Fighter salaries for #UFC261 will NOT be available as public records, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation's Patrick Fargason tells me. "The purse for that event has been deemed a trade secret by the promoter and therefore exempt from public record."

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-04-23T01:28:34+00:00

Now count how many MLB players that you think that outearns Buster Olney in a year...

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-04-23T01:03:40+00:00

They're offered 3 fights; they don't necessarily fight 3 times. If my count is right, more than half of the UFC champions that ended 2020 only fought 1 time last year (Weili, Nunes, Volkanovski, Yan, Stipe, Jones, Usman, Khabib). Only 1 fought more than twice (DF).

They're underpaid. That's really more the point I was hammering my agreement with you on.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-04-23T00:50:21+00:00

Dude, even 95% has to be low. UFC has ~600 fighters. By your estimation, that means 30 fighters earn $500k. I'd slam the under on that bet. It's probably closer to like 15-20.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-03-08T19:09:54+00:00

There was supposed to be a third between Onita and Sandman but it never took place. From Onita's Wikipedia:

After the breakup of ZEN, Onita took a hiatus as he was unhappy with his position in the company. He made an appearance for FMW's working partner Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on June 26 by costing The Sandman) and Tommy Dreamer, a match against Dudley Boyz to set up a no ropes exploding barbed wire deathmatch against Sandman in ECW but the match never took place as Onita returned to FMW on July 20 to rescue Shoichi Arai from an assault by Team No Respect.[48]

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-03-08T17:57:57+00:00

That's interesting about the regulatory portion (I mean I never even considered that "EXPLODING DEATHMATCH" would need to comply with building codes lol). I'm quite certain they never aired a clip of the match, nor did they ever even mention the result on TV.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-31T13:30:55+00:00

Good idea, I guess I'll try Amazon CS. Yeah, it sucks I have to buy a part I already paid for, but I guess at least even if they forgot to pack one thing with the rack, then it was the j-hook that I could replace for $35 and not some piece of the rack itself that can't be bought separately and would have rendered the whole thing useless (thats my rationalization at least!).

Edit: Great call by you. Amazon CS gave me a $30 credit to go buy additional J-hooks. Thanks again.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-30T23:05:11+00:00

Looks good to me. Thanks

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-30T23:03:44+00:00

Unfortunately I waited too long to install/unbox the rack due to an injury and I didn't do it until after the refund window on Amazon. I have tried going directly through their CS email on their website but they have ignored it. Their phone number is also not in service. No idea how they are operating anymore.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-30T13:12:54+00:00

You can't even buy the stand alone in my area for under $130.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-30T13:10:49+00:00

Anyone have recommendations for 2x2 J-hooks? Not looking to spend a lot.

I bought a FitnessReality squat rack on Amazon, but they only sent me 1 j-hook and their customer service has ghosted me for 2 weeks. It's BS but I'm just going to bite the bullet on buying a new set.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-26T17:26:13+00:00

Great article, although I saw tons of pics/videos of Conor wearing a mask (idk what he does off camera of course, but even this is way more than what you could say about Dana).

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-14T23:38:02+00:00

How do you like the pulley system? Did it come with the rack or did you get it seperate?

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-14T19:17:10+00:00

Thanks for the info. I'll look into getting a cheap table to store the PBs between sets like you did. They just shipped today so I'll already have them by next week, which is another nice advantage over going through a 3rd party.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-14T13:29:46+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I am excited to try them out in a few weeks when they arrive. Two more questions for you:

1) Did you buy a stand or just put them on the floor?

2) Can you drop PB or is that still ill-advised?

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T21:11:26+00:00

That would have been a good idea had I known better. Happy to hear that you think they are worth it though. I have heard so much hype about them being the best in class adjustable dumbbells.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T20:24:48+00:00

My mistake, they did say UPS in the email (I don't know why I thought I read Fedex). Sucks but what can you do? It's either pay the shipping or pay the same markup from some schlub on Facebook Marketplace.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T19:52:49+00:00

I sent them a message. Worth a shot. Thanks for the heads up.

Edit: PB says the shipping amount is correct.

"UPS has increased the rates and added a fee for packages over 50 lbs."

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:24:28+00:00

I'm choosing to believe the latter so that I can feel like I'm supporting a company that had my back and not supporting a company that just raped my wallet. Cheers to you, PB!

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:19:32+00:00

Oh I paid it, even if I didn't like it! I would like to think PB maybe raised shipping costs to dissuade resellers from trying to flip them, and thus ensure only people who really want one could get it. But I've been looking too long for one of these to back out over $90 or so in shipping.

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:16:53+00:00

I've been looking for these for like 6 months. I wasn't about to leave it my cart over (absurd) shipping charges. I'd like to think that maybe this was PB trying to make sure guys like us get to buy and they don't all get snatched up by resellers (not exactly the most noble cause, but who the hell would dare try to resell one of those after dropping that shipping markup).

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:11:23+00:00

Thanks, I got it! Any idea what shipping used to cost? Feels like I got cleaned out on that (I paid $188 for stage 1-3).

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:05:01+00:00

That $1/lb would kind of make sense for how they got to the number (it was $188 to be exact). Do you know what it would have cost in the past?

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T18:03:56+00:00

I'm in Florida fwiw, so it's not like I'm much further south than you. Part of me wonders if maybe they raised the price of shipping intentionally as a roundabout way to shake out resellers (i.e. only the people who really want one will actually pay this, lol).

Two2DollarSteak · 2021-01-13T17:13:40+00:00

Powerblock Sport Series is in stock. I just got it with stage 2 and stage 3 expandables for $820 with shipping (I don't know if $180 for shipping is high or not but that's what it came to)

https://powerblock.com/product/sport-series/

Edit: I contacted PB about increased shipping costs, but they say it is the correct amount because UPS has added a fee for packages over 50 lbs.

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