UFC 146 May 26 Dos Santos vs. Mir

[redsrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by XFactah416

Arguably, this is WORSE that he failed before the fight. This is why Uncle Dana is so upset; it removes the marquee attraction. He Marquardt'd the UFC. At least if he Sonnen'd, Leben'd, or (I guess) Diaz'd the card, the fight still went on and people will magically forget about it. 14:1 is lower than Sonnen's 17:1, and keep in mind that Chael was at 17:1 the night of the fight. Like I suspect, the 'Reem will ask for his B sample to be tested or something and then concoct an excuse. No way the UFC cuts Alistair Overeem. Dana and Lorenzo like him.

He really didn't screw them as bad as Marquardt. He got removed the week of the fight, this fight still has 2 months to go and there is other top heavyweights on the card so they can bump one up.

[aholbert32]

Overeem will appear at the April 24 NSAC meeting. Surprisingly Nick Diaz is not scheduled for that one.

[redsrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Overeem will appear at the April 24 NSAC meeting. Surprisingly Nick Diaz is not scheduled for that one.

That is surprising that Nick won't be there, but that does make sense if he is retired.

[TheShizNo1]

Is Overeem that big of a draw to the UFC? The HW division is as good as it's been in a while. Yea he helps, but I don't think it really hurts them that much if he's gone.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

Is Overeem that big of a draw to the UFC? The HW division is as good as it's been in a while. Yea he helps, but I don't think it really hurts them that much if he's gone.

He's not and thats why I'm shocked to hear people say this is going to be a huge blow to the ppv butyrate. Overeem has main evented a PPV card once in his career and that was with Lesnar. There is no proof Overeem is a PPV draw.

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

He's not and thats why I'm shocked to hear people say this is going to be a huge blow to the ppv butyrate. Overeem has main evented a PPV card once in his career and that was with Lesnar. There is no proof Overeem is a PPV draw.

Put Mir as the replacement and you've got tons of stories. Can Mir get over the hump? Will JDS's BJJ finally be tested? Maybe b/c it doesn't surprise me, but I kinda don't care.

[redsrule]

The Overeem PPV also was the lower Lesnar PPV draw iirc.
Mir is a bigger name, and he does deserve it.

[Sandman42]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsrule

The Overeem PPV also was the lower Lesnar PPV draw iirc. Mir is a bigger name, and he does deserve it.

I'd bet that's mainly from the fact that the PPV was on Friday night. I had multiple friends who had no idea that it was on a Friday until the day before. That and Lesnar was no longer the champion.