The Biggest Flaw about the Apex the UFC fails to see

[Rhood]

The Apex doesn't build superstars.

Getting a knock out or submission win in at arena's has a huge impact on a fighter compared to the Apex.
When a fighter gets a KO win at the Apex, it feels meaningless because only a handful of people cheer.
When a fighter gets a KO win at an arena, they can literally feel the earth tremble and experience physical ecstasy.
That encourages them to KO opponents in their next fight as opposed to the Apex where they'll think to themselves "I could just coast to a decision and get the same impact from the crowd".

In an arena they can feel the energy walking to the octagon which gives the idea that millions of people are watching them.
At the Apex, fighters don't get that same type of energy.

Post fight speeches also have greater impact at arena's.
A fighter in the octagon could call out a fighter at the arena and get a huge roar from the crowd.
But at the Apex when a fighter calls out another fighter, a tumbleweed rolls by, followed by crickets chirping.

 

[Reach4theSky]

It's cheap to hold events there, and way less of a headache.

I agree with you. Arena's are better. But Dana's gotta put snow in his driveway somehow..

 

[BjPenn2017]

It's cheap to hold events there, and way less of a headache.

I agree with you. Arena's are better. But Dana's gotta put snow in his driveway somehow..

A cheap way to hold events and a good way to turn new and older fans off of mma. Imagine not watching for a while and tuning in to see some regional level fighters fighting in a cheap looking warehouse with high school gym bleachers around the octagon, you wouldn’t be able to change the channel fast enough.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Totally agree with everything you said. UFC Apex is dreadful, totally flat, zero energy, zero buzz, no excitement. Its just fights for fight sake.

 

[High Test With da Best]

Totally agree with everything you said. UFC Apex is dreadful, totally flat, zero energy, zero buzz, no excitement. Its just fights for fight sake.

Went from necessary COVID novelty to depressing new normal.

 

[smiles mma]

Nice venue to fill in the weekends that they couldn't get a different place locked down. I'm glad they have fights every weekend, helps build new guys until they're ready for the bigger cards

 

[markys00]

Sherdoggers always know better than a multi billion dollar business that's been dying for 30 years

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

The Apex perfectly represents TKO Holdings' approach to the sport and business as a whole: pump out as many events as cheaply as possible to satisfy rip-off distribution deals.

 

[kingmob6]

Da fuqq they need superstars for

They got Dana sitting front row sometimes. His star shines the brightest

 

[EndlessCritic]

I don't understand from an economics standpoint why they keep doing fights at the Apex. Surely they can sell out a smaller arena once a week?

 

[Harlekin]

Play some more cheers, set some bass and loud music.
Wait the UFC sound team is still trying to get proper microphones and sound after 30 years.
It's the worst part of the production by far.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Apex is shit to watch fights in cant imagine fighting there. I think we had more people for karate tournaments when I was a kid

 

[High Test With da Best]

Am I remembering right they have a plan to add something like 2,000 seats and sell tickets? Haven't heard an update on that in a while

 

[Substance Abuse]

I don't understand from an economics standpoint why they keep doing fights at the Apex. Surely they can sell out a smaller arena once a week?

They could sell out the Apex with close to a thousand people. They did it with NXT for WWE. I'm pretty sure the capacity is around that much.

 

[Jackonfire]

Am I remembering right they have a plan to add something like 2,000 seats and sell tickets? Haven't heard an update on that in a while

Yeah, that was the plan. And looking at the upcoming schedule, this is the last Apex event until August. So maybe it will be closed down in June and July for upgrades

 

[BigNick100]

The Apex doesn't build superstars.

Getting a knock out or submission win in at arena's has a huge impact on a fighter compared to the Apex.
When a fighter gets a KO win at the Apex, it feels meaningless because only a handful of people cheer.
When a fighter gets a KO win at an arena, they can literally feel the earth tremble and experience physical ecstasy.
That encourages them to KO opponents in their next fight as opposed to the Apex where they'll think to themselves "I could just coast to a decision and get the same impact from the crowd".

In an arena they can feel the energy walking to the octagon which gives the idea that millions of people are watching them.
At the Apex, fighters don't get that same type of energy.

Post fight speeches also have greater impact at arena's.
A fighter in the octagon could call out a fighter at the arena and get a huge roar from the crowd.
But at the Apex when a fighter calls out another fighter, a tumbleweed rolls by, followed by crickets chirping.

It’s actually a great up close venue to watch the fights live in person if you never been. You can hear all the strikes landed clearly anywhere you sit in there.

But I agree arena events are better.

 

[jeff7b9]

Lets make a quick buck by removing all of the soul and excitement and everything the fans love about MMA.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Am I remembering right they have a plan to add something like 2,000 seats and sell tickets? Haven't heard an update on that in a while

I heard about it but nothings been done so far. The truth is the so called "apex" is the TUF gymnasium, thats exactly what it is and always was, its just been converted with the added lights on the ceiling, but its just a very small gymnasium used for the TUF set. Its not an arena and the acoustics are not there, because arenas are designed especially with acoustic factors and many experts over many years of planning. I really think if they add some more people it will look as sad as it does now.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Biggest flaw is no hot dog branding station

 

[joy2day]

Economic issues are what this is about. All of the time and money spent on holding events in big venues has diminishing returns when your sales aren't so good, and I think the UFC is ending up buying up a lot of tickets that don't get sold.