Kimbo/Tito would sell some tix to casual fans
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this is not a bad Idea they would both be huge draws and lots of people will tune in to watch, but honestly Tito would rape/murder Kimbo, he would never sell again and no one in America would tune to watch him again cause to the casual fan that thinks that Seth beating Kimbo was a fluke and still believe this guy is a monster and will see that Tito would kill him specially on the ground and expose him to the casual fan. so as a one time use kimbo thing it would definitely work but after get rid of Kimbo he would hurt the credibility of Strikeforce.
This fight would draw viewers period. It involves 2 fighters with very specific fan bases. Tito has a large fan base, and he also has alot of people that hate him. Kimbo is more of a character...but yet people will tune into either see Tito KO'd or to see Kimbo KO'd. It would draw larger numbers than a typical Affliction card.
well, this kimbo issues is pretty complicated, IF I was atencio, I would have to think several times, in one hand, defentitely, will help with the PPVs, with the cards affliction is putting lately, with kimbo in it, 250 k for sure. Now, the problem is that will be that the hardcore fans, the ones that are actually suppurting affliction from the start, will be pretty mad, also, will open a window so Dana and UFCers can start bashing on Affliction. So, if affliction is thinking long term, in one way, the image of a serius contender for the UFC that atencio is trying to build will be damage by sign in Kimbo, in the other hand, without something that helps boost the PPVs up, there might not be any "affliction" to keep it's image... What do yo do? Well, I'll defenetly sing kimbo, and put him against some REAL REAL can, I'll put him in the main card as well, but I will make sure, that insted of promting him as the "most dangerous puncher" in the MMA world, like the idiots from Elite tried to do, I will promote him as what he really is, a guy trying to fight his way up... There is actually absolutly nothing wrong with kimbo, it was all the hype Elite put behing this man what was pissing ppl off. Crap the guy has no guilt in this, he saw an opportunity and took it, who woulndt? Of course, I will not pay him 500 k like Elite did, regular main card salary, or may be a little bet more, 50 k with a plus win bonus... Would I be facing kimbo with tito? no f---ing way... tito will make him look like an idiot... Will I be facing him agains seth... Nop, unless Seth accepts to sing 1 fight deal, I woulndt sigh seth... I actually belive kimbo can beat seth, for the size difference, not to mention seth is no fedor, machida or whatever... Botton line, atencio should sing kimbo, put him in the main card, MAKE SURE PPL HEARS HE'S IN THE MAIN CARD, but not promoting him as the next fedor, just KIMBO plain and simple.
phoenix-mma said:
Moe-Biggs said:
This could arguably be the biggest fight in MMA outside of the UFC right now in terms of drawing power, for all the wrong reasons of course..
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yeap, outside the UFC, I dont think it will make 500 k ppvs, at least not if the price is 40+, with a regular Affliction card, with fedor in it... 300 or may be 400 k. But wouldnt be such a good business deal anyways for Tom, since Tito will want some big part of the cake of the PPVs. I think kimbo will sell more ppvs by his own than tito.
bjj_rage said:
phoenix-mma said:
Moe-Biggs said:
This could arguably be the biggest fight in MMA outside of the UFC right now in terms of drawing power, for all the wrong reasons of course..
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fixed it for ya
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yeap, outside the UFC, I dont think it will make 500 k ppvs, at least not if the price is 40+, with a regular Affliction card, with fedor in it... 300 or may be 400 k. But wouldnt be such a good business deal anyways for Tom, since Tito will want some big part of the cake of the PPVs. I think kimbo will sell more ppvs by his own than tito.
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if they used this card
Kimbo/Tito
Carano/Cyborg
Lawler/Shamrock
then it would probably be the biggest mma ppv draw ever OUTSIDE of the UFC..
phoenix-mma said:
This fight would draw viewers period. It involves 2 fighters with very specific fan bases. Tito has a large fan base, and he also has alot of people that hate him. Kimbo is more of a character...but yet people will tune into either see Tito KO'd or to see Kimbo KO'd. It would draw larger numbers than a typical Affliction card.
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This would draw a huge amount of PPV's. I would love to see Tito trash Kimbo.
bjj_rage said:
well, this kimbo issues is pretty complicated, IF I was atencio, I would have to think several times, in one hand, defentitely, will help with the PPVs, with the cards affliction is putting lately, with kimbo in it, 250 k for sure. Now, the problem is that will be that the hardcore fans, the ones that are actually suppurting affliction from the start, will be pretty mad, also, will open a window so Dana and UFCers can start bashing on Affliction. So, if affliction is thinking long term, in one way, the image of a serius contender for the UFC that atencio is trying to build will be damage by sign in Kimbo, in the other hand, without something that helps boost the PPVs up, there might not be any "affliction" to keep it's image... What do yo do? Well, I'll defenetly sing kimbo, and put him against some REAL REAL can, I'll put him in the main card as well, but I will make sure, that insted of promting him as the "most dangerous puncher" in the MMA world, like the idiots from Elite tried to do, I will promote him as what he really is, a guy trying to fight his way up... There is actually absolutly nothing wrong with kimbo, it was all the hype Elite put behing this man what was pissing ppl off. Crap the guy has no guilt in this, he saw an opportunity and took it, who woulndt? Of course, I will not pay him 500 k like Elite did, regular main card salary, or may be a little bet more, 50 k with a plus win bonus... Would I be facing kimbo with tito? no f**king way... tito will make him look like an idiot... Will I be facing him agains seth... Nop, unless Seth accepts to sing 1 fight deal, I woulndt sigh seth... I actually belive kimbo can beat seth, for the size difference, not to mention seth is no fedor, machida or whatever... Botton line, atencio should sing kimbo, put him in the main card, MAKE SURE PPL HEARS HE'S IN THE MAIN CARD, but not promoting him as the next fedor, just KIMBO plain and simple.
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+1
Moe-Biggs said:
This could arguably be the biggest fight in MMA right now in terms of drawing power, for all the wrong reasons of course..
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That is true. Tito hasn't won since his last fight against Shamrock in 06, it might actually be a good move for him. Kimbo would lose and drop to 3-2, and would lose his US drawing power. He could still get work in Japan though. If they had the match in California or Vegas they would sell 10K+ tickets easy and both make some big money.
kcrazy said:
Personally I'd still like to see Mike Tyson and Kimbo go at it. Just cause I'd like to see Tyson knock someone out again.
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Actually, that would be an interesting match-up. Tyson has been rumored to be out of shape, but could probably still send a violent punch to Kimbo's beard.