Black breaks down McGregor vs. Alvarez using the Sapp-Alvarez Scale

Robin Black breaks out The Sapp-Alvarez Scale, for the main event of the greatest card in UFC history.

For those of you as yet uninitiated on the S.A.S., on the horizontal scale is risk taking or risk aversion. On the vertical scale is Willingness And Ability to Embrace Suffering (W.A.T.E.S.). At one extreme in the sport sits Bob Sapp, and at the other, Eddie Alvarez.

Sapp explained himself years ago in an interview with Ariel Helwani.

Will I go into that ring and receive large amounts of damage for small paychecks? No. I will receive no damage to my body that will be long-lasting for a small, insignificant amount of cash. I think we’ve now seen that with examples in the NFL, and the fact that some of these guys are coming back and saying ‘hey, we want some money, we have brain damage.’ I’m getting paid well underneath what a professional boxer would, or Manny Pacquiao. So in no means ever will I sustain long-lasting damage for a small paycheck. Never will that happen.”

So in kickboxing, Sapp lost ten in a row. Then he won one when a fighter hurt himself kicking the massive former NFL player. And then he lost three more. Meanwhile, competing under MMA rules, he lost the last 13 in a row, all but two in under 3 minutes.

The moment anything hurts, Bob Sapp quits. Then he retired a millionaire, with his health.

On the other end of the Sapp-Alvarez Scale stands Eddie Alvarez; no description is necessary,

Now Black employs the Sapp-Alvarez scale on Alvarez himself, and Conor McGregor, ahead of their fight at UFC 205.

Robin Black breaks down the champion vs. champion fight that headlines UFC 205 between lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez vs. featherweight champion Conor McGregor on the notorious Sapp-Alvarez scale. Who’s leaving Madison Square Garden with the lightweight title?