11-13-2015, 12:17 PM
Ah fai, you know me so well.
OK Nigs, Sham, and a few others. Let's look at it from Duco's perspective. Duco is having trouble getting quality fighters in NZ (according to their matchmaker, Stu Duncan). They are in the money business. They finally find an opponent that KB likes, a tall opponent and a southpaw. They need to fill the seats and PPV subscribers. They have two guys that are average who are available. They take them. Now they need to promote Fight for Life and Samoa. How do they promote it? Do they say these guys are average, and Joe should KO them in a couple of rounds? Or do you promote them as a mountain man, standing 6'7 and a half, and a southpaw who's had a great record of late? And, even though $40 for PPV is excessive, why charge less, make less profit, if the punters are willing to pay it?
Remember, even though Martz or Bergman haven't beaten anyone in the top 20, neither has Parker, unless Tupou snuck in there somehow. What would I do if I were Duco? I'd lower the fee to $25, put on a sterling undercard with great match-ups, and do exactly what they are now doing. If people want to pay the money, they will. If not, they won't watch it.
OK Nigs, Sham, and a few others. Let's look at it from Duco's perspective. Duco is having trouble getting quality fighters in NZ (according to their matchmaker, Stu Duncan). They are in the money business. They finally find an opponent that KB likes, a tall opponent and a southpaw. They need to fill the seats and PPV subscribers. They have two guys that are average who are available. They take them. Now they need to promote Fight for Life and Samoa. How do they promote it? Do they say these guys are average, and Joe should KO them in a couple of rounds? Or do you promote them as a mountain man, standing 6'7 and a half, and a southpaw who's had a great record of late? And, even though $40 for PPV is excessive, why charge less, make less profit, if the punters are willing to pay it?
Remember, even though Martz or Bergman haven't beaten anyone in the top 20, neither has Parker, unless Tupou snuck in there somehow. What would I do if I were Duco? I'd lower the fee to $25, put on a sterling undercard with great match-ups, and do exactly what they are now doing. If people want to pay the money, they will. If not, they won't watch it.