UFC 142 a reminder too much of a good thing isn't such a good thing

I’ve read articles with both view points, that it’s OK to have so many events and that’ it means death. It’s a good card, and there’s no such thing as too much MMA or UFC to me. I will be watching this event with the same amount of energy and excitement I would have for any other.

I admit I may be in the minority when I say that though. Lets just enjoy the night of fights.

I agree that there’s a problem with diluting the talent by having more events more often. But as a fan it’s excruciating waiting for events. I mean, hockey fags get games every night. Baseball fags sometimes get two games a night. Football fags (which I know you guys have in spades) have games at least once a week.

But we the poor orphaned fans of just one sport, MMA, sometimes have to wait 3 weeks between events. That’s like not masturbating for 3 weeks. When it’s all over and you’ve blown your load you’re basically in agony knowing it’ll be a while before the next one.

Only solution is to tell all the fighters they can only fight 1-2 times a year. Only person who would probably be down for that is GSP hah.

and i dont give two shits about the casuals so im happy!!! and in the end thats all i care about

If you can’t afford an MMA event then don’t buy it, I’d rather have the choice than not.

Give the casuals time to get to know the fighters, give the hardcores time to actually digest the fight coverage and build-up. Better fights. Better lead time.

No one can follow the insane amount of MMA coverage coherently w/o missing big stuff.

… Without time for exciting dramas (like the examples provided) to develop, MMA will have trouble attracting new fans. People might hear about, say, the Mir/ Lesnar storyline, and tune in because it has an atmosphere of consequence. People respond to stories, and if they can be drawn in once they might come back. If, however, the rush of names and faces at events each week streak by, they won’t even get a chance to grow intrigued.

I wish PPV’s were once a month just because of the price. Now I am buying this one cause Aldo is my favorite fighter plus I’m still interested in what Johnson vs Belfort fight brings. Outside of that Barboza and Etim should be a “barnburner”. You also have Paul Harris in action who has weird shit going on in his fights.

u guys wouldnt pay money to see a human foot ripped off? cause ur gonna see it tonight

The fights often seem to lack the feel of a big fight. Waiting a few weeks to see a fight definitely builds the hype and excitement. Not to mention it gives the UFC PR machine time to work its magic.

After this fight we have 2 free cards will you complain about those two because they are happening damn near every weekend?

To me there can never be “too much” MMA, I’ll happily watch it every week if something decent is on. The problem is too many and too expensive PPV’s, the last one was just two weeks ago. They’re continually diluting these numbered PPV cards even more, and this event tonight is a prime example. It’s simply not worthy of the pricetag. It’s been a trend for some time now, way too many PPV’s with too few quality fights on them. I’d say at most one PPV per month, preferably fewer than that, and stack up as many free cards between them as you’d like. This is simply not viable for most consumers.

The UFC are making the same mistakes as boxing and pro wrestling, they’re putting on too many shows. If you put on too many PPVs then they’re going to be watered down because no matter how big your roster is you’re never going to have the amount of top talent to stack the show, plus you don’t have enough time to promote the show and create hype for the matches. Diluting the product through overkill is something that has wrecked the ratings and buyrates for pro wrestling PPVs as nobody wants to watch the same poorly promoted rematches at 3 PPVs because Vince McMahon’s too greedy to stick to the 1 PPV a month model and now the UFC are doing the equivalent with 1 meaningful fight shows as they aim to put on a show a week. Quality is better than quantity but greedy promoters don’t seem to understand this and all they’re doing is turning off their fanbase.

It wouldn’t be so bad if all of these shows were on free TV but when the majority on PPV it’s just not feasible for people to regularly order shows. I know for a fact that I wouldn’t order bi-monthly PPVs for £15 (the usual price for PPVs in the UK) nevermind the $60 that you lot have to pay. Hardcore fans or not it’s becoming unrealistic for the dedicated fanbase to order every PPV and at this point the only ones who seem to be happy at the regularity of these shows are the people who stream them for free anyway.

Even for me and other British fans who get the events as part of a subscription TV package it’s getting difficult to keep track of events and take the time to watch all of them. Having them pushed an hour back makes it that more inconvenient to watch them live.

illegal streams..got to…on top of that, no bar around here is allowed to show a PPV anymore

“They’ll just see a small, compact fighter against another small, but speedy fighter but the speedy guy is champion, so at least we know he’s kind of a big deal.”

this sounds like every other post about lightweight fighters.

if it’s Aldo vs Mendes I’d rather see that than Rashad Evans vs Tito F’ING Ortiz.
or Wand vs Franklin at catchweight.
name fights don’t make them any better. if anything, they’re big on name, and sometimes short on meaning or relevance.

I can’t get enough mma, i’d watch it every night if it was on. I know it’s expensive for most people but i’ll never complain about their being too many events.