Im sure Chris Beal is truly hurt by streaming. His Ppv cut is the majority of his check.
Yeah, wouldn't be too surprising really.
Jones last two fights vs opponents who are just highly ranked (not people coming up or stars from other weight classes)
UFC 172 - 350k
UFC 165 - 310k
Jones doesn't sell PPVs. He is carried by his opponents name/prefight nonsense and sadly Dan isn't a big name. This card won't do too great..
Ya know, it's kind of sad that their goal is for 750,000 people to see this event.
If they didn't add that star five bucks maybe, but I think a lot people will steal this event just as a fuck you for jacking the price. The card overall isn't even that great, it's just the main fight that matters, and they want another five bucks on top of it all. Fuck em. I hope they do under a half mil.
800K if it happened after the press conference fight. Now, I would say 500-600k buys. The general public just doesn't like or care about Jones. Chael helped sell his fight with Jones. His fight against Glover did 375K buys!
Why?
Because 750,000 viewers is an abysmal number for a major event. PPV is incredibly restricting the growth of the sport and the UFC. I don't know why Dana would boast about such an insignificant number. This is the same guy that told us UFC will be bigger than the superbowl.
Because 750,000 viewers is an abysmal number for a major event. PPV is incredibly restricting the growth of the sport and the UFC. I don't know why Dana would boast about such an insignificant number. This is the same guy that told us UFC will be bigger than the superbowl.