Topic: UFC 278
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2
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05.12.2022 | 11:14 PM ET
Responses Page 32
08.18.2022 | 6:02 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 475 Points | Tied for 1614th
Can you imagine what Usman-Diaz would look like?
08.18.2022 | 6:07 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 590 Points | Tied for 145th
"They're sorcerers they don't get knocked out"
08.18.2022 | 6:11 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 550 Points | Tied for 356th
* Edited at 08.18.2022, 6:13 PM ET *
"She’ll go there and smash her. She’ll get a title shot, become a UFC champion. We have a Ronda Rousey on steroids. This is what we have.” - Ali Abdelaziz on Kayla Harrison
08.18.2022 | 6:16 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 390 Points | Tied for 3236th
08.18.2022 | 6:17 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 240 Points | Tied for 4469th
AJ Fletcher, DEC
It's hard to decide on the way the fight finishes here. AJ went from a string of first round finishes to a UD loss. Loosa seems to LOVE having fights go to the scorecards lmao, win or lose, which he's on a back and forth streak right now... and he's due for a win. But I don't see him getting it against Fletcher. Fletcher has talent in all aspects of the game. I just don't see Loosa pulling it off.
"Walk by Faith, not by sight."
08.18.2022 | 6:41 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points | Tied for 284th
The issue is nobody is under any obligation to become an MMA fighter, and no MMA fighter is under any obligation to enter into a contractual agreement with the UFC or to sell their labour to it for either a fixed or variable rate. It's no different from anybody else choosing or not choosing any other job because they do or don't like the pay, the hours, the insurance, the benefits etc. They are choosing to enter into that agreement.
Now you can reeee about the fact that it's because they have monopoly on the market, which is ostensibly but not literally true, but you also need to ask yourself how that came to be, Have you considered the risks and capital sunk into the UFC as a venture? I'm old enough to remember when UFC was an absolute turd of a promotion. The reason UFC got to where it is is that its model is really, really ******* good at delivering a product people want to buy.
And yes, the market does determine the value of the job you do. Of course it does. Only a genuine dyed-in-the-wool economically illiterate ****lib would contend that it doesn't. The market is necessarily infallible because it is, as I have already explained, simply a reflection of free-choice liquidity allocation by consuming human beings--which you happen to number among. It is what people actually do, not what people say they will do. It is true. The ultimate standard of fidelity. At any point in time, you could choose to donate money you've won via gambling to a fighter of your choice. You choose not to, because you preference your own interests and little luxuries. That's fine, we all do. Every single week I waste money on useless ******** that is bad for my health and would very likely sponsor three kids somewhere in the developing world. You could simply refrain from consuming UFC at any point in time also. But you won't, because you don't really care. You don't even care enough to exercise moderate restraint.
But what you really mean when you say that UFC fighters aren't paid fairly is that you actually have no way of knowing whether this is true or it isn't, but you assume it as, and you want people other than yourself to foot the bill to make up the difference. You're an OPM (other people's money)and basically the NIMBY of political commerce. This is standard leftist mentality; you believe capital just falls from the sky like mana from heaven. 'It's wrong, but I don't care enough to personally invest in fixing it, but I can say I do or would if I could and feel great about myself'. The problem with your entire generation broadly is that you're great at finding problems and as useless as marzipan *****s when it comes to fixing them to such an extent you operate as though finding problems is the solution. You're a total write-off and the best we can hope for is that the coming-ups are substantially less ******** and entitled than you are.
I don't know if the UFC should be paying out more than it does or not.They probably should be, but very likely so should Amazon, Dell, and millions of other concerns in existence, and none of them have to. They are paying the market rate. The higher the cost of production, the more you--the end user--will pay for whatever it was used to produce.
I can't ultimately know how bad it is, because I don't get to see their ins and outs. I don't know what I don't know. None of us do. What I do know is that they pay far above the market rate. I also know that the cost of promotion is high, and would be totally, completely and utterly unaffordable and out of reach to any MMA fighter--or even a conglomerate of them working collectively as free agents via a union of some kind.
* Edited at 08.18.2022, 7:02 PM ET *
08.18.2022 | 7:00 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 550 Points | Tied for 356th
"She’ll go there and smash her. She’ll get a title shot, become a UFC champion. We have a Ronda Rousey on steroids. This is what we have.” - Ali Abdelaziz on Kayla Harrison
08.18.2022 | 7:00 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1091st
"That was said by Joe Rogan." - Mike Goldberg
08.18.2022 | 7:03 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 440 Points | Tied for 2197th
08.18.2022 | 7:03 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points | Tied for 284th
08.18.2022 | 7:05 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points | Tied for 348th
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
08.18.2022 | 7:07 PM ET
08.18.2022 | 7:07 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 440 Points | Tied for 2197th
08.18.2022 | 7:10 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points | Tied for 284th
08.18.2022 | 7:13 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 440 Points | Tied for 2197th
* Edited at 08.18.2022, 7:15 PM ET *
08.18.2022 | 7:22 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points | Tied for 348th
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
08.18.2022 | 7:28 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 590 Points | Tied for 145th
I think this card is going to be ton of finishes, Like Santos vs Hill just because of how many Bellator matchup are on this card
"Quack quack quack"
08.18.2022 | 7:36 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points | Tied for 284th
You're right though, they're not doing it tough.
08.18.2022 | 7:38 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 978th
Luke: "You're the one wearing glasses, can you see ****?"
God CTE is so strong with Rockhold.🤣🤣🤦♂️
* Edited at 08.18.2022, 7:38 PM ET *
"They killed Jesus for speaking the truth..."
08.18.2022 | 7:38 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 525 Points | Tied for 713th
"I've lost 7000€ on Jared Cannonier."