Dana White On UFC Success During Economy Crisis
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Basically Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta acknowledge what we already knew. That most people get 8-10 people together and ‘chip in’ to buy the UFC pay per views. What concerns me is as the UFC continues to destroy the competition, they can use the perspective to make even more money possibly. They could essentially say…“8-10 people are chipping in to purchase the PPV…we can raise the price up to $49.99 or $54.99 and they’ll still buy it because it’s only a couple dollars per person.
Which history has proven that they would be correct. PPV prices have gone up from $39.95 to $44.95 during the past year, and as far as the numbers go…they are ahead of last year’s PPV pace. Granted we are getting more shows…and more FREE shows…and it’s still cheaper than a boxing PPV…raising the PPV prices again would suck something major.
*Sidenote-I have heard nothing…and Dana or Lorenzo have not mentioned anything about raising PPV prices…I’m simply looking at this from a money making perspective.
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The wack thing about is…none of my friends are really into MMA like that…and the ones that do watch it don’t know shit about the sport.
I’ve got no friends, man. Well, I really don’t have any that are into MMA. I don’t think raising PPV rates at this juncture is a good idea. Of course, the ticket prices for Couture vs. Lesnar look outrageous. That stuff about a bad economy being good for Zuffa is total BS in my book. Nice spin, though, by the big guys at the UFC.
@Kelvin
Same here bro. Just one of my friends is a real MMA fan but his wife has him by his balls. He used to come over and chip in before he got married. Its been downhill ever since.
The party thing is the way to go. I haven’t had any as of late (luckily I can still afford the PPV’s), but its the cheapest way to go, as long as everyone puts in thats it.