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6 PM in the Emirates is 8-12 am in the americas, and overnight in east asia/oceania

Europe and the Middle East are great and all, but they account for quite a small percentage of the UFC market

Nobody in the West is going to spend a summer morning to afternoon indoors to watch a Fight Night card, and nobody east of India is going to stay up all night for one.

Obviously a single event like 242 had enough appeal to make up for a less than ideal start time from a ratings standpoint. 251 probably will too. What about the rest of the "Fight Island" cards though? How do they make more sense financially than Florida or Vegas cards now that foreign athletes can come into the U.S? The start times are going to keep much of the world from tuning in, especially now that everyone knows that "Fight Island" isn't what everyone was expecting. There's no novelty in it anymore.

I'm sorry, but this seems like the biggest fucking business disaster in company history, and Dana has the audacity to sit there and cry about how hard he's worked. So how will the UFC compensate? Is fighting going to happen at 3 in the morning local time? Nothing else seems to make sense.
 
winkydinks said:
6 PM in the Emirates is 8-12 am in the americas, and overnight in east asia/oceania

Europe and the Middle East are great and all, but they account for quite a small percentage of the UFC market

Nobody in the West is going to spend a summer morning to afternoon indoors to watch a Fight Night card, and nobody east of India is going to stay up all night for one.

Obviously a single event like 242 had enough appeal to make up for a less than ideal start time from a ratings standpoint. 251 probably will too. What about the rest of the "Fight Island" cards though? How do they make more sense financially than Florida or Vegas cards now that foreign athletes can come into the U.S? The start times are going to keep much of the world from tuning in, especially now that everyone knows that "Fight Island" isn't what everyone was expecting. There's no novelty in it anymore.

I'm sorry, but this seems like the biggest fucking business disaster in company history, and Dana has the audacity to sit there and cry about how hard he's worked. So how will the UFC compensate? Is fighting going to happen at 3 in the morning local time? Nothing else seems to make sense.
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Did it occur to you that I as a European have to watch 90% of the events at 4 am? Not very strange UFC isnt big here yet. Still, it's a fast growing market,so its very smart they do this in a different time zone. How else can the UFC grow? The US market itls drying up, so I think its a wise future investment
 
Man I love afternoon cards. I get to day-drink and watch fights and still have the night to go out. For UFC 242, also in Abu Dhabi, the early prelims started at 10 a.m. (EST), the prelims were at 12 p.m. and the main card at 2 p.m. I'm definitely making waffles (I put peanut butter chips in them)

Minus east of UAE this kinda works out for everyone.
 
Its more to appeal to Euro fans that usually get cards at 4 am. I am fine with, gives me opportunity to do stuff at night
 
I'm down with early fights. wake up turn the tv on while in bed and fights going on. Get up on the second prelims Get the grill going early, Beers going down nice, keep the party going even after the fights.
 
Given the time of year, I imagine the cards will be super late local time. They don't have to worry about what time the live audience is there (which is the main reason they run cards at local friendly times) and frankly, it'll be too fucking hot to run the cards in the middle of the day.
 
Considering there is literally no live crowd. They can put these fights on at any time they choose???
 
I imagine they will hold the fights locally at whatever time nets the most PPVs in the US. If that means starting with 5am fights on fight island, so be it. Gate isn't a concern...
 
My point wasn’t that European fans shouldn’t get a good viewing time. My point was that idk how it makes business sense.
 
Give me day cards anytime my man. I can still go to bed at a decent hour. Damn, I feel twice my age.
 
So it’s on at the exact same time every Ppv is
 
Straatblaffer said:
Did it occur to you that I as a European have to watch 90% of the events at 4 am? Not very strange UFC isnt big here yet. Still, it's a fast growing market,so its very smart they do this in a different time zone. How else can the UFC grow? The US market itls drying up, so I think its a wise future investment
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Sorry bro. Looks like you'll be watching at 4am again
 
winkydinks said:
My point wasn’t that European fans shouldn’t get a good viewing time. My point was that idk how it makes business sense.
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Well the most business sense would mean airing it at the same time they would for any card taking place in North America... As in 10pm EST for the main card.

But, you clearly forgot that a local live audience has zero to do with these particular fight cards. Even though they have literally started cards with live crowds at ridiculous hours of the early morning, locally.
 
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