How the spehere works video

[jeff7b9]

I found this video interesting. You may or may not...

My biggest takeaway is that Dana and the UFC have just done a TERRIBLE job promoting this event.

1- Dana is just trash all around at this point.
I am sick of him. I feel like the collective mma world is getting sick of him.
His take on piracy, Jon Jones and Mighty Mouse are mind bogglingly dumb, he is wildly out of touch.

2- the UFCs idea that the Sphere is the star of the show only works if you actually can convey why the Sphere is interesting and will make for a good show, which imo, Dana has failed MISERABLY at doing.

2b- Doing a supposed big card and not investing in a few more big names, and having a BW main event was an idea so dumb only someone surrounded by people afraid to tell them their ideas are bad could ever think is a good idea.

/rant. I don't want to distract too far from the actual info on how the Sphere works with my rant on UFC brass current state as hot flaming dogshit

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Agreed. Dana sucks for sure

 

[Uber_Noober]

 

[xhaydenx]

I still have no idea how this is supposed to enrich the fights or whatever. No one seems to have explained any of this.

Like, is there going to be backdrops and shit moving about behind and around the octagon while people are fighting? That would be dumb.

Or is it just going to be used to show massive ads in between fights?

There's no seating on the side that the screen is on either, so viewers on tv aren't even going to see this screen during the fights as there's no way the UFC would film from that side. Sometimes they'll have to depend on the right camera angle needed though.

This whole thing just sounds really stupid. Then again, the UFC still haven't explained what the fuck this thing is either.

 

[FreedomCricket]

They're spending 20 mil. I'm sure they've sat in the seats and viewed a demo/walk through of what it will be like

 

[Shaolin Alan]

I just hope someone gets knocked out because they are distracted by the spectacle going on in background

 

[Carrotman23]

I get the criticism of the card itself and the crazy ticket prices (which is an overall trend for the UFC these days), but I don't understand all the hate for the sphere show.

I'm glad the UFC is doing something different and with pageantry in a time where every card is presented the same and the overall atmosphere of the product feels stale.

 

[AngryWeasel]

I just hope someone gets knocked out because they are distracted by the spectacle going on in background

I hope someone do a Showtime Pettis kick bouncing from the sphere roof

 

[Your Salad]

It's like one of those Pink Floyd Lazer light shows crossed with MMA.
It isn't congruent imo.
Do I want to blow lines and see JBG ultra violence or do I want to take mushrooms and vibe on the aesthetic of the audio video tech?
The whole thing is confusing to me and Dana hasn't explained it very well by saying 'it's a one of one'.

Edit: this guy does a pretty good job of explaining how amazing and soulless the Sphere is

 

[joy2day]

Looks like a cool place for some events, not so much for fights.

 

[Domitian]

For investing so much money and this supposed to being special they really mucked this up.

 

[svmr_db]

I think Dana wants people just to sit down whether it's in attendance at The Sphere of at home watching and have a unique experience, I don't think he's looking to break down "the magic" in bullet points for people to pick apart prior to seeing anything.

 

[Local Plata]

Meanwhile, a WMMA fight is the co-main event.

 

[PabloMEX]

I get the criticism of the card itself and the crazy ticket prices (which is an overall trend for the UFC these days), but I don't understand all the hate for the sphere show.

I'm glad the UFC is doing something different and with pageantry in a time where every card is presented the same and the overall atmosphere of the product feels stale.

Price discussion aside, it is interesting that UFC is doing an event in the sphere. It's just extremely out in left field. UFC as an organization has sterilized MMA. UFC is for the most part anti pageantry/spectacle. This is a billion dollar business trying to sell us shows out of the Apex. I miss PRIDE levels of presentation. So for them to announce a show at the sphere is somewhat confusing. How would this venue enhance the product? Fights are not concerts.

 

[markantony20]

Worlds most expensive and hideous billboard

 

[markantony20]

I get the criticism of the card itself and the crazy ticket prices (which is an overall trend for the UFC these days), but I don't understand all the hate for the sphere show.

I'm glad the UFC is doing something different and with pageantry in a time where every card is presented the same and the overall atmosphere of the product feels stale.

For sure it’s nice seeing something different it’s just that the venue doesn’t seem that great for hosting fights

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

The more decisions i see Dana make the more i realize how much dumb luck played a part in the ufc's success.

 

[Danespina]

Price discussion aside, it is interesting that UFC is doing an event in the sphere. It's just extremely out in left field. UFC as an organization has sterilized MMA. UFC is for the most part anti pageantry/spectacle. This is a billion dollar business trying to sell us shows out of the Apex. I miss PRIDE levels of presentation. So for them to announce a show at the sphere is somewhat confusing. How would this venue enhance the product? Fights are not concerts.

I can feel how conflicted you are. UFC doesn't do spectacle, but I miss spectacle, and now UFC is doing spectacle, but I don't know if I want THIS spectacle.

 

[Carrotman23]

Price discussion aside, it is interesting that UFC is doing an event in the sphere. It's just extremely out in left field. UFC as an organization has sterilized MMA. UFC is for the most part anti pageantry/spectacle. This is a billion dollar business trying to sell us shows out of the Apex. I miss PRIDE levels of presentation. So for them to announce a show at the sphere is somewhat confusing. How would this venue enhance the product? Fights are not concerts.

Yeah I agree that the UFC and Dana White specifically have done a terrible job promoting this venue and card especially in terms of explaining what exactly they are doing with the Sphere.

But I think it could enchance the show and be entertaining, playing replays on the sphere screens, haveing the Octagon lighting be completely 360 and dynamic instead of just above the Octagon. And they could screen the history of fighting shorts that apparently will play inbetween fightings on the sphere screen, and they hired an Emmy winning directory specifically to film the sphere for the broadcast while another director focuses on the fights themselves, all of which sounds pretty cool to me.

For sure it’s nice seeing something different it’s just that the venue doesn’t seem that great for hosting fights

I disagree I think it could be cool but we will have to wait and see, its all new terrain.

Because then again if it churns out to be bunk I wont be that surprised ha.
(and the haptic feedback seats thing sounds stupid to me and obviously only matters for people actually at the show.)

 

[Danespina]

they hired an Emmy winning directory specifically to film the sphere for the broadcast while another director focuses on the fights themselves, all of which sounds pretty cool to me.

I just saw they got the director of this movie called Raya to direct the vignettes showcasing the history of Mexico between fights.