UFC President Dana White has plans to broadcast UFC 267 on network television.

[Adamant]

It's to see what kind of numbers a non-superstar driven ppv will do on network TV, for negotiating purposes. ESPN likely wants more live TV programming & they need to see what an average ppv would do on "free TV".

Come UFC 267, they'll be halfway through the 5-year exclusive rights deal for "Fight Nights".

BTW, the "shit event" you're referring to:
Jan vs Glover
Aljo vs Yan 2
Islam vs RDA
Khamzat vs The Leech

Khamzat alone makes this card great. RDA/Islam is a bonus. Jan vs Glover is gonna be a banger. Good card.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Gotta assume it is the time.

I would guess that the rich middle easterners paid for the UFC to have the event at an ideal local time, which is understandable. It is kind of fucked up that the UFC has done events where the main event happens at 5am local time to cater to the US PPV audience.

Not fucked up at all. The US PPV audience is the lifeblood of the UFC.

 

[ejazahmednit]

They wouldn't have sold enough to hit the PPV points benchmark anyway, there's some good fighters on the card but they're not draws yet. Maybe putting a big event on free TV will help make them draws.

I sure hope so
Good fighters need to get more eyeballs
Their style will make them popular