Paul Heyman "Ronda Rousey more sponsorable PPV star than Floyd Mayweather"

[Levity]

he was the draw he claimed, he would have been on tv ads and earning big like big stars do

He would be earning big like big stars do? Is he not the highest paid athlete in the world?

[Weebler I]

I don't watch UFC at all but I caught a replay of Rousey's last fight, some decent cleavage on show in an amusing bout.

[-MEGA-]

Im pretty sure it was Floyds idea not to have a sponsor

[Masters01]

Im pretty sure it was Floyds idea not to have a sponsor

You thought Floyd chose to make less money?

That was more a problem of how you think rather than being misinformed.

[Beercules]

[JmH Reborn]

I'm pretty sure any athlete is a better selection as a sponsor than Floyd. Rhonda though, she's just amazing.

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[#1Assassin]

He also said Ronda is the biggest Draw in PPV at the moment.


"I think the UFC has the biggest draw in PPV at the moment: Ronda Rousey."

Although Heyman could not deny that Floyd Mayweather was a bigger draw "on a one-off basis", he did make an interesting point regarding their respective corporate perception.

"Rousey brings a lot of things to the table that Mayweather does not. She is new to the general media. She is very sponsorable. Floyd Mayweather is not very sponsorable. He is always in trouble with the law. He is always in some sort of a scandal, always in some sort of trouble. It is not really the type of thing that NIKE really wants to sponsor."

"Ronda Rousey is ridiculously sponsorable. Networks can build reality shows around her. She is at the top of her game and not satisfied with that yet. We haven't seen the best of Ronda Rousey yet, and I said this: everybody in the PPV business is looking for the next Mike Tyson.

"The UFC has her - her name is Ronda Rousey."

all true.. add to that she is white and female. thing is being female is great now, but it wont last. right now womens mma is hot, its new in the ufc and everyone is excited the women are getting this chance to show their skills and want to support them. but once it stops being fresh people will stop giving a ****, 99% of fight fans would rather watch two men fight at the end of the day.

imo.

[MurkaMan]

It's not always about money though. When you start earning 100m+, you care less about money and more about other things like respect and pride. Floyd deeply cares about this too, which is why he's so offended that his own countrymen would rather support a foreigner over him. He always gets touchy when he's criticised and has huge gaping insecurities about this. He has money but he wants what is not available to him.

That's why he will never get those sponsorships, not by companies and not by the people.

Floyd loses sponsors because he demands too much. At times, he has demanded to own a percentage of companies just for a sponsorship.

And he doesnt get testy when he is criticized. He is often calm and answers questions smoothly.

[Jsmooth9876]

Floyd loses sponsors because he demands too much. At times, he has demanded to own a percentage of companies just for a sponsorship.

And he doesnt get testy when he is criticized. He is often calm and answers questions smoothly.

Unless they are about Pacquaio lol...

[Daylyt]

Ok this is just plain ******

To be fair about the sponsorship thing hes right. Let not lie and say Mayweather is a respectable responsible person that a Huge sponsor like NIKE will have faith sponsoring.

Now about the PPV numbers who knows. doesnt she fight like every 2 months on PPV? 300K sales/PPV x 6 that 1.8 million buys a year. But who knows I dont know the actual times she fights on ppv a year I just know it seems like alot.