Meltzer: UFC TV rights negotiations not going well, expected to leave FOX

[Toco]

There is a lot of talk that UFC television negotiations are not going well. The company had hoped to have the deal done by the end of last year, and now we're almost in April with no sign of a deal being done and the target looks like the summer for an announcement. There have been some stories along with the word on the street that UFC and FOX would likely be done. FOX made UFC an offer but now it looks like FOX is more interested in WWE, as they could get WWE for similar money and WWE would deliver higher ratings. Still, FS 1 and FS 2 have relied on UFC for a live percentage of their programming for years.

the UFC is dying. fertittas conned WME

copied from reddit and from @dertdent

 

[Touch of Death]

UFC is not dying.

What is dead may never die.

 

[wilKO]

Maybe Sky Sports will cancel their premier league deal which costs $4 billion dollars for 3 years in favour for a deal with the UFC. Seeing as how they are neck and neck...

 

[Yari]

Fastest growing sport in the world. Their loss.

Spoiler

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Zuffa should have sold to the Chinese.

 

[VinceArch]

 

[Verace]

the UFC is dying. fertittas conned WME

UFC is not dying.

What is dead may never die.

into the living death

 

[WinZip]

I will die of laughter if WME fires Dana when they realize how badly they got conned

 

[markys00]

i kinda think both ufc and fox are playing hard ball.

im not so sure wwe wants to go to fox, but i could see them doing this just to be annoying to ufc.

its a very ugly game

 

[KB Warrior]

UFC gives Fox garbage fights. Why would they want to pay up for more of that?

 

[Deleted member 490433]

There is a lot of talk that UFC television negotiations are not going well. The company had hoped to have the deal done by the end of last year, and now we're almost in April with no sign of a deal being done and the target looks like the summer for an announcement. There have been some stories along with the word on the street that UFC and FOX would likely be done. FOX made UFC an offer but now it looks like FOX is more interested in WWE, as they could get WWE for similar money and WWE would deliver higher ratings. Still, FS 1 and FS 2 have relied on UFC for a live percentage of their programming for years.

the UFC is dying. fertittas conned WME

copied from reddit and from @dertdent

As usual when doors close on the UFC they create their own door.
That's why they're the biggest MMA company in the world and still growing! #WarUFC

http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/en...-provider-neulion-for-250-million-1202736768/

 

[Wormwood87]

 

[gb@Trumpski]

Fox will be salty that they didnt get UFC instead of WME. Is it surprising thy dont wanna pay thru the nose to help WME out?

probbaly secretly hoping they can low ball WME with an offer in a few years

 

[pick999]

so now mighty mouse will headline fightpass main events

 

[AP_RESURRECTION]

i kinda think both ufc and fox are playing hard ball.

im not so sure wwe wants to go to fox, but i could see them doing this just to be annoying to ufc.

its a very ugly game

pretty standard - these news stories are put out sometimes strategically to sway public opinion - who knows what is really going on - everyone knows how to negotiate and play hard ball

 

[Soul On Ice]

Fox is dying

 

[Chad W]

Interested to see where they turn to now if Fox talks are supposedly dead. Turner sports? prolly not ESPN I would think unless the change in leadership at disney is willing to go in a new direction. Could they just go full OTT? I doubt that too. Seems like the UFC is running out of options

 

[Kirin]

I will die of laughter if WME fires Dana when they realize how badly they got conned

 

[markys00]

pretty standard - these news stories are put out sometimes strategically to sway public opinion - who knows what is really going on - everyone knows how to negotiate and play hard ball

yes, i do agree. i mean wme just bought neulion or whatever for a reason..

but i do feel like the ufc/fox deal was originally set on good terms

 

[VIP1349]

It is negotiations. Fox puts out one thing, UFC puts out another to try to make them panic. UFC tries to sell up Floyd coming to MMA to boost the deal. All a big back and forth.