Official UFC 174 Discussion Thread

I'm actually pretty excited for a card that originally looked a bit meh to me overall. 

Anyways, UFC Fight Pass Prelims kick off at 7pm ET, followed by four prelims on FX (not FS1) at 8pm then the PPV main card at 10pm. 

Rory has a diverse and unpredictable striking arsenal, and the defensive grappling to back it up. This makes him able to keep pressure and be constantly aggressive in a way that is becoming more and more rare in mma these days due to the constant fear of being taken down. 

Rory lacks 1 thing. We saw it against bj penn and as dana pointed out we saw it against woodley. And thats killer instinct to jump on a wobbled, rocked and get a finish. Thats gonna hurt him in the long run cause instead of winning the fight right there, he lets opponents see the next round which gives them time to recover. Do you really want someone like hendricks or lawler to recover knowing they only need 1 punch to end the fight?

Rory concentrates on winning, not fighting. Like it or hate it, it's a personality. Some guys in the sport are athletes others are fighters. The "athlete" would go for the finish if it doesn't pose too much risk to his win, while as the "fighter" will hunt for the finish because that's what's natural to him.

To each his own.

So apparently this event did less buys than Bellator 120...

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Well, there's no doubt this event was a disaster in terms of PPV. 

Because of saturation and other factors, I don't even see 175 (a great card) doing above 450k. 

Still, those in the know highly doubt the 100k number put out by Bellator and Spike. It smells super fishy and really makes no sense in terms of tracking data.