I laid out my criteria. There are a huge number of businessmen who'd love to accomplish even one thing that he did, let alone all of them in such a short time.
Fought his way to the top, then demanded more money, couldn't get more money, therefore gave up a sure thing (lots of money) to try to make more money somewhere else. Capitalism at its purest. More power to him. Giving up a bird in the hand is not always worth the two birds in the bush. So there may not be a huge number of businessmen who would take that risk.
No one hates Ngannou. What everyone is tired of is irrational sherdoggies screaming "capitalism is bad unless Ngannou does it, Ngannou left the UFC and instantly achieved guaranteed wealth" when in fact he hasn't achieved anything yet.
Go find verified PPV numbers published by any promotion. Go find verified purses paid by any promotion. Get the bank records and the tax returns that show the exact amount that a promotion paid to a fighter.
You can't because promoters and fighters don't publish this data.
So. Are the claims real, or are they hype? All we know about UFC is that the fighters get the advertised purse and very often they get more in undisclosed checks paid after the fight.
Anyway, how you gonna convince 500,000 people to pay $75 to watch the greatest HW on the planet dismantle an amateur?
Maybe you will buy it, but how many other people will buy it?
Pretty bad faith of you to choose a sport that Africa doesn't have any history with in your example. Why not use the example of "head of the Olympics' African Expansion"?
First of all, "Africa" is a pretty broad term, but, other than futbol or cricket, pick any sport you want if you don't like the hockey analogy.
No I'm not.
You have no reason to believe that PFL has less than a few million to its name. It sounds like you've taken that PFL capital thread and decided the most extreme predictions on it were the truth even though there is no reason to believe that/.
For each reason you have to think that PFL has millions, I have two reasons to think they don't. I didn't see the PFL capital thread. Link?
This is the game you play: posit the most negative things as probable options when they're is no evidence for them, only speculation.
It's okay to speculate. You're doing it.
Also, change the word "negative" to "reasonable", and your assertion will become accurate.
That's not what you're doing. You're asserting that the most extreme claims and the most hurtful to the PFL and Francis are true, even though you have no reason to think those rumours are true over any others: you want them to be true and stopped reasoning with evidence a long time ago.
Nah, I'm just posting opinions on a discussion board.
My opinions make you angry, so you try to make yourself feel better by declaring that you know what I want, etc.
Sticking to what we know and not speculating is not "accepting them as gospel". You just love changing the meaning of words to disguise your bullshit.
You first. What exactly do you "know"?
You don't know what I love.
My comments were opinions that you didn't like, so you refer to my opinions as bullshit because you can't actually refute them.
No, I'm pointing out that you're a liar perpetuating negative assumptions that are no more valid than the positive ones while pretending you're a reasonable, logical, honest interlocutor.
I'm not a liar, never have been.
I'm not perpetuating anything negative.
I am making counterpoints to observably unfounded speculation.
I'm pretty sure that fight promotions often inflate monetary claims and hand out nearly meaningless job titles as a way to try to attract attention and build viewership.
You called me reasonable, logical, and honest.
Thanks!
