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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I'd suggest Rousey and McGregor have already crossed into the mainstream. Ronda hosted SNL for crying out loud. Yeah, they both lost, yeah their next fight won't be as big as it would have been but the UFC will keep on trucking.
And people love a comeback story.
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Sure and I'm not saying that the UFC will go down in Flames. But you can't believe that having its biggest stars, and best opportunities to promote, lose these fights is a good thing for them. At least part of the allure is that aura of invincibility or dominance. That goes away pretty fast when you start piling up the losses though.
My personal opinion is that fighter is better with a few losses as opposed to being undefeated. It shows that they've seen some adversity and that failure teaches them a lot. But you and I are truer fight fans, and guys like us are watching anyway. The challenge for the UFC is a different spectrum though where that brashness and arrogance has to be backed up.