News UFC PPV's to now be $74.99 USD

[TimberGhost]

Wow, they just had a price increase...this is out of hand.

 

[Cooliox]

ppv used to be 'must-see' from the first fight, to the main-event


Hell. even the prelims were stacked


These days the PPV cards are rather meh. Especially when they force a few WMMA fights in there which nobody wants to see... and they have increased PPV prices significantly.

Hilarious.

 

[Jozo Sha]

Of course they raised the price. And of course I still won't pay. Is normal...

 

[HunterAcosta]

Streams of knowledge out there.

 

[ExxA]

Haha yeaaaaaaaaaaah... naah!

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Have NOT been ordering too many in the last 12 months anyway..
I don't stream..

Since March I ordered 4 PPV's..

Stipe/Francis 2
Conor/Dustin 3
Usman/Colby 2
Dustin/Charles

Cards are watered down, and the UFC has less stars now than at any time since the dark days of MMA.. Good luck with this Dana/ESPN..

 

[HunterAcosta]

Of course they raised the price. And of course I still won't pay. Is normal...

For realz. They could make it $1,000 per ppv and it wouIdnt phase me.

 

[mjfan23]

Luckily he couldn’t TKO the streamers like he promised

 

[Gracious Warrior]

I didn't know the UFC fan base consisted of doctors, lawyers, and CEOs because that's the only people who can afford to buy at those prices

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Probably missed no more than 5 PPVs dating back to 2004 or so, but I gave up on paying for them this year. Since migrating to ESPN, I've experienced so many streaming issues (from unbelievable buffering problems to outright stream cut), so I'm happily saving the $75 now.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Ridiculous, bought a handful of PPV's last year to support the big cards, but I have no problem streaming the events or just watching them on ESPN+ a couple weeks later.

I don't stream.. I will follow on twitter for cards I am on the fence about. I always supported loyally. But at these prices no fan is ordering anything that is on the bubble about the card..

 

[NoSmilez]

They are going to make their money under the PPV model. WME overpaid for the UFC and they are going to maximize as much profits as possible. It's no longer a bunch of casino bros owning the company. If you want higher fighter pay then expect higher seat price and PPV bump. UFC doesn't sell any merchandise.

I was checking UFC tickets to see if I can attend the Francis Gane fight. Only the bad ones are left. The dirt shitty seats are 300 a piece. They used to be 35-75 bucks. You can't see anything from those seats. It's like the 20 buck seats for a football game.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Does that say 74.99?

As in, seventy-four ninety-nine?

I'm assuming nobody in America will pay that, and everyone will just congregate in bars, right?

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Dude. What the hell. $10 increase? Someone as high AF to do that

 

[MeagoR]

Wellp, glad I dont buy them. I remember back during GSP's reign the PPVs were only $44.99, and thats without an app.

 

[ralphus1]

Why does that not make sense to you? Obviously their numbers show they can make more money if they charge more, that the cost increase will more than offset the lost PPV buys. They are not a charity or a non-profit. If 2022 is even more successful, and their numbers show $79.95 would work even better, count on it for 2023. From their point of view, it makes perfect sense. They are clearly moving well beyond the "spend money to grow the sport" stage.

Time will tell if it makes financial sense. Maybe their thinking is the increase in revenue will offset any decrease in buys. That's a $10 increase in a year.

 

[Steve-French]

Dana White will say Inflation

Pay up fans, daddy's hungry.

2021: Dana brags about having the most financially successful year in company history.

2022: Raises PPV prices.

Holy shit, Dana is out of his mind. Viewership will probably decrease now. $70 was iffy for me unless someone like Oliveira, Jan, Glover, Yan or Izzy was headlining... now.... I'll have to invite a friend over and make them pay half.

I don't think decisions like this fall on Dana. He owned 9% of the UFC when WME (which switched it's name to Endeavor) bought it from the Fertitas; and recently sold more of his shares to them when he re-upped his contract in 2019. He's basically an employee that ownes a few shares in the company. I think stuff like setting PPV prices is above his pay grade.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Trying to make up for people that have already realized the glory days are over and stopped buying.

With only 1 legitimate marketable (and infrequent) fighter and a host of cards each year, this ought to go over well.

 

[Bigmoney4166]

They probably stop at an even $100 Lmfao

 

[Dana's Moonface]

At that price they will want conor fighting every other month and should ditch wmma