LeBron is worth $1 billion lol. Yeah that’s a lot of money, but still the lower strata of billionaires. How is this remarkable in any way?

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    I am convinced he gets ppv points because they realized him being a loud jackass at press events gets people to tune in and hope he leaves the cage bloody.

    Unfortunately he wins more than he doesn’t.

    He wore a maga with some sort of powdered wig to a recent one. His opponent had to pull out for “pneumonia”. Instead of keeping it short they just had him roast the guy in absentia. Can’t let the writers work go to waste I guess.

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      Kind of fascinating, but I suppose it makes sense. I’m not very up to date, but I think the ufc still has pretty shitty pay and total compensation, in a way other pro us sports don’t.

      So, I guess most stellar athletic talent in this country goes on to some other higher paid sport, like how so many talented heavyweight wrestlers just go to the NFL.

      As a way to leverage this, you train your lesser athletic talent for promos to generate some heat and sell tickets. Makes sense from a business point of view.

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        I think you’re correct about the business logic, Colby isn’t good enough to merit the fame and spotlight he gets so he grabs it with his persona (debatable how fake it is, he’s an ass on some level regardless).