Show Money 19: Are Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor about to show us the money?

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The Show Money crew is Paul the economist, Jason the lawyer, and John the man who knows everyone and everything in MMA. In today’s episode, the guys discuss the promotion of the Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight and updated predictions on PPV buys (with a John Nash rant thrown in for good measure), the supposed 70/30 Mayweather/McGregor split and 70/30 McGregor/UFC split, thoughts on Zuffa Boxing, the Nevada Athletic Commission’s (NAC) behavior, and the future impact on the UFC and MMA.

For those interested in specific parts, here are the start times for each segment:
Fight promotion and final PPV predictions – 0:26
Supposed 70/30 splits – 18:28
Zuffa Boxing – 21:55
NAC’s sanctioning of the bout and approval of 8 oz. gloves – 27:36
Impact of the fight on the UFC and MMA – 32:55

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Follow Paul at @MMAanalytics, John at @heynottheface, and Jason at @dilletaunt.

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Paul Gift

Dr. Paul Gift is a sports economist with a research focus on mixed martial arts. A licensed MMA referee and judge himself, Dr. Gift’s interests pertain to many facets of the MMA industry including behavioral biases and judging, the role of financial and environmental factors on fighter performance, determination of fighter marginal products, and predictive analytics.

A regular MMA business contributor for Forbes, Dr. Gift also writes about MMA analytics and officiating in popular press for SB Nation and co-hosts the MMA business podcast Show Money. His sports research has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, ESPN’s Grantland, and popular media including Around the Horn, Olbermann, and various MMA and boxing podcasts.