, coming in behind wide-release movies “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” and “Annabelle: Creation.”

MayMac was broadcasted live at over 500 movie theaters, and at $2.6 million, that equates to about $4900 per screen.

With ticket prices for the event coming in at $40, that means over 120 people were viewing it per screen, which is impressive considering all of the different methods for watching the fight. The UFC has screened various events in movie theaters in the past, but none have done the numbers that Mayweather vs. McGregor did on Saturday night.

The theater gate will obviously pale in comparison to what the PPV gate will bring in, which is expected to surpass Mayweather vs. Pacquiao from 2015.

However, not everyone who ordered the fight was happy with their purchase, as the UFC is refunding those fight fans who ordered through UFC Fight Pass, which experienced serious blackouts, delays and disruptions due to the extremely high volume of last-minute orders.

Mayweather ultimately McGregor TKO’d in the 10th round after a spirited affair that saw McGregor win the first few rounds to the surprise of his detractors.

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Quote: McGregor Would Win Rematch With Mayweather

When Floyd Mayweather stopped Conor McGregor in the tenth round of their boxing match last Saturday (Sat., August 26, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., there was little doubt left in the eyes of most fans and media members, and for good reason. However, there’s at least one man who disagrees wholeheartedly with […]

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However, there’s at least one man who disagrees wholeheartedly with that sentiment.

After he proclaimed that referee Robert Byrd ‘saved Mayweather from McGregor’ during the fight, FOX Sports 1 talking head Skip Bayless is back with another hot take about his beloved McGregor, and to no surprise, it’s yet another outlandish one. Speaking during his “Undisputed” show with co-host Shannon Sharpe (via the UFC on FOX Facebook page), Bayless said he believes McGregor would actually win a rematch with Mayweather:

“Would I buy a rematch? You better believe I would buy a rematch because Conor McGregor would win a rematch. And this man across from me knows it, which is why Floyd would be foolish to accept a rematch for any amount of money because Floyd id dlook old in this fight as I thought he would look old.

“He’s forty-and-a-half years of age. I have never in my life, and I’ve watched just about every Floyd fight, seen him have to fight so desperately because he was in huge trouble. Have you sever seen swing from the heels so wildly and miss so often? Like, swing with roundhouse haymaker rights and just hit run. I’ve never seen it. He fought completely out of character, often of control, and certainly out of his comfort zone.”

Bayless went on to laud the ringside judging, where two of the three judges only gave McGregor one of the first three rounds that most felt he won outright, for obviously (in his mind) playing favorites with their own sport’s biggest cash cow:

“And what happened in the eighth round? Conor McGregor won the eighth round. I had him ahead on points, as did the SHOWTIME scorer, a guy who’s respected. It was the biggest rigged fight. The boxing judges are gonna protect their turf and their man – Floyd Mayweather, the cash cow of boxing and Las Vegas.”

Bayless then closed the segment by returning to his assertion that referee Robert Byrd somehow saved Mayweather in the ninth round, arguing with Sharpe that a blow that seemed to hurt Mayweather was not low, and even the respected commentators calling the fight on SHOWTIME SPorts admitted it:

“And then what happened early in the ninth round? Apparently, you didn’t see this. Into the corner went Floyd because Conor went smack, smack – left, right, and he stung him, and Floyd retreats to the corner and here he came with a big right hand to the side. It was not a low blow. If you heard the SHOWTIME announcers, back to back, they said, ‘That hurt Mayweather, that hurt MAyweather!’ You heard Al Bernstein, the highly respected boxing scribe and commentator, ‘That hurt Mayweather!’”

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