ESPN doesn’t care about MMA?

[Rebel_LioN]

Otherwise this KO should’ve been featured on their social media pages. The guy has been putting people out in 30 seconds and no feech?

 

[Peli]

It was featured on their main twitter account, not even just the ESPN mma account

 

[gluehuffer1776]

yup. espn isnt a fan of wmma

 

[Kvothe_the_kingkiller]

I was checking a local football score on the ESPN app all evening, and all evening this KO was the first story, even above RDA winning.

For what it’s worth.

Just checked. It’s not there now.

 

[mirellale]

The content has been deleted.What was it?

 

[Pliny Pete]

It was #2 or #3 in their Top Plays on Sportscenter this morning
Thats better than some shitty IG post

 

[Dbreiden83080]

The day will come when Dana is railing against ESPN calling it the "Worst partnership we ever had"

 

[SKYNET]

ESPN gets good enough ratings apparently showing golf and womens tennis highlights.

They can afford to do to Dana and the UFC what Dana and the UFC does to their fighters

 

[Mesos]

They had it 1# on sports center. Thats a very important show for ESPN thats broadcast everywhere, especially big restaurants/bars that have it on in background.

They actually care so much about UFC that they literally signed an extension 1 year into the original deal lol. They are doubling down on mma you goofs

 

[PizzaandBeer]

The day will come when Dana is railing against ESPN calling it the "Worst partnership we ever had"

It’s more mainstream now that they are with ESPN. It’s become more of a sport than just cage fighting.

 

[beephin]

ESPN conned ESPN

 

[flairleguccijoints]

No insecurity here.
And there’s no “rumor” , just a terrible thread.
ESPN isn’t going to let a KO involving two athletes
99.9% of the sports world doesn’t know about dominate their
social media because you’re a fan of the organization.

 

[Krixes]

ESPN gives the UFC love. Saturday was a huge sports day. You had the Masters, College Football, Crawford vs Brook, UFC fights etc...

 

[EndlessCritic]

Of course they don't give a shit about MMA.

 

[Chosen]

ESPN gives the UFC love. Saturday was a huge sports day. You had the Masters, College Football, Crawford vs Brook, UFC fights etc...

That Crawford fight was a banger! Still feel bad for Moloney tho they fucked him so hard.

 

[eddymotto]

MMA is a niche sport that is currently really really important to ESPN+ and ESPN+ is currently really important to ESPN

I recently read that 2 out of the 3 big jumps in ESPN+ subscriptions were from UFC events (sorry, can’t remember source)

Disney has made formal shift to prioritize Disney+. ESPN faces different challenges (cord cutting vs. COVID shutting down theaters & parks) but would not be surprising if streaming platform becomes even more of focus

 

[AP_RESURRECTION]

They care about it to an extent. They do own ufc rights currently.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

The KO within itself wasn't spectacular but Al's reaction to it was