Quotes from sources within TKO about the company proceeding with events in Saudi Arabia:
• “Why are you still even having these shows at this point? I think the answer is, if they chose not to do the show, they would lose out on millions and millions of dollars.”
• “From what I've heard, if we don't do the shows in Saudi Arabia or [United Arab Emirate] or Doha or wherever we are going, then our fourth-quarter earnings will be off and our shareholders aren't going to get their money. So it's all about greed. They don't care about anybody's well-being. The level of greed with this company is so gross."
• “All [TKO executives] talk about is if the State Department says it is OK to fly there. The rest of us are like, 'If the State Department has to think about it at all, let's just postpone.' That's what all the other sports are doing. Why can't TKO?"
• “They don't f***ing care about you one bit. People are just getting tired of the way they're getting treated. They get treated like s*** and everybody's tired of it. The lack of communication, the greed, the lack of appreciation, people are just sick of it."
(@benfowlkesMMA | @uncrownedcombat)
@SrAlexGomez El problema es lo que vendrá después... están a un paso de quedar en la nada como otro stable más por hacer ver bien a los faces (Roman). Ojalá me equivoque y al menos ver a un Carmelo que logre una mejor posición.
Cómo que el vídeo oficial no son The Rock y Stone Cold agarrándose a vergazos y al final aparece Steve Austin diciendo:
"Tengo que vencerte Rock, lo necesito más de lo que te puedas imaginar".
If you’re so confident in the quality of your PPVs that you’re going with just four matches under the whole “quality over quantity” approach, then all four matches need to be among the best of the year to justify it. You can’t afford bad/below average matches on the show with this thinking.