Alright, let’s talk about this Fury and Ngannou fight, you know, the one everyone was yappin’ about. Folks were callin’ it a big deal, heavyweight kings and all that, but lemme tell ya, the numbers, they ain’t lookin’ so hot.
I heard some fella, an insider he was, said the pay-per-view buys were terrible. Yeah, terrible, like when your corn crop gets eaten up by them dang bugs. Now, I ain’t no fancy pants businesswoman, but even I know that ain’t good.
They were sayin’ this fight, Fury and that Ngannou fella, sold way less than that Jake Paul and Nate Diaz fight. Can you believe it? That Paul fella, he’s just a youtuber or somethin’, ain’t he? And they’re sayin’ that fight sold over 400,000! Fury and Ngannou? Heard it was somethin’ like 67,000 in America. Shoot, that ain’t much more than the folks in my town.
- Fury vs. Ngannou: 67,000 PPV buys (USA)
- Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz: Over 400,000 PPV buys
Now, I remember hearin’ about that Mayweather fella, he sold a whole heap of pay-per-views back in the day. And them UFC fellas, they get millions watchin’ sometimes. That McGregor and Khabib fight, they say it got over two million buys. Two million! That’s like the whole state watchin’ at once.
Then there’s this other fight with Fury and that Usyk fella. That one, they say, did pretty good, over a million and a half buys. Made a whole lotta money, too. But see, that’s a real fight, not this… exhibition, or whatever they call it.
But Ngannou, he just had another fight, with some fella named Ferreira. And wouldn’t you know it, that one was a real stinker too. Only 10,000 buys, they say. Ten thousand! That’s like sellin’ chickens at the county fair, not a big prize fight. Makes you wonder if all that hype was just hot air.
So, yeah, this Fury and Ngannou fight, it didn’t quite live up to the chatter. Maybe folks are gettin’ tired of pay-per-views, or maybe they just didn’t care much for this particular match-up. All I know is, those numbers ain’t gonna make nobody happy, ‘cept maybe the folks who didn’t buy it.
It’s like this, you spend all that time plantin’ your seeds, tendin’ to the crop, and then when harvest comes, you got nothin’ but a few measly ears of corn. That’s what this fight sounds like to me. A whole lotta fuss for nothin’ much.
And another thing, they were talkin’ about this bein’ some kinda clash of the titans, boxing versus MMA. Well, if that’s the case, MMA ain’t lookin’ so strong right now, is it? Makes me think all those muscles ain’t worth much if folks ain’t watchin’.
Anyway, that’s my two cents. I ain’t no expert, but I can tell when somethin’ ain’t right. And them pay-per-view numbers? They ain’t right.
In summary, Fury vs. Ngannou didn’t do so well, especially when you compare it to other big fights. It sold way less than some other fights, even one with a YouTube star. And Ngannou’s other fight did even worse. Makes you think twice about all that fight hype, doesn’t it?
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