UFC 116 PPV buys trending toward 1.3 million

He already has an L on his record. A comeback fight could possibly even do the most business. Now if he loses 3 out of 4 on the other hand, that’s a different story. But something tells me that won’t be happening anytime soon, if ever.

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expect a much better lesnar too because he was out for a year and any human would have some jitters for there first fight in a year. look at akiyama, liddell, rampage and cote of late. they all lost their fights for being out a year. if anything brock should be given even more credit. if carwin could not finish him how is velasquez going to finish an improved lesnar while cain will be out a little more than 8 months.

cable/satellite providers get other half or maybe closer to 60%, then the UFC takes their cut (40-50%) and has to give Brock his % (probably under 5%).
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I mean look at Strikeforce. They know Lashley and Batista will be a money maker. You start to wonder where do you draw the line between making money and having legit MMA talent.

Batista in the same sentence is laughable.

Oh and btw as far as Kurt Angle goes, if he were to have transitioned into MMA initially/early on instead of making millions in WWF/E, he would have been the most successful and accomplished transition ever. That guy brings a level of skill, athleticism, heart, intensity, and utter toughness that is unknown by most.

Kurt Angle 10 years ago, would have ruled the UFC and been the LHW/HW (whichever he chose) champ.

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And Cain’s speed and “crisp boxing” won’t mean anything because he will have to keep this fight on the feet to use any of that. What about Cain has shown HE can take a punch?

Saw the previews on Spike.

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Please don’t say yes.

 And Carwin is the best KO artist in the HW division.

 Yes he KO him out but it was a pushing forward and both threw a punch were Cains landed cleanly, that doesn’t mean he improved he just proved he can KO a fighter with one punch. Will he be able to throw that same punch against Brock? I doubt it becasue with his momentum moving forward like that makes for a easy takedown against any decent grappler. NOG was also more prepaired for Cain taking him down than he was in Cain standing and striking. All in all yes Cain looked better on the feet but that doen’t mean he will be able to go out and KO anyone becasue of one fight.

 But I think odds are it will be TKO before KO if Cain wins. And yes Cain is a more proven wrestler than Carwin in MMA and in college. Don’t get me wrong I think Cain is a great fighter but I still believe Carwin is a little better with his KO power. If Carwin and Cain had the same KO power I would say Cain is the better fighter. Does Cain have the same strength to stuff takedowns as Carwin against Brock or at least the technique too? Does Cain have the same striking skill as Carwin? Does Cain have the striking power to have as big as an advantage standing as Carwin did against Brock? It’s hard to say because Carwins takedown D is also very effective becasue of his striking power, would you rather be in a clinch vs. Cain or Carwin? I would pick Cain.

 And yes I was disappointed with Brocks stand up but so was he and I think his stand up will change against Cain and hopefully be more effective. Brock doesn`t need great stand up just average stand up striking with good striking D were he can hold his own and set up takedowns without taking the big shots. I`m just not sold that Cain has that much better stand up than Brock as his KO over NOG doesn`t tell us how good it is as Brocks KO over Couture did not either.