Who in the heck is watching the UFC?????

[Takes Two To Tango]

I watch it more selectively now than before. The quality of their product has dwindled through the years, but they have a handful of exciting, must see fights like Khamzat for example.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I think that the UFC and it's owners believe that the fighters becoming more popular is up to the fighters themselves and how they chose to do social media to promote themselves. I think the UFC cares more about it's own brand rather than getting people to know the fighters. Which is ironic because most people who became fans of this sport during the tuf era came to love the fighters not exactly the sport. Problem with that is, once the fighters they are attached to are gone, they lose interest in the sport.

I think they are willing to push you to a degree if you have some juice behind you (i.e. Suga) - they'll give you favorable match-ups on your timeline, they'll hype you as the next big thing in some promo packages, so it's more of allowing the machine to do it's thing and make you popular as long as your performances are consistent.

But I believe they learned from Conor that they don't like being out-leveraged, which is what happened with Conor and brought us Conor vs. Floyd. He had them by the balls to the point where even if they took half his paycheck from that sham of a boxing match it was still what he wanted to do - his fight, his terms, his timeline. He wouldn't just fight whomever they wanted whenever they wanted for whatever amount they deemed fair. He was talking about being a part-owner of the UFC and had become so popular/visible he didn't need them any longer to generate huge paychecks (as we saw with the Proper 12 liquor deal).

The UFC wants some of their fighters to be big enough stars to draw significant fan interest, but not be such big stars that they don't need the UFC. They want the Brand and Dana to be the stars because fighters come and go and are a disposable tool, the Brand will always be around and Dana has been around for over 20 years now.

It's all about money/leverage and it's a delicate balancing act where they want the fighters to have enough juice to fuel the promotion but not enough juice to fuel themselves without it.

 

[DiazSlap]

I'm 40 and been watching since 95 or so.

My buddies don't watch anymore. Their pussy, weak bitch teenage and early 20's kids don't watch it

The old farts aren't watching. It's never on at bars / restaurants anymore, at least from what I can tell.

I definitely don't watch anymore - DFW has ruined something that he built that used to be awesome. It's akin to something like a Stretch Armstrong where the original one was incredible but after it got mass produced it became this bumbling pile to rubber goo that no one wanted to buy anymore.

Just who exactly is watching UFC? Is it truly just a product that earns revenue now for simply being on television spamming ads for whatever stupid bullshit?? I honestly have no clue who watches

I'm not saying no one watches, obviously someone is, I just don't know who. It's like the sport has vanished but at the same time more popular than ever? Our local watering hole doesn't even get posters for big events anymore.

The modern UFC can suck on my balls. Thank you

You shut your pie-hole!!!

Joe Rogan says we should be thanking Dana White daily and we as fans are dumb not to pay the bargain price of $99.99 to watch no-name guys hold each other against the cage for 25 mins.

It’s once EVER!!!!

 

[DiazSlap]

I watch it more selectively now than before. The quality of their product has dwindled through the years, but they have a handful of exciting, must see fights like Khamzat for example.

So you watch once every 2 years?

 

[Prologue]

I think 90% of the people posting in this thread (me included) are bigger fans of Sherdog at this point.

Would rather watch Sherbronis fight in The War Room than most of the shit we see outside Charles Oliveira and Poatan fights.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

So you watch once every 2 years?

Yeah something like that. ; - )

 

[DiazSlap]

Yeah something like that. ; - )

Just pay the $99.99 to watch Corey “Dorky-Fedor” try flying knees vs some manlet man.

You are missing out.

 

[DiazSlap]

Just pay the $99.99 to watch Corey “Dorky-Fedor” try flying knees vs some manlet man.

You are missing out.

“The one who doesn’t fall, doesn’t stand up” ~ Corey “The GOAT” Sandwagon

 

[dildos]

I'm 40 and been watching since 95 or so.

My buddies don't watch anymore. Their pussy, weak bitch teenage and early 20's kids don't watch it

The old farts aren't watching. It's never on at bars / restaurants anymore, at least from what I can tell.

I definitely don't watch anymore - DFW has ruined something that he built that used to be awesome. It's akin to something like a Stretch Armstrong where the original one was incredible but after it got mass produced it became this bumbling pile to rubber goo that no one wanted to buy anymore.

Just who exactly is watching UFC? Is it truly just a product that earns revenue now for simply being on television spamming ads for whatever stupid bullshit?? I honestly have no clue who watches

I'm not saying no one watches, obviously someone is, I just don't know who. It's like the sport has vanished but at the same time more popular than ever? Our local watering hole doesn't even get posters for big events anymore.

The modern UFC can suck on my balls. Thank you

You have not been watching since 1995 you liar.

 

[RockyLockridge]

But I believe they learned from Conor that they don't like being out-leveraged, which is what happened with Conor and brought us Conor vs. Floyd. He had them by the balls to the point where even if they took half his paycheck from that sham of a boxing match it was still what he wanted to do - his fight, his terms, his timeline. He wouldn't just fight whomever they wanted whenever they wanted for whatever amount they deemed fair. He was talking about being a part-owner of the UFC and had become so popular/visible he didn't need them any longer to generate huge paychecks (as we saw with the Proper 12 liquor deal).

I agree with this big time, they dont want another conor running around.

a fighter as popular as Izzy at his peak is what they'd prefer, You can control izzy and he's big in the MMA space, but he's not bigger than the sport

 

[mb23100]

Who's his son

I'd rather not say as I think he posts on here. He only fought once, was a local, last minute replacement and lost.

 

[Poirierfan]

I made a bunch of friends just by going to the same bar and fight nights

 

[BigTruck]

I'd rather not say as I think he posts on here. He only fought once, was a local, last minute replacement and lost.

Why not? It's public record and id be proud to have had the opportunity regardless of how it turned out.

 

[Poirierfan]

I'm 40 and been watching since 95 or so.

My buddies don't watch anymore. Their pussy, weak bitch teenage and early 20's kids don't watch it

The old farts aren't watching. It's never on at bars / restaurants anymore, at least from what I can tell.

I definitely don't watch anymore - DFW has ruined something that he built that used to be awesome. It's akin to something like a Stretch Armstrong where the original one was incredible but after it got mass produced it became this bumbling pile to rubber goo that no one wanted to buy anymore.

Just who exactly is watching UFC? Is it truly just a product that earns revenue now for simply being on television spamming ads for whatever stupid bullshit?? I honestly have no clue who watches

I'm not saying no one watches, obviously someone is, I just don't know who. It's like the sport has vanished but at the same time more popular than ever? Our local watering hole doesn't even get posters for big events anymore.

The modern UFC can suck on my balls. Thank you

Are you calling the people that still watch the UFC these days losers in a kinda indirect way?














I agree, 1993 fan here btw.

 

[froggyluv]

I'm 40 and been watching since 95 or so.

My buddies don't watch anymore. Their pussy, weak bitch teenage and early 20's kids don't watch it

The old farts aren't watching. It's never on at bars / restaurants anymore, at least from what I can tell.

I definitely don't watch anymore - DFW has ruined something that he built that used to be awesome. It's akin to something like a Stretch Armstrong where the original one was incredible but after it got mass produced it became this bumbling pile to rubber goo that no one wanted to buy anymore.

Just who exactly is watching UFC? Is it truly just a product that earns revenue now for simply being on television spamming ads for whatever stupid bullshit?? I honestly have no clue who watches

I'm not saying no one watches, obviously someone is, I just don't know who. It's like the sport has vanished but at the same time more popular than ever? Our local watering hole doesn't even get posters for big events anymore.

The modern UFC can suck on my balls. Thank you

Old School.



Still cant believe Renzo beating that monster

 

[pclanadmin2]

I could have written this exactly the same and I agree with all of your points. It's hard to find any excitement and reason to follow it anymore.

UFC title fights these days:

 

[spinitch]

Viewing CTE , excitement fades. UFC still has some great fights but PPVs expensive compared to other entertainment options. Subscriptions same. Can get highlights later for the good action.

 

[volcom5]

Why is it all these "hardcore" fans can't keep that same energy?

Almost like they're really fair weather front runners who only care when fights have enough hype and force themselves to watch shitty events because they think they have to.

hardcore fans are ruining the sport.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Why not??

It isn’t really that crazy of a story

 

[fedorthegoat777]

I still do a few fights a year.

I used to do every card. Back when they had 10 a year and Dana stacked them 5 deep on the main.

They oversaturated the product.

Sad.