That theory is perfectly fine, but why would they pretend to have Lawler be hurt to make that change? Why would they need to be "shady" or "fishy". The UFC could have easily just came out and said "we're changing Ronda/Holm to Australia and Lawler/Condit to New Years" if that was their plan. There is absolutely no need to have some conspiracy with a fake injury lol
UFC should have just came out and said "switch", but it woulda looked like they fucked up, which they did. when does UFC say "we fucked up"? it also would put Lawler and Condit on blast sayin that they cant fill that stadium and they don't sell like that, which is true. plus, Lawler and Condit aren't exactly New Year headliners. they're both raw as fuck, but their not New Years headliners. lets be real here. now, they have no where to go but New Years. you and I as fans could probably give a shit regardless but again, its some psychological shit.
But why would they bury Aldo when they still have to promote Aldo fights in the future? Aldo is considered top 3 best p4p fighters in the world, the UFC knows there's a massive chance Aldo starches McGregor. Why bury the guy who you have to promote later with a lie?
Aldo is dope, but you know dude aint no star, nor does he bring in star money. p4p don't mean shit if you cant bring in what they are in business for. MM is a fantastic fighter, he don't bring in
shit. if Aldo meant that much to UFC, then the UFC wouldn't have made a copy of his belt for McGregor. that's so disrespectful, but UFC is Conor's bitch, not Aldo's.
You think the UFC cares about 900k for a Jay Z song enough to bury the guy that could possibly destroy their cash cow? Too much money could be made with an Aldo win.
bruh breh. you know UFC is 100's of millions in debt right? $900K for one fuckin song is a lot, especially when they probably never spent $900K on total promotion for any fighter in their history. not counting the world tour. UFC was
pissed when Aldo dropped out, even prior to these janky ass UFC doctors diagnoses. you think they were pissed when Lawler dropped out? they spent record money for the fight. and if Aldo wins, it's not like UFC is going to just bring in skrill all the sudden. it's still Aldo. a featherweight who don't speak English. Conor made Aldo a (co-)star for the time being.
i don't know if Lawler "faked" an injury but all this shit is fishy and very coincidental and not what UFC wants the public to believe. why not leave Joanna Champion for the New Year Lawler show to fight
#1 Claudia? cus it benefits UFC to pull the fight back and just let Joanna fight the
#10.