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Old 12-13-2012, 12:07 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Kris P Lettus View Post
The 155 title just drew a huge number.. I realize it was on free tv but it negates alot of what you are saying..
It doesn't negate what I'm saying at all considering the fight was free, heavily promoted on Fox and also featured B.J. Penn (a guy who was a big PPV draw for the company in his prime) and Shogun Rua. Also, despite Steele feeling otherwise about Nate Diaz, Nate being the challenger also helped considering the popularity of the Diaz brothers.

And again, Zuffa doesn't make money from those free fights so it's not necessarily in their best interest to have to stack a card like that in order to support a champion that isn't a PPV draw.
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