UFCThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.
The funniest part of this that reports I have read say Spike hated the card too and that is why its no longer free, spurprised no backlash has come about from that. Will see if I can find the link. Mods should probably merge this with the other thread about the same thing.
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You forget that this isn't just some brutal sport where everyones out to kill each other. Its much more like a game of physical chess.-looney liam
The funniest part of this that reports I have read say Spike hated the card too and that is why its no longer free, spurprised no backlash has come about from that. Will see if I can find the link. Mods should probably merge this with the other thread about the same thing.
The rumor reporter seems confused. The mail says it's from Zuffa, not Spike.
I highly doubt Spike would reject the event based on the card. I doubt they'd understand the difference. Besides, Rich Franklin and Forrest Grifin, especially, would make this card easier to sell to fans who were introduced to UFC through Spike.
I don't see why Spike wouldn't want to air this. UFC 70 gave them incredibly strong ratings in their target demographic. Dana White said that Zuffa lost a lot of money by having UFC70 on Spike, though, so they may have changed the deal, which made Spike balk.
My guess is that the root cause of UFC72 being on PPV is Zuffa needing more revenue to cover the costs of production. The deal wasn't worth it to Spike, so they said no.
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Yeah, no shit. They are going to eat shit on PPV buys on this one. Thats good though. It'll hopefully teach them not to put together a half ass card like this and expect results.
The rumor reporter seems confused. The mail says it's from Zuffa, not Spike.
I highly doubt Spike would reject the event based on the card. I doubt they'd understand the difference. Besides, Rich Franklin and Forrest Grifin, especially, would make this card easier to sell to fans who were introduced to UFC through Spike.
I don't see why Spike wouldn't want to air this. UFC 70 gave them incredibly strong ratings in their target demographic. Dana White said that Zuffa lost a lot of money by having UFC70 on Spike, though, so they may have changed the deal, which made Spike balk.
My guess is that the root cause of UFC72 being on PPV is Zuffa needing more revenue to cover the costs of production. The deal wasn't worth it to Spike, so they said no.
Too true....good points. That is why I pointed out in the "rumors" section.
Yeah, no shit. They are going to eat shit on PPV buys on this one. Thats good though. It'll hopefully teach them not to put together a half ass card like this and expect results.
I imagine they'll still make much more in PPV buys than they would through Spike.
Keep in mind, this event is more about market development in Europe than it is about market penetration in the US. As long as the fans show up in Ireland, UFC will be happy.
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Too true....good points. That is why I pointed out in the "rumors" section.
I was just offering my commentary (whatever that's worth ). I wasn't getting on you for posting it.
I'd rep you, but "[i] must spread some Reputation around before giving it to IcemanCometh again."
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UFC 72 - Now PPV?
). I wasn't getting on you for posting it. 
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