Do you think that UFC 89 is free because.....?

Question

a) the card sucks

b) they are scared because of Affliction

c) both

d) fill in the blank

Answer 1

The UFC isn't afraid of Affliction.  The UFC is profitable whereas Affliction lost money in their last event.  They're making it free just to dominate the competition.  Rather than to just beat the competition, the UFC wants to slam dunk on them.

The UFC has 250+ fighters, whereas all the other promotions combined together can just muster out about 100 or so fighters.  Most of the top fighters in the world want to be in the UFC.  The UFC is a $2 billion entity, which brings in about $250 million annually.  All the other promotions have negative or almost zero net worth and are losing money every single event.

Answer 2

its gonna be free becuz its showing in england becuz of this its hard for the people to purchase it if they can go onto websites and view who wins the fights before its aired in america. also its better for the ufc to get more casual viewers to watch if they have free shows every so often.

Answer 3

the cards actually looking good now. It's free because of b

Answer 4

UFC 89 is free because Dana White is a marketing genius. He does see Affliction as a threat (maybe not a big one) and wants to make sure the UFC stays on top of the MMA ranks. And the best way to keep your fans happy is to showcase a card that was going to be $50 for free.

In addition, the card is pretty weak. I don't think that has anything to do with it being free however. The Bisping vs. Leben fight should be boring (as most of Bisping's fights are). The Machida vs. Silva fight could be good if Silva is aggressive, otherwise it will be another boring Machida two punch and run fight (like the Ortiz fight). I certainly would never pay for this card if it were a pay per view event.

Don't get me wrong, I will still watch the UFC fight because it is free and I will be able to watch the Affliction fights by Monday on my computer for free.

Answer 5

They are scared of Affliction.  They should be.  Dana White and the UFC shouldn't taunt competitors.  He has taunted Marc Cuban and Donald Trump in interviews.  Those guys are billionaires.  You don't want to p**s them off.  The whole group at the UFC is maybe combined billionaires, but not at the level of Marc Cuban or Donald.  I would like to see Marc Cuban and Donald Trump work together more.  They have both said that they are planning on co-promoting fights.  Marc Cuban has contracts with everyone in MMA promotions to show fights on HDNet as reruns and he is getting into co-promoting.  MMA has to have a ranking system and it has to have co-promotions between organizations to be taken seriously as a real sport.  If they don't do this, it isn't a real sport and there are no champions.  It will be boxing all over again.  The current MMA model sucks for fans because the UFC isn't the best of the best and they do play favorites.  

We have to get to where there is a real ranking system and the promoters have to be open to co-promoting.

Answer 6

That card does not ******* suck ,alot of mma sites have 5 guys on their world ranked.But affliction will blow them away with arlovski vs fedor.

Answer 7

Lyoto Machida Vs. Thiago Silva

Not with a fight like this probally not I wish it was free though

Answer 8

They seemed to be fearful of Affliction®, EliteXC®, and others. They counter anything and everything they do -- as if there were only room for one organisation in the world. They are paranoid megalomaniacs.

And the card is lackluster. All their cards are always lackluster. They have evently goals of putting together  800,000$ payroll, 80,000,000$ grossing events.

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Answer 9

It is free because they ARE MMA. They are not scared of Affliction, they just want to stay on top. Put it this way, have you seen an article of Affliction without the UFC being mentioned? It is a wise marketing strategy.