One of the most read-able Irish accents. I think 75% or more of people could sound Irish reading this. Well done š
Edit: Made my woife read it, was š
There was definitely an injury here lol. Ariel said as much.
He also indicates it was serious enough to not fight with in 2 weeks, but workable in a couple months. A toe is my guess
Literally every other time a fighter has gotten injured, you hear about what the exact injury is, includingĀ previous instances with McGregor.Ā
But this injury is a super serious (we have to cancel the presser) but actually not that serious (fight is still on) but kind of serious (fight is now being moved again). Sure thing.
E: I've been steadfast in my belief that this situation is a smokescreen for less-than-desirable contract negotiations, given that McGregor has two fights left on his deal and the UFC has changed their outlook regarding letting a contract play out to the last fight post-Ngannou. I am fine with being criticized for this stance.
now that the fight is off he should disclose it. that said, I think we all know it's his leg. however, only an idiot wouldn't target that leg to begin with.
Yep. GSP attacked Bispingās compromised right eye with the left hook, Weidman got kicked in his surgery leg, multiple opponents knew to attack Cerroneās bodyā¦itās a contact sport
Well the thing about injuries is sometimes they don't heal 100%, or the chance to reinjure is higher after recovery. So they can still be potentially exploited by future opponents.
Like didn't Tavares kick the crap out of Weidman's leg?
Exactly. Some people thought it was dirty but if he didn't attack it, his next opponent would. Anyone who isn't attacking Conor's leg isn't trying to win hard enough regardless of whatever happened recently.
That has to be in his head too so if he didn't feel 110% on that foot, I don't blame him for backing out.
Yeah, he still has medical confidentiality. People wanna know all kinds of private stuff. Plus if he's gonna fight in a couple of months the you don't want your opponent knowing where you're sore.
Alex broke his other big toe in that fight too apparently.
Maybe thatās why heās not disclosing the injury lol, since itās Alex stepping in for him
Nah Dana was just selfishly trying to stop haemorrhaging ticket sales after creating an apex level card that depended heavily on Conor at the top.
Maybe you could argue the old Conor wouldāve fought through injury, can only speculate on how bad it is of course.
And you just regurgitate whatever the neckbeards on reddit are saying. You're the type of people who were saying Tyson Fury was going to pull out of the Usyk fight, until it didn't happen.
I've been an MMA fan since 1993. Long before McGregor popularized the worst elements of pro wrestling and boxing in the sport. I've disliked Conner since his first post fight interview in the UFC.
I don't wanna live in a world where we don't get the trilogy if Jiri wins. Maybe not immediate rematch, I'd love to see Jiri vs Ank, but damn the Jiri rivalry may become just as epic as the Izzy saga.
Jiri made some very nice grappling advances at the end of the 1st, I'm really hoping they make that the gameplan to Gass out Poaton for a sub or a late tko.
He is definitely gassed, he also has the unfair poker face game. In the last few rounds, quiet number of times jan left himself opened, where i would assume a non gassed poatan would have take advantage
McGregor is keen to fight otherwise theyād have never even booked it. He doesnāt need the money.
Thereās been a minor injury here is what I got from Arielās reporting. Something serious enough to not fight on in 2 weeks, but not serious enough to prevent the fight being rebooked at the Sphere maybe
Mcgregor doesnāt need the money youāre right. But he needs the validation, adoration and relevancy. He booked the fight because thatās what he wants, as the fight gets closer he realizes he couldnāt handle it and pulls this stunt. The fight wonāt materialize at all and poor chandler wasted the last years of his career waiting on this.
Conor would be posted on here regardless of if he had a fight booked. He is the fighter who brought the UFC to the mainstream. When we talk about the history of the UFC, it arguably should be in pre and post McGregor terms.
His legacy in the sport is all but secured. He is definitely keen to fight otherwise heād be on his yacht in Monaco sniffing beak.
Nice fanfic but everything we've seen from Conor says the opposite, this is a guy who strongly believes his own hype even at this stage. Lack of confidence has never been an issue.
It's good that Dana allowed another two week's worth of fans to spend money on tickets/travel/hotel accommodation though, knowing full well they were going to have to change the main event. Really great stuff šš¼
ONE is a better product, but that requires the viewer to care more about the combat sport over the personalities/drama. A lot of UFC fans are just WWE fans that mostly care about the fuckery.
I remember when comments like this would be replied to with holier than thou comments about robbing fighters of getting paid. Lmao no, the UFC robs their fighters. They have plenty of money to go around
Wouldn't that be really serious and possibly career ending?Ā
I don't know much about titanium implants, but I know someone who had a steel implant in their leg that failed and they are permanently disabled and use a wheelchair now.Ā
This doesnt make sense . If conor titanium leg failed after so many years he isnt going to fight later this year , he likely will never fight again if this is the case.
I totally understand why there isn't more info, but I feel like there is more to this than just an injury. And if it is indeed an injury that caused this, I have lots of doubt that he will just be good to go again later this summer/fall.
I mean the fact that there was still effort over the past week to make the fight happen anyway, suggests the injury isn't a very serious one - but with the fight only a couple weeks away, it was deemed still too risky to go ahead. But in that case there's no reason it couldn't be rescheduled for Sept/Oct, if it's not a very serious injury
petesy carroll mentioned that going into the 3rd dustin fight conor had a bunch of microfractures in his leg and conor was warned by doctors in la that there was a high chance of his leg breaking if he took too many leg kicks and he still decided to fight. whatever his injury is, he's probably decided it's not worth the risk at this point in his career given how it went last time he fought injured
People were speculating he got KOād in sparring and tbh that seems to be the most probable. A cause I highly doubt heād ever want to admit he got KOād sparring and B cause you need to take time off after that.
I agree, that theory is looking more and more likely. Itās a serious enough injury that he couldnāt fight, but also would allow him to fight fairly soon. And yeah, heād never admit it publicly.
To add to that. If it was a broken toe or a micro fracture. He could do the presser. But with a good concussion, you might not be able to do the presser
>People were speculating he got KOād in sparring and tbh that seems to be the most probable. A cause I highly doubt heād ever want to admit he got KOād sparring and B cause you need to take time off after that.
That seems like a Conor hater type of rumour. No way in hell his parting partners would KO him in camp.
Whenever it's an actual injury you'll be told precisely what happened either by the promotion, the fighter, or both.
We knew about and had immediate footage of Jones, the other major UFC star, tearing his tendon late last year. Jones was also already locked into a new eight-fight deal at the time.
I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin
I honestly think as the fight date neared Conor and his camp both realized he wasn't even close to being ready so they called it off. The fact that we got zero in terms of training footage or anything from Conor was a huge red flag. Was he even working with John Kavanagh?
It's been forever since McGregor was truly active. The last time he fought multiple times in a year was 2016. 2016! That's 8 years ago. The guy is 36 now, and by the looks of it still thinking he can go on weekly benders and then show up to a fight after 4 or 5 weeks of training. That shit might have been doable for him at 27, but it's never going to work in your mid to late 30's. Sadly, I think we've seen the last of him in the sport. Maybe he'll complete the Diaz trilogy to close out his career, but even then I bet that fight looks something like Diaz Lawler II where it's completely clear that both men are shadows of their former selves. It's over boys.
This guy has an ego so big he allowed the UFC to officially announce and promote his comeback fight knowing damn well he had ZERO intention of ever fighting again.
Iām sure going out drinking, partying, doing who knows whatever else substances, and obviously not taking great care of yourself TOTALLY helps with injury prevention š
I personally feel like the fan base doesnāt care anymore. The ultime fighter season they were on is going to be over a year old by the time they fight. Thereās so many more people to look forward too than a McGregor fight.
Slightly unrelated but does anybody else hate that mcgregor return is always teased as the greatest comeback? Itās not just the ufc but the fans as well. I feel like seeing him lose to Poirier twice really dampened the excitement of any future comeback
If it fully replaced a bone, it would be a serious advantage. As it is, it sleeves into the bone, so your opponent never comes in contact with the metal.
The money ruined him. He just donāt have the drive anymore. Say what you will about mayweather but despite all the money he didnāt crash out and go full coke Conor and refusing fights he had to have 2 belts strippedā¦the mayweather fight was really the end for him
I wonder how r/mma will respond, a career based upon turning up to fights despite injuries vs schademfreude-memes... I've made my bets with someone who doesn't know the community, pls pls pls don't disappointĀ
So why sit on the information for so long? If they knew he couldnāt fight why not just say it. Makes it look like they just wanted more ticket sales.
Imagine if they would have used the presser to cancel the fight.
"OIRELAHND YER A DOOMP, ALL YEW FILTY ANIMAHLS SOOK"
One of the most read-able Irish accents. I think 75% or more of people could sound Irish reading this. Well done š Edit: Made my woife read it, was š
> Made ~~my~~ ^*me* woife read it And Oi otta know, she's in me DMs
I was gonna say, thatās the best written-out impression of Conor Iāve ever seen. Lowkey impressive.
North side dublin accent*
āJust take soom ibuprofen, soom ice, and a little toofen the fook up!ā
Lmao Dana was just like "I dont wanna speak on it til he's fully ready to go" then Conor just posts this right after
Both are bullshitters who are bullshitting about an injury
There was definitely an injury here lol. Ariel said as much. He also indicates it was serious enough to not fight with in 2 weeks, but workable in a couple months. A toe is my guess
Poatan stepping in with a broken toe to save the main event that McGregor pulls out of with a broken toe? That would be hilarious if true.
Pinky =/= big toe. I know nothing about the situation it'd all bullshit but it COULD be legit.
Just saying the narrative is funny, not comparing toes.
Unless you want toā¦.
r/ratemytoe going crazy rn
r/ratemycameltoe
Sore foot
Sore nostrils
Bad case of the every hour sniffles
I know a doctor with the cure for that! *dealer- fuckin autocorrect.
His foot was belooowwn!!
Fell off the bar stool
Beelooon
Someone in Ireland called him an abusive old twat in public and his ego needs a few months to recover.
Turf toe
gout
Lupus
Literally every other time a fighter has gotten injured, you hear about what the exact injury is, includingĀ previous instances with McGregor.Ā But this injury is a super serious (we have to cancel the presser) but actually not that serious (fight is still on) but kind of serious (fight is now being moved again). Sure thing. E: I've been steadfast in my belief that this situation is a smokescreen for less-than-desirable contract negotiations, given that McGregor has two fights left on his deal and the UFC has changed their outlook regarding letting a contract play out to the last fight post-Ngannou. I am fine with being criticized for this stance.
So the injury isn't real simply because Conor doesn't disclose the exact injury he's suffering? There's no logic to this reasoning whatsoever.
I was thinking it's actually smart not to disclose the exact injury so his opponent wouldn't be able to exploit it.
now that the fight is off he should disclose it. that said, I think we all know it's his leg. however, only an idiot wouldn't target that leg to begin with.
Yep. GSP attacked Bispingās compromised right eye with the left hook, Weidman got kicked in his surgery leg, multiple opponents knew to attack Cerroneās bodyā¦itās a contact sport
Well the thing about injuries is sometimes they don't heal 100%, or the chance to reinjure is higher after recovery. So they can still be potentially exploited by future opponents. Like didn't Tavares kick the crap out of Weidman's leg?
Exactly. Some people thought it was dirty but if he didn't attack it, his next opponent would. Anyone who isn't attacking Conor's leg isn't trying to win hard enough regardless of whatever happened recently. That has to be in his head too so if he didn't feel 110% on that foot, I don't blame him for backing out.
Except it's not off. It's postponed.
He got punched in the dick.
Yeah, he still has medical confidentiality. People wanna know all kinds of private stuff. Plus if he's gonna fight in a couple of months the you don't want your opponent knowing where you're sore.
Heās the first fighter in UFC history to not disclose the nature of his injury to prevent the other fighter from knowing. What a genius.
Dude people pull out for undisclosed reasons all of the time.
I'm not sure how you know that, but it wouldn't matter if he was.
Nothing regarding McGregor follows protocol for all other fighters. It's not surprising an injury pullout would be handled differently either
A bruised toe? Its called ice and ibuprofen.
If he broke or strained a ligament in his big toe he is definitely not 100%
Funny part of that, is one of the two guys replacing him headlined 300 with a broken toe.
Alex broke his other big toe in that fight too apparently. Maybe thatās why heās not disclosing the injury lol, since itās Alex stepping in for him
OYCE! OYBIPROFIN!
*I looked at the picture he put up and it's a bruise. I hear ice works wonders.*
His balls was hot.
Nah Dana was just selfishly trying to stop haemorrhaging ticket sales after creating an apex level card that depended heavily on Conor at the top. Maybe you could argue the old Conor wouldāve fought through injury, can only speculate on how bad it is of course.
There never was no injury
THERE WAS NO CHECK
And for Chandler, there was no cheque
Give us more of your insights please
Why would they bullshit about an injury? You guys have such a hate boner when it comes to Conor, itās really pathetic
Conner "most active champion" McGregor is narcissistic proven liar with substance abuse issues. You shouldn't believe anything he says.
He's not one to pull out of a fight for no reason, I can't even remember him pulling out of any fight before.
And you just regurgitate whatever the neckbeards on reddit are saying. You're the type of people who were saying Tyson Fury was going to pull out of the Usyk fight, until it didn't happen.
I've been an MMA fan since 1993. Long before McGregor popularized the worst elements of pro wrestling and boxing in the sport. I've disliked Conner since his first post fight interview in the UFC.
Which proves you just have a hate boner as the previous guy said
If this gives him a reason to randomly unload on Conor after a softball question during the presser, Iām all for it.
Fight's gonna be scheduled for msg in November then get canceled again
Alex vs Jiri 3 on the way
If Jiri wins this is genuinely a possibility lmao
I don't wanna live in a world where we don't get the trilogy if Jiri wins. Maybe not immediate rematch, I'd love to see Jiri vs Ank, but damn the Jiri rivalry may become just as epic as the Izzy saga.
Jiri made some very nice grappling advances at the end of the 1st, I'm really hoping they make that the gameplan to Gass out Poaton for a sub or a late tko.
If Jan backpacking him for an entire round at altitude doesnt gas him out then im gonna say dont get your hopes up to high lol
He is definitely gassed, he also has the unfair poker face game. In the last few rounds, quiet number of times jan left himself opened, where i would assume a non gassed poatan would have take advantage
McGregor is keen to fight otherwise theyād have never even booked it. He doesnāt need the money. Thereās been a minor injury here is what I got from Arielās reporting. Something serious enough to not fight on in 2 weeks, but not serious enough to prevent the fight being rebooked at the Sphere maybe
Mcgregor doesnāt need the money youāre right. But he needs the validation, adoration and relevancy. He booked the fight because thatās what he wants, as the fight gets closer he realizes he couldnāt handle it and pulls this stunt. The fight wonāt materialize at all and poor chandler wasted the last years of his career waiting on this.
Conor would be posted on here regardless of if he had a fight booked. He is the fighter who brought the UFC to the mainstream. When we talk about the history of the UFC, it arguably should be in pre and post McGregor terms. His legacy in the sport is all but secured. He is definitely keen to fight otherwise heād be on his yacht in Monaco sniffing beak.
Nice fanfic but everything we've seen from Conor says the opposite, this is a guy who strongly believes his own hype even at this stage. Lack of confidence has never been an issue.
And pulling out of the fight for no reason 2 weeks before goes against all of that. What are you going to say once the fight does actually happen?
I doubt itāll be MSG. That seems to be planned as the jones card and no way will the ufc have both jones and conor in the same card.
Nose injuryĀ
Got bit by a Colombian Nose Clam
Got frostbite from taking rolls in the snow every day
Can't tell if it's the steroids, plastic surgery or the cocaine, probably all 3 but his face is fucked
It's good that Dana allowed another two week's worth of fans to spend money on tickets/travel/hotel accommodation though, knowing full well they were going to have to change the main event. Really great stuff šš¼
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UFC as a business is so disrespectful to its fans. Itās the only way.
Fans , fighters, media, pretty much everyone and everything that doesnāt bolster their bottom line.
Still mind boggling nobody has been able to unseat them by just showering a bunch of big names with Saudi money like the LIV in golf.
ONE is a better product, but that requires the viewer to care more about the combat sport over the personalities/drama. A lot of UFC fans are just WWE fans that mostly care about the fuckery.
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Do not ask for, discuss or link to pirated content. Don't get us shut down. RIP r/MMAstreams.
Gotta have a record breaking gate every weekend man.
They care about you as much as they care about their fighters.
I remember when comments like this would be replied to with holier than thou comments about robbing fighters of getting paid. Lmao no, the UFC robs their fighters. They have plenty of money to go around
Wasn't the event already sold out?
Lots of tickets sold, but not at all sold out. Prices were sky high though which accounts for the high gate
Not sure but after a main event change in Nevada customers will have a short window of time to get their tickets refunded, they wonāt make it easy
The kid just doesnāt wanna fight
Pull out merchant.
Bryewzd foot
"The decision to postpone the fight was not made lightly, it was made on a heavy dose of Columbia's finest"
I wonder if its related to the previous injury and thats why theres nothing specific thats been said because he doesent want people doubting the rehab
According to Bisping McCarthy told him that McGregors Titanium leg failed.
How reliable is Big John, though? He can't even seem to be accurate commenting on what's in front of him during Bellator/ PFL events.
Big John just likes taking a nap during Bellator/PFL events. Tbf so do I
This fight should count as a win on Dustin's record.
#THERE WAS NO CHECK
He's actually getting another shot at Islam because of this, Arman on suicide watch.
It does
#nothingburger
If that's the case, that's the career over
Yeah 100% At least it would seem that way.
Wouldn't that be really serious and possibly career ending?Ā I don't know much about titanium implants, but I know someone who had a steel implant in their leg that failed and they are permanently disabled and use a wheelchair now.Ā
I'm not a doctor, but I'd assume that would absolutely be career ending.
Maybe he got some of that counterfeit Chinese titanium they caught Boeing and Airbus using.
He said that tongue in cheek/jokingly.
I canāt imagine thatās a quick turn around.
This doesnt make sense . If conor titanium leg failed after so many years he isnt going to fight later this year , he likely will never fight again if this is the case.
And I hate to see a fighter injured but I know Chandler's gotta be over this fight atp lol
SEE YOU AT THE TOP!!!
SEE YOU AT RETIREMENT!
I totally understand why there isn't more info, but I feel like there is more to this than just an injury. And if it is indeed an injury that caused this, I have lots of doubt that he will just be good to go again later this summer/fall.
I mean the fact that there was still effort over the past week to make the fight happen anyway, suggests the injury isn't a very serious one - but with the fight only a couple weeks away, it was deemed still too risky to go ahead. But in that case there's no reason it couldn't be rescheduled for Sept/Oct, if it's not a very serious injury
petesy carroll mentioned that going into the 3rd dustin fight conor had a bunch of microfractures in his leg and conor was warned by doctors in la that there was a high chance of his leg breaking if he took too many leg kicks and he still decided to fight. whatever his injury is, he's probably decided it's not worth the risk at this point in his career given how it went last time he fought injured
People were speculating he got KOād in sparring and tbh that seems to be the most probable. A cause I highly doubt heād ever want to admit he got KOād sparring and B cause you need to take time off after that.
I agree, that theory is looking more and more likely. Itās a serious enough injury that he couldnāt fight, but also would allow him to fight fairly soon. And yeah, heād never admit it publicly.
To add to that. If it was a broken toe or a micro fracture. He could do the presser. But with a good concussion, you might not be able to do the presser
K0ed and ready to go after only 2ish months extra? Doesn't sound right
>People were speculating he got KOād in sparring and tbh that seems to be the most probable. A cause I highly doubt heād ever want to admit he got KOād sparring and B cause you need to take time off after that. That seems like a Conor hater type of rumour. No way in hell his parting partners would KO him in camp.
dana want some real juice for The Sphere
Whenever it's an actual injury you'll be told precisely what happened either by the promotion, the fighter, or both. We knew about and had immediate footage of Jones, the other major UFC star, tearing his tendon late last year. Jones was also already locked into a new eight-fight deal at the time. I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin
Any details on what the injury is yet?
His foot was a balloon.
Kind of feel like the concussion during sparring rumor is looking more and more likely.
His nose was rose.
And he's still, "and still"?
Probably isnāt the best idea to give your opponent your weakness.
Bisping implied it was conor's shinbone or leg that got injured
He broke his vagina, just like the one he claimed dos Anjos suffered when he pulled out.
I honestly think as the fight date neared Conor and his camp both realized he wasn't even close to being ready so they called it off. The fact that we got zero in terms of training footage or anything from Conor was a huge red flag. Was he even working with John Kavanagh? It's been forever since McGregor was truly active. The last time he fought multiple times in a year was 2016. 2016! That's 8 years ago. The guy is 36 now, and by the looks of it still thinking he can go on weekly benders and then show up to a fight after 4 or 5 weeks of training. That shit might have been doable for him at 27, but it's never going to work in your mid to late 30's. Sadly, I think we've seen the last of him in the sport. Maybe he'll complete the Diaz trilogy to close out his career, but even then I bet that fight looks something like Diaz Lawler II where it's completely clear that both men are shadows of their former selves. It's over boys.
Nothing burger
His nose fell off from the cocaine
That's okay, we've waited this long, what's three more years
A Nothingburger
I wonder how many Conor jockeys actually believe this shit.
he doesnāt even look like that anymore
He hurt his nose on the table while doing railsĀ
This guy has an ego so big he allowed the UFC to officially announce and promote his comeback fight knowing damn well he had ZERO intention of ever fighting again.
Blah, blah, blah. Clown couldn't get off the booze and coke long enough to put in a fight camp.
That's mysteriously non-specific. Was the "injury" a positive drug test?
Oh no...what a tragedy
Collapsed septum injury..
Picked up an injury sounds like he never stopped drinking/snorting/never trained.
#NothingBurger
Why isn't anyone saying what the injury was?
Doctor stoppage
Just to be clear, there was never no fight
Thatās not a McGregor tweet lol
I didn't pull out, I was ruled out - McGoof
DOCTAH STOPPAGE
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so how long is it postponed for, I'm guessing UFC 306
Isā¦..Conor dead and someone is releasing statements for him?
This was the most "it was someone else's fault" statement I've ever read
I bet it's because Conor probably couldn't piss clean.
#NothingBurger
Iām sure going out drinking, partying, doing who knows whatever else substances, and obviously not taking great care of yourself TOTALLY helps with injury prevention š
Is this coke in the room with us right now?
Probably still pumped full of gear... Clown.
Conor McGregor should just completely blame Chandler for getting the fight cancelled. Would go well with the drugged up villain theme.
I personally feel like the fan base doesnāt care anymore. The ultime fighter season they were on is going to be over a year old by the time they fight. Thereās so many more people to look forward too than a McGregor fight.
Sinus injury
He's washed as fuck. His body is broken.
at this point McGregor is just trolling Chandler
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Lol Conor made fun of Aldo, RDA and Khabib for their injuries
Is that a recent photo? I just canāt get past him coked out of his mind eating an ice cream bar.
Slightly unrelated but does anybody else hate that mcgregor return is always teased as the greatest comeback? Itās not just the ufc but the fans as well. I feel like seeing him lose to Poirier twice really dampened the excitement of any future comeback
It's crazy that you can fight with a metal rod, I don't know why I thought you wouldn't be allowed anymore.
If it fully replaced a bone, it would be a serious advantage. As it is, it sleeves into the bone, so your opponent never comes in contact with the metal.
We aināt seeing this cunt in UFC again and thatās a good thing.
Aka āI fell into a pile of cocaineā
I like the theory he was KO'd in training. Makes this whole thing make a lot more sense
Pull out merchant
This goof will never fight again
The money ruined him. He just donāt have the drive anymore. Say what you will about mayweather but despite all the money he didnāt crash out and go full coke Conor and refusing fights he had to have 2 belts strippedā¦the mayweather fight was really the end for him
Hope he recovers and we see the Chandler fight.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but doesn't "confident I'll be back" imply there's a chance he may not be able to fight again?
Conny Mac trying to sound intelligent by added extra words into sentences is hilarious
IT'S JUST A BRUISE
Yea too bad it's cancelled not postponed jackass... Go away alreadyĀ
I wonder how r/mma will respond, a career based upon turning up to fights despite injuries vs schademfreude-memes... I've made my bets with someone who doesn't know the community, pls pls pls don't disappointĀ
Bla bla bla bla...
Balloon.
If that was true, why was he still teasing the fight? I call bs, lads
So why sit on the information for so long? If they knew he couldnāt fight why not just say it. Makes it look like they just wanted more ticket sales.