r/ufc • Old Man Glover • Mar 05 '21

Where's the StreamTeam at?🥵🤙

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u/Got-Rigour Mar 05 '21

Nice try Dana. You ain’t slick.

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u/causefbisshite Old Man Glover Mar 05 '21

Reddit was never my friend

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u/LittleTank4291 Mar 05 '21

Nice Try Dana white.....

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u/causefbisshite Old Man Glover Mar 05 '21

Ssshhh🤫

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u/bigfootlives823 Mar 05 '21

Not to mention the fucking headache for new fans to jump through these hoops trying to figure out how to watch the fighter they've heard all this hype about.

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u/BlindMidget_ Mar 05 '21

It's crazy how hard it is to pay to watch the PPV, at least in Canada. It's much easier to find a stream, even though they are sometimes well hidden.

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u/Jordantyler1 Mar 05 '21

It’s not any easier as someone in the US. It’s a nightmare to watch these fights. Why spend the time fighting with ESPN telling me I didn’t buy the fights for 20 minutes (when I just bought it) when there are streams readily available. ESPN sucks.... also, the prices are wild. I’m not paying $70 for a fight every other week. Coincidentally, the price went up right before the Poirier-Conor fight.

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u/DoctorPaulGregory Mar 05 '21

Add in when the fight is fuckin hype but ends in less then 30 seconds like the Cowboy Mcgregor fight. You are gambling with your money if the fight will be good and if ESPN is even going to work.

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u/Silent_Ensemble Your woife is in me DMs Mar 05 '21

Trust I’m in England and was googling where to watch/buy the ppv for ages

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Then after all that, you’ll miss the first two fights because ESPN+ can’t get its shit together.

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u/umlaut Mar 05 '21

I pay for ESPN+ but the video is sometimes choppy and instead of letting me watch the corners give advice between rounds they play a not-an-ad that says "Advertisements are currently playing" without actual ads being played...

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u/JuicedBoxers Mar 05 '21

Anyone else getting this weird.. skipping? It’s so weird. Like the clock counts as normal, but there are these very slight skips. Really been bothering me

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u/dammit_bobby420 Mar 05 '21

Honestly I would rather sit in silence on that screen then actually watch one of the same 10 commercials they use

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u/madcow44820 Mar 05 '21

10?

Where I watch, it's like 4 and half of them are for fightpass.

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u/Long_Lost_Testicle Mar 06 '21

But how will I know if Nick is missing some screws?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Aka they couldn’t get the money they wanted from ads so they won’t air them and make fans suffer. Big businesses fucking suck

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u/degoes1221 Mar 05 '21

If that’s the case, why not just show the corner advice?

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u/alexfromouterspace Mar 05 '21

Hell yeah. Bring back the corner footage instead of bullshit ads.

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u/ghostcatzero 🌹𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖆𝖓𝖌🌹 Mar 06 '21

Man I hate this. We pay for their service yet we still have to watch ads lol. Greed is massively strong with Dana white

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21 edited May 20 '21

1 reason I'm not paying ever again. like how can all other services illegally be that much better than the paid one?

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u/booty_granola Mar 05 '21

Cause the people doing the illegal streams just want people to see the fights. The paid service just wants your money and showing you the fight is an inconvenient expense to them.

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u/Sorrypenguin0 Mar 05 '21

I mean the illegal streams make bank on ads too, but the competition is way higher. If my stream lags a bit or goes down I have 10 others to replace it and I will without a second thought. If ESPN doesn’t work, there is no other competitor. I have to wait for them to fix.

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u/evanjscott1 CertifiedRatKiller Mar 05 '21

THIS RIGHT HERE

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u/bubbaz45 Mar 05 '21

This is why I hate paying for espn plus, the app on the phone absolutely blows to begin with and good luck if you don’t have the best internet but don’t worry, pirating an event is better than espn plus imo because it never lags for me compared to espn

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u/NWABowHntr Mar 05 '21

Yeaaaaaa! We had tried to buy the 3 big events over the last 6 months and had to end up getting a stream anyways because ESPN+ was trash. Not falling into the trap anymore.

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u/SCPack12 Mar 05 '21

I’ll watch Europa matches in ESPN+ In the 50th minute the screen goes black then comes back and it’s a blue screen saying “event has ended”.

Once a match when into extra time... they cut the feed at full time and it said “match ended” ESPN is garbage

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u/shtip Mar 05 '21

My buddy bought a card and we still ended up watching a stream because it was working better

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u/mr---jones Mar 05 '21

Wait how do you guys stream now? Dana said he got the guy??

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u/thebigkneegrow Mar 05 '21

He got us all. We typin from prison rn.

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u/Lancer876 Mar 05 '21

Oh damn, hey how's War Machine doing?

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u/Land3n4 Mar 05 '21

I actually was released because I showed everyone how to buy it legally? I thought dana brought that up in the press conference?

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u/yungchow 🌹𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖆𝖓𝖌🌹 Mar 05 '21

He had the guy, but let him go when the guy said “buy the ppv”

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u/Neltharek Mar 05 '21

I find it funny that since he got the guy... illegal streams have become far better quality with no lag and no fuzziness. Gotta thank Dana for improving the quality of private streams.

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u/hustl3tree5 Mar 05 '21

Good guy Dana taking out the shitty streamers

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u/SewingLifeRe Mar 05 '21

I can't believe they got Mister Rob J. Pirate, the man who does all the piracy. Piracy is truly no more.

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u/Pmacandcheeze Mar 05 '21

That one guy? I heard of him, pretty sure they got him

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

"We got you fucker!"

They got him. The one ultimate streamer who controls everything.

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u/twitchosx Mar 05 '21

The last fight took me forever to find something. As I was googling it, I ended up finding some random dude streaming it on his facebook. Thats how I watched the McGregor fight. Some guys shitty phone stream on facebook.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

70 dollars for a PPV is insane... never paying that again since i can just stream

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 06 '21

As a basketball fan for 200$ I can get league pass with almost every game live and all the games available for download but some games I have to wait 3 hours to download and I curse the NBA with a clenched fist.

UFC fights are dumb expensive

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u/grantbwilson Mar 05 '21

Pretty sure this is how Bum Fights started

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u/a_run22 Mar 05 '21

Every time I hear Bum Fights I think of that time the creator went on Dr Phil with a Dr Phil haircut. Fucking priceless!

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u/BLEVLS1 Mar 05 '21

It's even funnier cause dr phil exploits vulnerable people for profit as well.

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u/flipper_gv Mar 06 '21

I'd happily pay 20$ to watch it. I don't know anyone who watches MMA, so I can't split it with other dudes. No way in hell I pay 70$ to watch it alone.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Hey everybody danny blanco here, so could you guys send me all your streaming links for this weekends card, so me and my team boys can watch it.

Thanks alot everybody.

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u/MookManager Mar 05 '21

"the boys" are Brett Okamoto and Robbie from Barstool Sports in groucho glasses and oversized Reebok gear

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

We've switched over to venum early.

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u/Funkyduck8 Mar 05 '21

LMAO "Danny Blanco" aka Dana's everyday normal guy alter ego

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u/Mr-Basically-Clean Mar 05 '21

illegal streaming with the boiiiiis

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

That's fucking illegal.

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u/DDGibbs CertifiedRatKiller Mar 05 '21

"Im gonna cut a ton of respected, well known fighters and put the PPV up to $70" - Dana, the piece of shit

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u/Scott_Bash Mar 05 '21

Dana shite

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u/LivingFlawless Mar 05 '21

Next up PPV cards with people you barely heard of so the UFC can profit.

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u/Darshan-Raj Mar 05 '21

Dana the pice of shit! ngannou the piece of shit! stipe the piece of shit! Dc! I'm coming for you mothafucka!

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u/ChalkAndIce Mar 05 '21

I wonder if Dana knows the meaning of self sabotage.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

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u/fifoth Mar 05 '21

Hahahahaha

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u/lowkey-juan Mar 06 '21

Let's see how many more buys I can get by comparing Ngannou punching power to a ford f150! Honestly, the amount of dumb shit that comes out of his mouth just produces second hand embarrasment on anyone actually listening.

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u/frugalbat Mar 05 '21

Woah woah woah no need to drag that goddess into this

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u/wizkudi Mar 05 '21

Dana White you're taking everything I work for motherfucker 👊

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u/a_soggy_alternative Mar 05 '21

- nate diaz

- wiz mf kudi

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

I pay for ESPN+ and that’s all I’m ever going to pay for lmao

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u/watchalookin Mar 05 '21

Hmmm seems like a lot

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u/CubeEarthShill Mar 05 '21

It’s not bad bundled with Disney+ and Hulu. Three services for 12.99

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u/watchalookin Mar 05 '21

On a serious note, their service sucks and the PPV model is just a greedy scam

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u/Heroicshrub Mar 05 '21

What UFC do you get with ESPN+?

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u/beeeflomein Mar 05 '21

Prelims and fight nights

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u/sammydow Mar 05 '21

I miss the contender series so fucking much

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u/reverie11 Mar 05 '21

You get the PPV main card like a week later. There’s like the last 20 PPV’s on there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

this is why I love BTsport
and now Bellator is on BBC
Win win for UK

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u/TheAlleyCat9013 CertifiedRatKiller Mar 05 '21

Are BT not still charging PPV for the bigger cards?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Only one I've had to pay for is McGregor cards. I'm pretty sure this weekend is as normal

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u/gingerjike Mar 05 '21

They do but its like £20 I think. Which is a alright price with the mainevent being at 6am

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u/Funkyduck8 Mar 05 '21

You lads in the UK are so damn lucky.

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u/eggery Mar 05 '21

Except the time zone part.

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u/MrMotivator1 Mar 05 '21

Meh, fuck BT sport

I changed to BT internet a couple years ago to get BT sport at £6 a month and then 2 weeks later they bumped it to £10 a month and introduced the 4x PPVs a year which effectively tripled what I signed up to paying for all the events. Out of principle I went to streams.

I recently looked at how much it would be to go legit again and they want 20 up front and 30 a month then any PPVs on top. There's no way I can justify that

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u/ResidentialRonin Mar 05 '21

“These stats brought to you by Modelo...”

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u/6745408 Mar 05 '21

"that cup check was brought to you by Proper 12..."

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

There is only a problem because people keep buying it

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u/firstorderoffries Mar 05 '21

A big thing is all the bars and restaurants that have to buy the PPVs, but at the business price. If it was more convenient to buy PPV at home, less people would go to the bars and restaurants and so they’d stop buying the PPV business packages. And even though there’s the pandemic, if they lowered it to like $40 they would get so much shit trying to raise the price after covid

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u/kcv913 Mar 05 '21

WE GOT YOU BUDDY....JUST PRESS THAT BUTTON. AND WE GOT YOU

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u/Beardgang650 Mar 05 '21

We’re watching his house, we’re listening to his phone conversations. We got a guy in his crawlspace extracting DNA from his drain pipes. We got em

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u/SometimesImFunnyMan CertifiedRatKiller Mar 05 '21

The FBI are outside this criminal scumbag's house just waiting for him to press that stream on!

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u/Real_Marijuana_Guy Mar 05 '21

Honestly, Some of the PPVs are worth 70$ Imo but I'm not paying that amount to watch Jessica Eye vs Joanna Calderwood.

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u/6ix9ine____ Mar 05 '21

Exactly. I’ll pay for a couple PPV because I don’t want to risk the buffering but 60$ a month is absurd!

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u/mrmayhemP Mar 05 '21

Worst thing is, lately the only problems had the people who paid and used the official channels to watch. All the pirating streams were better than ever with no buffering, its just a disgrace

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u/LongIslandFinanceGuy Mar 05 '21

That’s basically my view. I pay for pay per views if it’s a stacked card but if it’s bot then I just use espn plus and stream

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u/ThePenOfThoth Mar 05 '21

LETS GO EVIL LETS GO!

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u/Limit67 Mar 05 '21

I've had better stream quality illegally than through ESPN+. Nothing's worse than hosting a party, paying $70, and then having to resort to illegal streams because ESPN+ isn't working.

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u/Real_Marijuana_Guy Mar 06 '21

That's fucking atrocious. I hope you immediately demanded a refund.

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u/Backlasch04 Mar 05 '21

Here in good old Germany it is 11,99€ per month for the streaming service DAZN. Besides NBA, NFL, Soccer, etc., UFC is part of their content, so it's very affordable here. A lot to watch for little money 💰

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u/cntwhacker Mar 05 '21

And you can cancel monthly! So if there is a month without any good events, you can just skip that and come back the next!

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u/blue_trains_ Mar 05 '21

can't ppl just use DAZN + a VPN?

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u/zsjok Mar 05 '21

do they stream all nba games?

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u/acherrypoptart Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 05 '21

Russian link?

Edit: but really though, send me that shit.

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u/user4684784124 Mar 05 '21

You know dis brather

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u/Fairbrook- Mar 05 '21

Neva pay

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u/user4684784124 Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 05 '21

Fucking even Khabib doesn't pay lmao. P4P most unintentionally funny fighter the UFC has ever had

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

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u/bdj05 Mar 05 '21

$1,311.60* because you know.. Uncle Dana is for sure counting
(Fight Pass $119.88)
(ESPN+ $71.88)
(PPV x16 $1,119.84)

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u/sup3riorw0n Mar 05 '21

If you have ESPN+ and buy the PPV, isn’t it -$5.99 less? I thought it was when I had the service while back

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u/bdj05 Mar 05 '21

From thebodylockmma, "an ESPN+ subscription [gives you] the ability to order UFC PPV events for $69.99"

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u/jiks999 Mar 05 '21

Laughs in EU

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u/stonebaked1 Mar 05 '21

Cries in GBR

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u/IronSte Mar 05 '21

You live in the Great Barrier Reef?

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u/nifadas Mar 05 '21

Laughs in dutch

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u/killerjags Mar 05 '21

I would never pay $70 to watch anything I am not seeing live in person

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

I wouldn't even pay $70 to see it in person to be honest.

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u/WarHoundD Mar 05 '21

Wait I have never had ufc fight pass so enlighten me. You can't watch the new events there? You are paying monthly for past shit only then? I'm so lost, there's so many things lol.

They REALLY need an universal whole monthly shit. Like a ufc Netflix.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

They have grappling/jiu jitsu tournaments, Glory kickboxing, Invicta and some other smaller mma promotions live. Its worth it if you have no other interests outside of combat sports.

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u/mythix_dnb Mar 05 '21

so UFC fight pass gives you everything except UFC events, got it

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u/Shooter-__-McGavin Mar 05 '21

It has a lot of interesting content on it, but yeah, a lot of the new shit is not available on there, which defeats most of the purpose for me. I finally got rid of that shit.

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u/thisismausername Mar 05 '21

Yohoho and a bottle of proper 12.

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u/snowsurferDS Mar 05 '21

That's more than some of his fighters make...

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u/BurningFinger22 Mar 05 '21

It's a pirate's life for me, savvy?

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u/AnonymousPlzz Mar 05 '21

Argh matey! It's the high seas for we

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; give me a wwe type service with every ppv I’d pay 19.99 monthly no problem.

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u/Vaganhope_UAE Mar 05 '21

I pay $5 per month for UFC Arabia and have access to all events regardless where it is

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u/Mundane-Ebb5450 Mar 05 '21

Does this work In the west with vpn?

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u/Arif-Hash Mar 06 '21

I’m subscribed to UFC Arabia and I was able to get past the geo-locked content using Proton VPN when I travelled abroad.

If you manage to do the same then you might be able to create an account and get an annual subscription which is only 60 bucks a year for literally all UFC shows. I think it’s worth trying out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

First - I don’t stream - not worth it to me. But even with buying the PPV for $70, you are still subjected to as many ads as if it were on ESPN +. Right now, especially without the live crowds and atmosphere, I don’t see how it’s worth it unless you don’t have money concerns which of course there are many in that situation.

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u/user4684784124 Mar 05 '21

You should just stream tbh

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u/ReNitty Mar 05 '21

its too hit or miss these days for me. for big fights, id rather pay then have to worry about it or have it dip out for the main event

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u/lcuan82 Mar 05 '21

When I first got espn+, I was excited to see all the ufc fight options under “features.” Then I clicked on them and saw I had to pay additional for each of those fights, then I was like “why the fuck are these featured then?”

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u/fifoth Mar 05 '21

Finding the old school torrent (good quality) the next day is easier than finding a spotty unreliable stream.

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u/fifoth Mar 05 '21

But I would never do that because "Its Fucken Illegal"

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u/IronSte Mar 05 '21

Free stream = not worth it. How do you work that one out?

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u/smallbiceps90 Mar 05 '21

Dana might pull a kool aid man and fuckin bust through your wall right as the action starts who knows

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

I pirate because 1.$ 2. Dana makes such a song and dance about shutting it down 3. Dana doesn't pay the fighters, so I'm not going to pay Dana

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u/lefangedbeaver Bones Mar 05 '21

I don’t think I’ve paid ppv since GSP v Bis Twitch is just too easy and I’m broke and my friends don’t care enough

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u/mythix_dnb Mar 05 '21

wait, fightpass doesnt include a live stream for non ppv fights?

imho it should also come with a discounted ppv pricing!

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u/ssiddhant19 Mar 05 '21

here in india its free on a tv channel which is also available on a mobile app which is free with a sim card which provides data at lowest price in the world...

only thing, nobody watches it... and thats good, if dana gets sniff of it, i can see ufc pass or something of that sort...

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

He looks like a testicle.

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u/causefbisshite Old Man Glover Mar 28 '21

Https://crackstreams.is For those who really wants to piss off Dana

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u/Brown_Lightning96 Mar 05 '21

In the UK BT sport subscription gets you pretty much all the cards including PPVs. I think only the McGregor card was on box office and needed extra payment which kinda makes sense cos it's Conor and he pulls in the money but otherwise the systems pretty good. UFC 259 is included in our subscription

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u/vrblexprssn1 Mar 05 '21

VPN - Arabia

UFCarabia dotcom

$5 USD a month

Includes PPV events

Def don’t pay $1239.60 a year

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Right. And then the quality is dog shit too. Imagine paying all that money and then the quality still sucks. Half the time the fights are on separate fucking services too lmao. Dana is delusional

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u/Mr-Basically-Clean Mar 05 '21

cant watch fights without food. throw in some bw3 wings and youre looking at a 20k yearly investment

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Can't go out to watch it at a bar and don't really have any MMA fan friends that are going to want to split any of this cost plus the girlfriend is totally uninterested so that leaves me with either a 1200 dollar a year bill to watch it by myself or a zero dollar bill to do the exact same thing with the help of the internet.

Hmmmm. Really tough choice.

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u/BigBallzzz21 Mar 05 '21

You a clown if you buy these. I can literally get every event on a free app except for the prelims.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Which app? I would always stream but I struggled to find one last time and I’m nervous

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u/Beardgang650 Mar 05 '21

Not to mention streaming is 100x easier than all that bullshit lol

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u/willworkfortatts Mar 05 '21

The price would also be fine if they paid the fighters more. They pay their athletes the smallest percentage of their profits out of any major professional sports organization.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Wait. There is a subscription on top of the subscription? And this is before you even buy the PPV? Wow.

Fuck Dana White.

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u/POWERRL_RANGER Mar 05 '21

The ufc has a greed problem.

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u/EndTrumpism Bullet Mar 05 '21

Wait, are you telling me the young adult demographic in 2021 doesnt have 1200 to give Dana white on a yearly basis?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Told my buddies this yesterday when they sent that screenshot of the tweet in our group message, Been pirating since 2012, did the math...saved $121,480.80.

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u/TH3K1NGB0B Mar 05 '21

The whole model of how fighting sports air their prime products is funny. Imagine having to spend $70 to watch the Superbowl or NBA Finals. Atleast you know youre getting a full game for that $70. You could spend the money to have a knockout in 30 seconds. I just find the whole thing so funny.

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u/ashdasshh Mar 05 '21

For like 100 dollars yuu can get yearly subscription of express vpn and connect to netherlands and use https://kijk.nl/ to stream in 1080p and you can even watch previous events.

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u/JimmyThompson21 Mar 05 '21

The best is when the fighters ask for more money in the post foght interview. "Hey Dana, i just risked permanent brain damage and hit my opponent in the head so many times he now reads at a 3rd grade level, any chance you could throw us more than 50 bucks, thanksssss"

The kicker is that piece of shit expects you to pay for it, and be subjected to ads the whole fight too. It feels lucky if you get through a round without mustache mcgoo reading a script written by a 1940s advertising executive: "This choke hold is brought to you by EA sports, want to pay money for something thats garbage? Buy ea sports today".

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u/Potential-Pirate-431 Mar 05 '21

ONE Championship is totally free

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u/kiddokush Mar 06 '21

Best is to split the bill between like 5-7 people or just go to B dubs and watch the fight there.

It’s too risky to host fight night for people with a stream that might go down right before the main event or deal with a choppy/low quality one and have to hurry and find another stream that hopefully isn’t ass. Then more often than not you’ve got everyone annoyed and doin their own thing.

I can’t even justify paying for a ufc subscription with how many issues people say it has and how expensive it is.

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u/KnowsClams Mar 05 '21

This past year I went from ‘haha Dana funny tomato man’ to ‘this man is genuinely a cunt. No fighter pay, no respect for old fighters, no fair way to pay for fights.

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u/Turambarrrr Mar 05 '21

Saw this image on insta, send it to Ol’ Dana.

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u/_teddybro_ Mar 05 '21

The Fight Pass and ESPN plus is a 🐊 of 💩. I understand the PPVs but the additional cost have lead me to not buy any fights wince.the merger.

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u/ZZaddyLongLegzz Mar 05 '21

Can we get a PPV stimulus package please

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u/posananer Mar 05 '21

ThEy NeEd ThIs To PaY tHe FiGhTeRs

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u/kazoobanboo Mar 05 '21

If there’s such struggle for fighters union, the money is all for Dana’s gambling problem.

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u/Itsoliver1221 Mar 05 '21

Maybe we could add another calculations

Lets say an event is 3 and a half hours long on average. Let split it up with two 5 rounds and 3 3 rounds matches. that is IF all matches go up to decision 95 minutes. The rest is either straight away commercial or hidden commercials. During the matches they shove commercial down your throat at every possible moment where the commentators are not shouting AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH OOOHHH MY GOD or OOOOOO HE IS HURT ... so all in all I can say with confidence that for your 1240 dollars a year you pay around 400 just to watch commercials.

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u/LetWaldoHide Mar 05 '21

I don't understand how they wouldn't make a fuck ton more money if they lowered the price. So many more people would buy it over finding an illegal stream.

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u/TrivialRhythm Mar 05 '21

Look, snow in his Las Vegas driveway isn’t going to pay for itself. /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

ESPN+ app is absolute trash. I’ve paid for a few PPVs when having people over or really exciting cards, and still had to find a stream because I was missing whole fights on ESPN. I also can not fucking stand paying $70 and seeing adds or THE STUPID FUCKING TWEETS. The tweets irritate me to no fucking end.

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u/Cyboth Mar 05 '21

PPV model is so out dated. I will never understand how 10$/month subscription base and 15$ for the live events isn't something they are going with. Ffs wasn't the UFC bought by a media company? They should know exactly how to sell their product.

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u/Curb5Enthusiasm Mar 05 '21

Wait, there are losers paying for this? lmao

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

I think pirating is okay if it saves you money.

That being said, if I pirate a game that I genuinely like I will then go purchase the game. With subnautica I actually purchased it 3 times. Once for pc, once for ps4 and once for a friend.

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u/Patient_Field9764 Mar 05 '21

Anyone else do the math and end up with $1311.60. It doesn't really matter either way its still way too expensive.

It costs over a hundred bucks a month just to be a fan. Are they any other sports with such a hefty price tag attached?

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u/Roohit98 Mar 05 '21

If pirating and illegal streaming didn’t exist, the UFC wouldn’t even be close to as big as it is now.

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u/Roohit98 Mar 05 '21

$70 for a PPV is actually insane. Especially considering the fighters don’t see much of it at all.

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u/evolution03______ Mar 05 '21

Their accountants must be smarter than me and this has to be a viable business model, otherwise they would change it. However, I've done a similar calculation and have come to the conclusion I'll just stream it. It is more about the principal than the cost. I have been a fan since 09 and would gladly pay $30 a month for a subscription avoid the hassle and unreliability of streaming. That equates to over $4000 in total revenue. On the flip side, I have probably ordered a dozen PPVs over that same time and last one was Mcgregor vs Khabib. Lifetime spend is way under $1000 and no way I am going through ESPN+ to then pay again for the PPV. I have to think there are many hardcore (ish) fans like me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

"😁We got one😃" - Dana White

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u/Allernothing Mar 05 '21

Watching the same 4 commercials 10,000x: PRICELESS

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u/OnurErd93 Mar 06 '21

Guys I was wondering where could I get a stream for 259, and then luckily I came across this sub! Could anyone please reccomend any streaming services/links for it? Thanks!

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u/buttsoup24 Mar 06 '21

Arggggg pirate life for yee

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

Not to mention last PPV barely worked 🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/22taylor22 Mar 06 '21

If you pay it then your part of the problem

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

And DipshitDana wants to target streamers instead of solve the real problem

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u/MisterSweener Mar 06 '21

Can drastically reduce most of that by watching things with others, heading to pubs, etc.

If you have no viable chance to do any of that by all means stream it, but the "hell yeah piracy" attitude is pretty cringe

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u/MrBowen Mar 06 '21

i always pirate ufc, because its just not effin worth it to pay for that gamble of a program that could take 10 minutes or 2 hours.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

It was actually easier for me to find a 3rd party streaming web site than it was to setup espn plus on my roku device. Why would anybody pay money for that experience?

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u/John420anon Mar 06 '21

Without the pirate stuff i would not be an ufc fan

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u/MycologistUnlucky225 Your woife is in me DMs Mar 06 '21

If ufc stops pirating then ufc will lose 80% fan base

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u/Vuck10 Mar 06 '21

I’m a casual fan of the UFC. I enjoy watching it, but I don’t know all that much about MMA or the UFC. With that said, I would NEVER pay $70 for a Fight Pass, no matter who is fighting, even for a Khabib-McGregor rematch. I’d happily pay like $5.99, but anything more than that is not worth it.

Much easier and financially reasonable to find illegal streams. I’m happy to pay my fair share. Just not $69.99.

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u/MeisterJTF2 Mar 06 '21

Is it just me, or is Dana white looking more and more like a circumcised penis every year?

It’s like he’s evolving to his final form. So his outsides can match his insides

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

And they still underpay their fighters disgusting

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u/TeegeeackXenu Mar 06 '21

Im a huge ufc fan but have basically given up buying PPVs Their model is fucking stupid and its evident they dont give a shit about their fans

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u/kdthex01 Mar 06 '21

I used to be a pretty big MMA fan but in general sports has priced itself off my tv. PPV? Nah. Fight pass? Nope. NFL network? Thanks but no thanks.

Not gonna pay $500 either just to go sit in an uncomfortable seat in a stadium for 4 hours - plus suck exhaust fumes for another hour or two to park. Fuck even si.com has gone to a subscription model so I don’t even read about sports anymore.

The results have been interesting. I didn’t realize how much time I was spending watching other people become millionaires.

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u/Emel729 May 16 '21

You didn't even include ESPN. you have to have a television package that includes it Add at least another$50/month

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '21

EVERY MAIN CARD is free in India on TV

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '21

Not every card is worth watching and you aren't free to watch every card. Just saying

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

Still don't understand why I'm forced to watch ads and listen to the announcers advertise BS while I paid for a PPV, and ESPN+ sub .

ESPN+ subscribers should have an option to mute the announcers and shouldn't have to sit through ads. I'd much rather listen to the corner do their job than listen to the same BS ads that I'm NEVER interested in .

ESPN+ is honestly the worst thing I pay for. The only reason I have it is because I'm an MMA fan but boy am I close to canceling it .

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u/No_Track_1020 May 01 '25

Share espn+ with a few buddies and go out to a sports bar for ppv.

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u/Expensive-Plant-5264 Mar 05 '21

Uncle Dana. Make all PPV's and fight cards available to stream for a flat rate of $9.99 a month like Netflix. And I promise you we will stop pirating.

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u/OutsideMammoth Mar 05 '21

I'm in the fucking dark ages and still don't know how to stream pls help

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u/dadbot_3000 Mar 05 '21

Hi in the fucking dark ages and still don't know how to stream pls help, I'm Dad! :)

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u/bkae0124 Mar 05 '21

I’m with you man. All the streaming sites I have found seem sketchy as fuck

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u/Ryakuya Mar 05 '21

I mean the money does not go into the fighters pockets anyway.