Ni: Gilbert Espena

NABIGO ang sagupaan nina dating pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. at UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor na talunin ang world record sa pay-per-view hits nina Mayweather at eight-division world titlist Manny Pacquiao.

Iniulat ng BoxingScene.com na nagtala ang Mayweather-McGregor bout ng 4.4 milyong pay-per-view buys at nakatakda itong opisyal na ihayag sa linggong ito.

“That would mean that the highly publicized spectacle between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC superstar Conor McGregor, while wildly successful financially, didn’t break the pay-per-view record for combat sports,” ayon sa ulat. “Mayweather’s maligned win against Manny Pacquiao still owns that distinction. Roughly 4.6 million consumers purchased Mayweather-Pacquiao in May 2015.”

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Bunga nito, napahiya si UFC President Dana White na may prediksiyong lalagpas sa 5 milyong pay-per-view buys ang sagupaan nina Mayweather at McGregor.

“The outcome was predictable, but unlike his performance in the Pacquiao fight, the 40-year-old Mayweather was aggressive and made sure to stop the comparatively inexperienced MMA fighter in the 10th round of his boxing debut on August 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,” dagdag sa ulat na sinisi ang Facebook Live streams kung bakit hindi nasira ng laban ang world record sa combat sports.

“Piracy, particularly through the emergence of Facebook Live streams, impacted the Mayweather-McGregor buy rate, just as it affected Mayweather-Pacquiao,”anila. “Both events cost just under $100 to watch in HD if purchased through traditional cable or satellite providers.”