UFC Raises PPV Price for "Costs"

[The Rocketmen]

The UFC has raised the HD cost of a PPV from 59.95 to 64.95. Over the last 2 years, it's raised around 8%.

The UFC (specifically the UFC, not the sport of MMA, but literally the UFC) is, and has been, the most expensive sport for fans to follow.

Here is the breakdown (taken from reddit - www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/7qwyrg/ppv_prices_appear_to_have_gone_up_again_buying/ ):

If you bought all 12 PPVs this past year, as well as the McGregor vs Mayweather PPV because it's a current UFC champion so lump that in too, plus a one-year Fight Pass subscription at the discounted rate of $8/month, that is a total of $916 not counting the cost of cable for shows on Fox/FS1/FX/FS2, and also not counting for special cable packages since not all standard cable packages give you FS1/FS2/FX.

In contrast, the NFL Sunday Ticket package, which gives you every game of the season plus a specific channel that shows you ever dramatic play of every game called Red Zone, is ~$280. MLB's yearly subscription for every game and preseason as well is $113. NBA's premium League Pass (all games, plus you have no commercials) is $125. NHL's Gamecenter, which serves as a similar package to the other mentioned, is $159.

In sum, paying for packages to watch EVERY game from the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA in one year would cost $677, or $239 less than buying 12 UFC PPVs, a supercard, and Fight Pass which has a few early prelims and a few international cards.

[The Sandmen]

And yet, that UFC fighter vs. Other Major Athletes salary differential...

[xx - The Underdog Regime]

But where is my WWE Network comparison?

[xx - The King's Poison]

Five dollars isn't so bad. I dont really order the ppvs anyway though since i get them off websites

[The Sandmen]

Jan 16, 2018 22:23:07 GMT -5 xx - The King's Poison said:

Five dollars isn't so bad.

This is how greedy companies and services get you. About $5 every year or so, because $5 "isn't that big of a deal". When I signed up for Netflix for the first time, it was $7/month. Now, it is $14. And there is less third-party content because everyone has their own streaming service, and Netflix is creating their own. Price has gone up, product/service quality & diversity has gone down.

UFC PPVs used to be $45. And the card was stacked, top to bottom. If rankings were around, there probably would not be a fighter ranked lower than 10th on an entire PPV card. INCLUDING THE PRELIMS. But landscape has changed, the product is so heavily watered down, that now the sport has turned into more of a boxing model - main event heavy, with some fights also there showcasing some talent. And yet, the cost rises because it's $5. Who cares that much about $5?

What everyone needs to keep in mind (and they don't because it seems the majority of UFC fanboys are dumb), is that your money is your vote. With it, you vote for what you want. With it, you control how the company operates. If people refused to pay the extra $5, the cost would go back down. If people refused to buy PPVs that were headline-only events, and only bought good cards, that actually had good, meaningful fights for a full 3 hours of fighting, the UFC would change their policy.

They know damned well what works, because that is how they got to this point. Now they are just pushing to see how greedy thney can be, and how much the Dana White sheeple will give them before drawing a line. If history has taught us anything, it's that there is currently no line. And so the UFC is still trying to find it.

[The Rocketmen]

That's the part that gets me the most. I am fine with paying 50 dollars for a fight card if it is absolutely stacked.

But there are SO many PPVs now that are basically "Monday Night RAWs" that should just be on my television - a thing I already pay a cable bill for. There's maybe, MAYBE 1 or 2 PPVs per year I think are actually worth buying, and that's about how many I actually pay for, because the rest of them are either uninteresting, are fake "interim" belts fucking left and right, or the card is just not good.

Then, on top of that, like a day before the fight, the main event can get cancelled.