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The quality just hasn't been there on a few recent cards. No such thing as too much MMA in my books, but I'd rather see a few less shows each year from the UFC and bigger fights/better cards.
There are just too many talented fighters, its almost a have to thing to thing to have so many cards. I mean there is the potential to make every card stacked and do the one event per month thing, but I think having more events is better for the growth of the sport. And sometimes when the cards are stacked some good young prospects get pushed to the prelims and dont get their chance to expose themselves to the MMA world.
The quality just hasn't been there on a few recent cards. No such thing as too much MMA in my books, but I'd rather see a few less shows each year from the UFC and bigger fights/better cards.
This article is relevant to the thread. Too many events, over-exposure and weaker cards than normal..
http://www.watchkalibrun.com/2009/12...umbers-are-bad
The first week cable estimate on UFC 106 was 330,000, which is even lower than earliest projections we had. UFC 104 with Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua came in at 450,000 in a cable estimate and 460,000 in a trending estimate. Keep in mind the general rule of thumb by nature of how numbers are reported in the U.S. is that the final number since most UFC buys are in the U.S. will wind up 10-15% above these original numbers, so it's likely Machida-Rua ends up at 500,000, which isn't bad, and UFC 106 winds up 360,000 to 375,000, which for that fight is a gigantic disappointment. Trending numbers right now are indicating about a 27% drop from 104.
Some observers were beginning to believe that 400,000 to 450,000 PPV buys was the new bottom of the barrel for the UFC. If these early number are right then it shows that is not the case and will lend fodder for those that believe that the UFC has peaked in terms of U.S. popularity.
UFC 106 didn't just have bad pay-per view returns. The show was plagued by comped tickets and an empty stadium. All told approximately 37% of UFC 106's tickets were comped and 46% of the ideal gate value (if the event had been sold out) was comped.
So what went wrong?
It was probably a compilation of multiple factors that lead to UFC 106 being a "gigantic disappointment". Obviously the Lesnar-Carwin main even being canceled is at the top of the list then there is the issue of their replacement's purported popularity. o Ortiz was coming off an eighteen month layoff while Forrest Griffin was embarrassed at UFC 101, which could have affected their standing with casual fans. Not to mention the fact that November was a month loaded with MMA events including UFC 105, which was shown on e for free the week before. Finally there is the Las Vegas economy, which is still in the dumps.
+pacman +floyd
What does that have to do with their buyrate the last few events??
ppv buys?
doesn't it?
Yeah but i'm talking about the recent buys, not future buys..
I did not posted floyd vs pacman
floyd was fighting recently and pacman as well
nvm
It was too many shows this autumn for ppl to buy so many ppv's.
Now the finale and then bj vs diego, and next ufc will be on january the second
It's more about lackluster UFC cards than anything else. If they insist on a show a month or more, they need to get that long time rumored Network TV deal done and put like 4 fights a year on TV. Big events with headliners. I do think the UFC has too many events now and they need to tweak their approach..
They've got too many fighters signed ... they need to fight.
But maybe yea it can be an idea to put good ufc card once a month and make more fight nights. But then again - are those fight night gonna bring adequat income for the UFC?
Also lately an injury plague has invided UFC area, that also was one of factors
All in all i'm not very worries as i get UFC from the same source and I'm watching every UFC event.
I think they are in danger of losing the big pub for a huge PPV fight. GSP vs Penn 2 had that feel, that lasted for months. Brock and Randy had it also. But lately they are lacking the big fight feel. If you oversaturate with too many cards on PPV then it is hard to build for mega fights. Put more mediocre stuff on Free TV. I really think UFC 107 is not a PPV card at all..
The short answer is yes there are too many UFC fights on PPV. It seems like UFC only puts fights on e is when they are trying to disrupt Strikeforce.
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