PFL = Pace? Flow Leisurely

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The PFL card this weekend, I was excited. As a person living in Europe, there arent many cards I can stay awake to see. And this one has cyborg and ngannou and another title fight? Sounds awesome.

I couldn't believe how slowly this was paced. Way, waaay too slow. I appreciated the lack of screaming and heavy metal guitars throughout the presentation but it was surprisingly slow.

Pride had some pretty slow-paced cards but at least the filler material was interesting. This pfl card was like being forced to watch the shopping network for 3 hours.

Unwatchable! I'll not tune in to the next one. This was surprisingly hard to watch.
Are they always thus bad? Has anyone ever asked the ifl brass about this? Do they know their product is certainly turning away many of their would-be fans?
 
I actually don´t like their camerawork and light. UFC is miles better. PFL good fights visualy look like a D league.
 
Stump said:
The PFL card this weekend, I was excited. As a person living in Europe, there arent many cards I can stay awake to see. And this one has cyborg and ngannou and another title fight? Sounds awesome.

I couldn't believe how slowly this was paced. Way, waaay too slow. I appreciated the lack of screaming and heavy metal guitars throughout the presentation but it was surprisingly slow.

Pride had some pretty slow-paced cards but at least the filler material was interesting. This pfl card was like being forced to watch the shopping network for 3 hours.

Unwatchable! I'll not tune in to the next one. This was surprisingly hard to watch.
Are they always thus bad? Has anyone ever asked the ifl brass about this? Do they know their product is certainly turning away many of their would-be fans?
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Believe it or not the pacing has actually got a bit better than it used to be. It used to be absolutely unbearable.
 
For some unfathomable reason, their fight cards seem to produce a lot of UDs.

I don’t necessarily mind victory by decision, but after the 3rd in a row, it gets stale to me. I think PFL has a good thing going, but I always remember their cards as being underwhelming.

I don’t know if it’s the matchmaking, or the reward system they have in place, but PFL fights don’t seem to have the level of savagery I expect out of elite MMA and boxing.

They also need to lose that cringe inducing “playoff” terminology. Yuck.
 
BullyKutta said:
For some unfathomable reason, their fight cards seem to produce a lot of UDs.

I don’t necessarily mind victory by decision, but after the 3rd in a row, it gets stale to me. I think PFL has a good thing going, but I always remember their cards as being underwhelming.

I don’t know if it’s the matchmaking, or the reward system they have in place, but PFL fights don’t seem to have the level of savagery I expect out of elite MMA and boxing.

They also need to lose that cringe inducing “playoff” terminology. Yuck.
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They end up with a lot of guys the UFC didn't sign because they deemed too boring but they're pretty highly ranked with good records. When they end up fighting each other it lends itself to a lot of decisions.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
They end up with a lot of guys the UFC didn't sign because they deemed too boring but they're pretty highly ranked with good records. When they end up fighting each other it lends itself to a lot of decisions.
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That’s a very good point.

And I’d wager most of them are playing it safe in the hopes of getting their feet back in the door for another UFC run.

“If I just win 2 fights in PFL, I can have some negotiating power to get back into Dana’s good graces for my eventual red panty night…”
 
Stump said:
The PFL card this weekend, I was excited. As a person living in Europe, there arent many cards I can stay awake to see. And this one has cyborg and ngannou and another title fight? Sounds awesome.

I couldn't believe how slowly this was paced. Way, waaay too slow. I appreciated the lack of screaming and heavy metal guitars throughout the presentation but it was surprisingly slow.

Pride had some pretty slow-paced cards but at least the filler material was interesting. This pfl card was like being forced to watch the shopping network for 3 hours.

Unwatchable! I'll not tune in to the next one. This was surprisingly hard to watch.
Are they always thus bad? Has anyone ever asked the ifl brass about this? Do they know their product is certainly turning away many of their would-be fans?
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PFL = Pay Fighters Less
Not sure if that's actually true, but since we already have U Fight Cheap...
 
TheTickG said:
PFL = Pay Fighters Less
Not sure if that's actually true, but since we already have U Fight Cheap...
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It definitely is true, but it’s relevant. What matters is the revenue split
 
Marko Polo said:
It definitely is true, but it’s relevant. What matters is the revenue split
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I think you mean irrelevant?

And if we're going that route, profit split makes more sense than revenue split. Otherwise, the revenue split will confuse people into thinking crazy things like WNBA players are worth something.
 
What about the match making?
Eblen vs Edwards 2 although the first fight was one-sided and kinda boring
Match Eblen with Sadibou Sy
 
BullyKutta said:
For some unfathomable reason, their fight cards seem to produce a lot of UDs.

I don’t necessarily mind victory by decision, but after the 3rd in a row, it gets stale to me. I think PFL has a good thing going, but I always remember their cards as being underwhelming.

I don’t know if it’s the matchmaking, or the reward system they have in place, but PFL fights don’t seem to have the level of savagery I expect out of elite MMA and boxing.

They also need to lose that cringe inducing “playoff” terminology. Yuck.
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I guess it's the tournament format, you can't have a JBG mindest as a fighter when you know you're out of the 1M prize if you're injured during the fight. You can add that you can't elbow, and therefore there'll be a lot less blood.
 
Koala said:
What about the match making?
Eblen vs Edwards 2 although the first fight was one-sided and kinda boring
Match Eblen with Sadibou Sy
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Jesus that fight would be utterly horrendous to watch, please don't do that.

RockyLockridge said:
worst band ever
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PFL pacing is the worst

I can’t watch that shit
 
It's so slowly paced, it hasn't even reached my retina.
 
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