Media The UFC should move to Netflix - ESPN + Sucks.

[Hog-train]

Literally no one I know has ESPN+. Who the hell pays for that shit? It is $11.99 per month. No one is going to pay that just to have the privilege to pay $80 for a shitty card.

Meanwhile, everyone has Netflix. So they automatically increase the available number of viewers. Then they could do free events which Netflix pays for and offer PPV's for the more stacked cards.

Otherwise, everyone is just going to keep streaming it free. Which isn't even illegal. Only illegal for the people hosting the streams.

The quality of the PPV cards have been going WAY down too. $80 for Belal-Jack Della Maddalena? LMAO ain't no one paying that shit.

 

[tritestill]

Your first two sentences makes me laugh

 

[cburm]

Well this is the absolute truth I payed for ESPN+ the. Tried to get a ppv it didn't work then the fight cards looked so bad . I ended up canceling and deleting that you're paying to rewatch old fights.. and 100 dollars a ppv .. even if I was bill Gates I would pay that unless it was the best of the best fighting.. and they weren't gonna stare or hug for 25 minutes.

 

[Dr Fong]

Literally no one I know has ESPN+. Who the hell pays for that shit? It is $11.99 per month. No one is going to pay that just to have the privilege to pay $80 for a shitty card.

Meanwhile, everyone has Netflix. So they automatically increase the available number of viewers. Then they could do free events which Netflix pays for and offer PPV's for the more stacked cards.

Otherwise, everyone is just going to keep streaming it free. Which isn't even illegal. Only illegal for the people hosting the streams.

The quality of the PPV cards have been going WAY down too. $80 for Belal-Jack Della Maddalena? LMAO ain't no one paying that shit.

PPV needs to die.

 

[Hog-train]

PPV needs to die.

I think if they decrease the price to $20 per card, it would work and prevent people from streaming.

 

[TITS]

I've had ESPN+ since 2019. It went from $4.99 to $5.99 to $7.99, finally to $9.99 around late 2022. Then they raised it a dollar each year. It's cheaper if you have the Disney+/Hulu package. I pay around $16/month for ESPN/Disney/Hulu plus the Starz add-on. Never had Netflix. Plenty of free stuff on Prime, Tubi, Pluto, ect to tide me over for the next 10 years or so.

 

[Aurelian]

I think if they decrease the price to $20 per card, it would work and prevent people from streaming.

Before they didn't have a reason to do that if ESPN was going to essentially bankroll their shows. I agree Netflix would be a solid move. But would Netflix agree to pay what they want?

 

[cmw43]

I don't think Netflix want to pay what UFC are asking.

 

[Hog-train]

Before they didn't have a reason to do that if ESPN was going to essentially bankroll their shows. I agree Netflix would be a solid move. But would Netflix agree to pay what they want?

It's just the combination of needing ESPN + AND the price of the PPV's together is not a sustainable business model when everyone can just stream for free.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

It’s a cash grab. Simple as that.

 

[Aurelian]

It's just the combination of needing ESPN + AND the price of the PPV's together is not a sustainable business model when everyone can just stream for free.

I mean UFC are reporting annual profits in the hundreds of millions. It's been working out for them apparently. The next few years will be interesting.

 

[Hog-train]

I mean UFC are reporting annual profits in the hundreds of millions. It's been working out for them apparently. The next few years will be interesting.

The Saudi's have been decreasing the price of their PPV's to $20-25 to prevent all the people from streaming for free. I think that's a good price point where most people wouldn't mind paying that.

 

[Aurelian]

The Saudi's have been decreasing the price of their PPV's to $20-25 to prevent all the people from streaming for free. I think that's a good price point where most people wouldn't mind paying that.

Honestly I think there's a pretty large segment of UFC's PPV pay base thats 45 and older with the money to afford PPVs and have zero idea how to stream. When those people start dying off or their interest in MMA dies UFC will be forced to adapt.

 

[Kinniku]

Netflix wants McGregor level events. They are not interested in fight nights or the Apex.

 

[volcom5]

I think if they decrease the price to $20 per card, it would work and prevent people from streaming.

Come on, you’re giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. People on here will still illegally stream it, it’s not about the price. People just don’t care about actually supporting the fighter.

 

[clutchCAT420]

YouTube tv would be better.

 

[Neck&Neck]

I’ve never had Netflix

 

[ChrisBenoit]

UFC is going to Blk prime

 

[ShadowRun]

ESPN+ app sucks ass they should move on to somehwere else just because of that alone.

 

[MerAndre DvalishFili]

Come on, you’re giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. People on here will still illegally stream it, it’s not about the price. People just don’t care about actually supporting the fighter.

You know who else doesn’t care about supporting the fighter? The UFC. Buying a PPV does fuck all for any fighter besides champions, and I’m not even sure who gets PPV points at this stage.