News ESPN Raising Price of UFC PPVs and ESPN Plus in 2021

[THE-06]

Can someone explain for the love of GOD, why they paywall the UFC. Why can't they just broadcast it on their channel like the Superbowl, World Series, ect?

 

[Deleted member 491149]

meanwhile, Bellator's gearing up for the LHW GP with events costing 20 bucks on DAZN, and on CBS sports in the states

 

[pick999]

Not worth it

 

[sdpdude9]

They still haven’t figured out 2 buys at $20 is better than 0 buys at $70.

 

[TheSpider]

Not even the biggest of UFC shills can defend this lol

 

[Ladder Master]

I can get 8.5 UFC PPV's with my get fucked stimulus $600 money.

 

[Joe]

Laugh out loud at paying for or even watching ufc

 

[Mesos]

I can get 8.5 UFC PPV's with my get fucked stimulus $600 money.

lol, save the .5 and get some pizzas with it. Do
li caesars to really stretch those dollaz<45>

 

[crabmeat]

Can someone explain for the love of GOD, why they paywall the UFC. Why can't they just broadcast it on their channel like the Superbowl, World Series, ect?

It's more than $5 million for a half minute spot during the Super Bowl. They simply get more money from advertisements. They have sponsors. Shitloads of money from merch... It goes on.

 

[KharitonovOps]

thats alot of doll hairs

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Y’all better save that 2k stimulus for the good cards

 

[Mike]

Got UFC in tv package so couldn’t care less, but feeling sorry for American fellas, PPV model is so fucking outdated, but if still makes tons of cash, i guess it’s not moving away soon

Oh no need to feel bad for us. We'll just keep not watching at all or streaming

 

[sdpdude9]

Don’t forget they want to charge you $70 for what could end up being less than an hour of entertainment, the rest being filled with ads.

 

[sabretitan]

The ufc trying to make up for gate revenue

 

[777]

Restaurants and bars probably will not be ordering anytime soon due to limited capacity. Someone needs to produce that money.

 

[Fergelmince]

All the money goes directly in to the pockets of the hard-working fighters. If you don't happily pay all the higher pricing next year you are voting to screw the fighters' families.

 

[chinarice]

But how much will those fine, free streams cost? Will their price be going up?

 

[JohnMandick]

I pay for Fightpass, so I feel morally justified in "borrowing" every PPV for free.

 

[TheSpider]

14 PPVs at $69.99 = $979.86 + $59.99 (annual ESPN+ subscription)

 

[DoctorStoppage]

Waiting to see what the ufc narrative regarding this price increase is

I’m sure the shills will flood in this thread soon enough