Media Dana White on combatting piracy

[HuskySamoan]

Pay per view prices amounts to stealing from people.

That product is not worth 50-70 USD.

Often there's only 2-3 fights with name fighters on there.. and it's just watching it on TV. For that price you could see a popular music artist live..

It's 86 USD after taxes now.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Trust me bro.

No! I don't trust you.

 

[Bobby00]

Make it free and there will be less streaming. Well no people stream anyway but most will just turn on tv instead of looking for links. The only ones who will stream is the people not having acess to the channels. More eyes means bigger sponsors. All major Sports or Leagues are free around the World like NBA, NFL, Fifa and so on.

 

[yodog]

It's 86 USD after taxes now.

Yikes. That's a lot. I'm pretty sure the last one I bought was $40 - 45 maybe 15 years ago.

 

[Patof]

Solution is to charge more for crappy PPVs. That'll teach em.

 

[Dave Poodle]

If Jon Jones was really the GOAT he'd stop the pirates

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I have no idea what he's talking about

 

[Dave Poodle]

I have no idea what he's talking about

Neither does he

 

[chinarice]

Remember when fuckboy acted like they were gonna stop piracy and went as far as saying they got 1! 1! Lol

What a clown

 

[Deleted member 585708]

I pay for everything, but PPV prices in the US are way too high, it's dumb.

Who pays 75 dollars for 5 fights, is there a worse value offering out there? Reduce the 75, increase the 5. Simple!

 

[Dave Poodle]

Remember when fuckboy acted like they were gonna stop piracy and went as far as saying they got 1! 1! Lol

What a clown

R.I.P. SirPaul

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Streams save me the embarrassment of having to create a Go Fund Me thread on sherdog every month so I can afford the PPVs

 

[dc007]

The broadcasts are loaded with ads, just make it free like every other sport on the planet. I haven’t paid for one in years

 

[Khalex Chimaira]

We don't need a solution if there is not a problem

 

[TriangleMonkey]

The rivers & streams suffice and keep me in tune

Otherwise I would never watch

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

If investors don’t understand then they’re dumb as fuck

Generally there is no benefit for a business to show weakness.

 

[daniel san]

Well, I stopped downloading music when I could just pay $10 monthly for Spotify. I download less movies and TV shows today when I can pay Netflix $10. If it's not on Netflix, I will torrent it instead.

I would be willing to pay $10 for Fight Pass if that included everything. I live in Europe, so either the PPVs are live in the middle of the night, or the PPV is filled with shit fighters, no way I'm paying for that.

It's simply a matter of making it easy for the consumer to make the right decision. I can pay, but only if I find it reasonable, otherwise I won't pay a cent.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Not that I've ever done this, but I figure I could take the same amount UFC charges for a PPV and spend it on a sex worker instead. There's no doubt I'd have a better experience.

Or I could just use it to buy 2-3 days' worth of food which I need to survive. Or I could buy more clothes. Or I could pay for 3-4 streaming services for a month. Or...you get the idea.

At this point you'd have to be an idiot to pay that much for a streaming service that according to pretty much everybody on the internet almost never works properly.

 

[Darkavius]

Question for anyone who wants to answer. Would you be more willing to pay if the Fight Night cards were free but they held 4 huge events per year that were PPV only? This way the thinking is those 4 events would be loaded with the best fights and the best fighters.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

"We should pump out more, low quality cards. Also, raise prices. And make you pay for a subscription, before you can even buy the ppv."