UFC putting on pre- lims to steal from Boxing

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  1. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    UFC 103 undercard to be telvised on Spike TV
    August 20th, 2009, 5:29 pm · Post a Comment · posted by CARLOS ARIAS

    The “UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort” pay-per-view card is going toe-to-toe with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez HBO pay-per-view event on Sept. 19.

    The UFC is known for its creative marketing and counter-programming tactics and it looks like the MMA giant has come up with a good plan to beef up awareness for UFC 103.

    The UFC will air a two-hour telecast of the UFC 103 undercard commercial free on Spike TV as a lead in for the UFC 103 main card on pay-per-view, according to a source at the UFC.

    It remains to be seen how well either event will do with two major PPV events on the same night.

    Will the UFC, which has been flourishing on PPV in these tough economic times, take a hit going head-to-head with a major boxing card?

    Is Mayweather a legit pay-per-view draw? He had Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton to help pump up sales in his two biggest PPV fights.

    Will boxing fans, who also follow MMA, bail on the UFC to see Mayweather back in action or will they be lured into watching Rich Franklin take on Vitor Belfort at UFC 103?

    One thing is for sure, it’s going to be an interesting night of fights.
     
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  2. paloalto00

    paloalto00 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it's a bad plan, if I'm getting the undercard for free, then why would I just pay for 1 fight? Unless it's only like $15... which would probably be for only 1 round.
     
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  3. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    In UFC There are 5 Main card bouts and up to 7 preliminary bouts
     
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  4. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    In all honesty the fans who will be watching JMM/PBF for the most part could care less about UFC.
    (Different market, IMO)

    If it was during a Pavlik fight, then we have a problem.
     
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  5. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  6. painforall

    painforall Active Member Full Member

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    They can put the whole shitty UFC card for free and I will still buy the Boxing card, some people like MMA some people like Boxing let it go already.
     
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  7. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    this should be no contest, no boxing fans are gonna watch some BS! while two masters are in the ring at the same time, that **** is for knuckleheads who bash beer cans on their heads, infact its an insult to even mention mayweather and marquez in the same sentence as some barbaric brutes rolling around in a cage.

    who the **** gets aroused by this sadomaschistic gay porn? i sure hope its not fellow "fans" of the sweet science, if any fellow ESBers can stomach that garbage then "God bless ya" and come to your sense
     
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  8. paloalto00

    paloalto00 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I see, still UFC ends too quick for me to buy, and I don't like watching 5 minutes of men hugging.
     
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  9. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    Im Buying both. I enjoy Combat sports. For some people like me but are cheap, they will watch the free ufc instead of 50$ of Boxing.
     
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  10. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    I dont think that is a fair Classification of MMA. Especially because since UfC started in 1993 there has not been one death due to something that occured in a match. While Numerous deaths per year result from boxing.
     
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  11. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The fight between Mayweather and Marquezx will say little about Mayweather. Marquez is Maxican and will draw a lot of latinos to the fight. The majority of any ppv number will be due to marquez.
     
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  12. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    Thats an excellent point. Many infer thats half the reason Mayweather took the fight.
     
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  13. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  14. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    This is why MMA is getting more pub then boxing. Its not the revenue stream...its not the profit...its not the ticket sales...its not the star power...its not even the PPV buys (boxing is still king in these areas). Its just run better. Its the fact that they have the best, fight the best. Everytime there is an MMA PPV, its lined with fights that people "want to see". Where as everytime I fight is signed in boxing, us as fans can normally name 3 or 4 fighters we would rather see fighter X go against. And its sickening.

    Think about it...if boxing had 1 HUGE card a month...how huge could it become again? How much publicity could it get?

    Mayweather - Pac
    Cotto - Mosely
    Pavlik - Williams
    Hopkins Adamek
    Kessler - Froch
    Dawson - Pascal

    How many PPV buys would that get? Boxing needs to wake the **** up...and take notes from a sport thats over 100 years younger (at least).
     
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  15. McAllister

    McAllister New Member Full Member

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    Well Said
     
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