They think they can sell any piece of crap fight to someone and they're wrong, it's killing the company.
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I’m taking a referees test so I’ll post them in a few hours, but the most important thing to tell you the company is going downhill is that they stopped releasing buyrates. If the PPV buys were great they’d be telling everyone how good they were.
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damn CANT WAIT
UFC on FOX 30 overnight ratings lowest in series history despite all-action card
The show did win out in a few key demos, but was otherwise a disappointment for a card which delivered quality action.
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UFC Fight Night Ratings
Latest Nielsen ratings of UFC Fight Night television program on ESPN.
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UFC Fight Night is a U.S. television program broadcast on ESPN since Saturday, August 6, 2005. UFC Fight Night is watched by a total number of 995,000 people (0.32% rating, up +18% from July 1) as of the daily audience measurement on July 15, 2023
UFC Vegas cards are bad business for the UFC and for ESPN
UFC Vegas events don't seem to be generating as many new ESPN+ subscriptions. It's not hard to see why.
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Their audience is consistently shrinking, idk what else to make of it. Shrinking audience, the people left are super hardcore and willing to pay to support the promotion all on their own.
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I know this could probably go in the UFC sucks thread, but they should have no Apex shows except for TUF & DWCS stuff. There’s 152 arenas in the United States that have a 10,000 seat capacity or higher. If they went to places that haven’t had a show or haven’t had one in 5 years or greater I think they fill them up 75% or higher even for fight nights.
I also think 26 shows a year is just about the right amount. They can still have their late December-mid January gap and have a couple shows on B2B weekends.
I think the last five weeks have been fun cards, but there was almost nothing I wanted to watch from late March until June.
I also think 26 shows a year is just about the right amount. They can still have their late December-mid January gap and have a couple shows on B2B weekends.
I think the last five weeks have been fun cards, but there was almost nothing I wanted to watch from late March until June.
Yeah, I agree. They are run by cheapskates, though, plus there are some dogshit cards that probably wouldn't sell at in-person arenas (Holm/Silva FN) so they stick them at the Apex so they fulfill the live card obligation they have to UFC while still saving money.
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Yeah for sure about the cost savings on Apex shows. I think the best short term and worst long term thing for the UFC was having the Apex available at the start of the pandemic.
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One second left in the round? Tough break!
I don't really like the stoppage there but Sterling was gonna get fucked up.
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The Chito fight is absolutely bullshit but this company is pro wrestling booking so
Great performance by O Malley, and I don’t think Merab will have the easy go of it that people think he will.
Great performance by O Malley, and I don’t think Merab will have the easy go of it that people think he will.
O'Malley has looked a lot better since that Chito fight and Chito hasn't looked that great, even in victory. Chito is hard to explain, really. Lots of talent, but he never puts it in high gear. Honestly, Sandhagen may be the toughest matchup for O'Malley but he didn't do himself any favors with that last appointment. Honestly, I would have rather seen Chito-Sterling and O'Malley-Sandhagen or Merab with the winners fighting, but like POVY said, this is pro-wrestling booking so good luck trying to decipher it.
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Strickland. Wow.
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Mike Perry reveals details of lucrative new BKFC deal, says returning to UFC would be ‘massive’ pay cut
Mike Perry reveals details around the new multi-fight contract he inked at BKFC and why returning to the UFC was never really an option for him.
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Is BKFC really bringing in that much revenue? I’m glad fighters are getting paid and there are alternatives to the UFC but man I just don’t know how popular that shit is.
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Meanwhile…
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Disgruntled John Makdessi shares detailed earnings for UFC 293 bout with Jamie Mullarkey
Twenty-fight UFC veteran John Makdessi is not happy with his final payout for UFC 293.
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Yeah, that's basically horseshit that a guy can compete as a professional athlete in his sport's premier league and only make slightly more than I do fighting 3 times a year.Meanwhile…
Disgruntled John Makdessi shares detailed earnings for UFC 293 bout with Jamie Mullarkey
Twenty-fight UFC veteran John Makdessi is not happy with his final payout for UFC 293.
I also think companies like Bare Knuckle just use cash from investors to spend, spend, spend, and when the money's gone they go belly-up.
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I'm a little surprised UFC doesn't even cover airfare. If you get an overseas gig, it is almost worth turning down to save on trans then.
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I've been a casual fan of UFC since about 2012, and I can't recall there ever being a title fight on "free" TV; how common is this?
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Ever since they expanded to like 10 champs or whatever I can't keep track of weight classes or champs despite watching 99 percent of the PPVs since the Liddell era.
Off hand the only ones I recall are Dos Santos/Cain on Fox 1 and one on some random FS1 show where Dana screamed beforehand "I love putting big fucking fights on free TV!" as they were fighting off EliteXC or one of the other pop up promotions who were running a big show.
I wanna say it was with Dan Henderson soon after jumping from Pride, but I could be way off.
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Ex-UFC Champ Israel Adesanya Pleads Guilty to Drinking and Driving in New Zealand
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has pleaded guilty to drinking and driving a few weeks before his most recent fight.
Drinking three weeks out from the fight and being irresponsible enough to drive, no wonder he lost.
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Mr. S£im Citrus
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Is this generally considered a problem? It feels like it might be a problem.
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Boners, and farts.
The rating system is completely broken in the first place. Reyes has been knocked out 3 times in a row, and technically lost 4 straight. Shouldn’t be ranked at all. Once someone gets grandfathered into a high ranking it takes forever for them to get out.
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UFC is under "Whose Line..." rules. Dana makes it up and the rankings don't matter.
The next PPV is literally 2 guys fighting for an interim title with the actual "top contender" sitting out because more money will be made if he fights the champ.
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Looking at the line up for my buddies and I gambling game and yikes... for MSG this card is the shits.
Since the last PPV was quick finishes a plenty, the odds are not in our favor.
Since the last PPV was quick finishes a plenty, the odds are not in our favor.