Report: UFC 83 in England Canceled
It appears that the UFC has decided not to do a show in England on March 8th, just one week after UFC 82. The report comes from Steve Sievert’s Brawl Sports blog at The Houston Chronicle. It appears that UFC 83 will still take place on that date, just not in England as previously planned:
The UFC has decided against staging UFC 83 in Manchester, England and is working to relocate the show to the U.S.
Although a source I spoke with confirmed that the U.K. event has been cancelled, no specific were provided as to why. However, the show will go on, only here in the states.
My personal feeling is that they should just scrap the whole damn thing altogether. In 2007, a large buzz word around the industry when it comes to mixed martial arts was “oversaturation.” An event one week after UFC 82 would be my definition of “oversaturation,” especially if people are going to have to shell out forty bucks to see both events. The UFC should work towards making people want to buy an event each month instead of making people pick and choose between events. The one saving grace would be if this event was a free Spike TV production.
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As an MMA fan, I prefer more events, not less. If it gets to expensive for me, I’ll just go to the nearest Bar that’s playing it and watch it there. While that’s probably not the best money-making plan for the UFC by making us choose, it’s not like the fans will be hurting for places to watch it.
Having friends come over and help split the bill isn’t a bad option either.
From personal experience I could say that if they didn’t put on as many shows, they would make a lot more money. This past year the only PPV events I ordered were 74 & 79. The rest can easily be seen by hundreds of people at any given bar around town. While it still is $45 per television, that is no where near as much as it would be if 1/4 of the people at said bar were watching at home.
I wouldn’t put on less shows, just less big ones. A free PPV caliber event or 2 and 2 fight nights would be great., cut that down to about 6 actual PPVs and it would be ideal.
More shows, less PPV.
Dana…deliver this on Spike….please?
I agree. Make it a free event on Spike and not a PPV, especially if it doesn’t look like a strong card.
Oversaturation is a crazy idea. Maybe too many PPVs from one company is a legit concern, but never too much MMA. I don’t see anybody whining that there is too much football or basketball… if anything, it brings the sport into more of a mainstream light.
Someone at the UFC did a poor job of looking at what else was going on in Manchester that weekend. Manchester United has a match that day and “Old Trafford” fits 70,000 people so that takes away a huge part of your ticket sales.
Evan is probably spoken the correct…lol
And just to be a little more clear…the stadium actualy holds 76,212
And here is Old Trafford’s attendance records and as you can see they are packing it in this year.
http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/crowds/overall.html
Overall all they are averaging 75612
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B75BE096-1C12-4F96-A51F-EA4FA588B7CD}
So…bad bad bad timing to be asking the locals to dish out money for tickets that day.
Oversaturation doesn’t concern me. I’ll be be here long after the bandwagon jumpers find the next thing.
Has anybody put any thought into a possible subscription ppv service? I can get a seasons pack for hockey , but why not UFC? I know it probably loses them a little money, still, it would be handy.
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I know DirecTV had a package for 77, 78, and 79 which came with a beanie and a membership the UFC Fight Club, whatever that is.
Unless they act quick to put some better fights on that card it will have to be on Spike for free. Nobody would pay $45 with the two bouts that are currently scheduled. And yes I know it’s only 2 fights but if they want a buzz around the card and want people to anticipate it, they should start filling it with top level talent, not Houston Alexander and Michael Bisping.