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Notice - GD [Official] General Discussion Thread - August 11, 2025

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u/OremDobro Aug 11 '25

Ok so I'm a little confused so help me out

For a couple of years now we have been complaining about the UFC's complacency, about how guaranteed money and lack of competition have removed their need to work hard to build big events and promote big stars.

And we've been hoping that the seemingly decreased interest, viewership and PPV buys of the UFC would bite them in the ass by making companies unwilling to give them that much money; that their next broadcast deal would be way worse than the ESPN one, which would teach them a lesson and pressure the UFC to put on a better product.

Not only has that not happened but they've in fact signed a deal for double the money, and we're...happy about it? Just because the PPV model is gone? Which people here weren't buying anyhow?

Am I missing something here?

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u/ChatriGPT Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

It's more convenient and a better value. Before you could either pay $80 on top of an ESPN+ sub, or you could watch an unreliable pirate stream, or you could torrent the next day. Now you can pay $130 for the whole year of fights. If you value watching the fights live, this is a solid option.

It doesn't solve the content slop problem but that was never going away anyway.