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Dragonscale
MMA Regular
Career record: 48-31
Season: 12-6 (#6800)
Location: South Carolina
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You know, as the day nears, I ended up thinking, the hell with it... I'm just going to save the $40 and watch the free UFC show. By the time its over and I got to watch free fights all night long I'll just look at the results of Affliction..... you?
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Post #1 7/17/08 2:12:44PM
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postman
MMA Sensei
Career record: 149-93
Season: 42-28 (#1631)
Location: Delmont ,Pa
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Im still on the fence about it not to mention its $50.
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Post #2 7/17/08 2:14:44PM
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Dragonscale
MMA Regular
Career record: 48-31
Season: 12-6 (#6800)
Location: South Carolina
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It sucks, I really want ALL MMA to succeed. But with money tight right now *shrugs* you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Post #3 7/17/08 2:17:48PM
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The Axe Kick Murderer
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Career record: 159-78
Season: 51-19 (#39)
Location: who's asking?
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For the casual fans it works, not so much for the Hard Core fans. the sport being as young as it is, the majority of the fans are casual, and they watch mostly based on name recognition, so instead of buying a show that they heard very little about, lets watch the UFC that we know is good. so at the end of the day it does matter, because it takes away the biggest fanbase from affliction.
EDIT: also money is an issue for alot of fans, as seen above, with more PPV's coming up, why not watch the free show and save for the next shows coming up, knowing that the fights you will pay $50 for will be on the internet the next morning, and watch the free show live, which isnt a bad card either.
For me, i'm not buying the show, just got a new house so im staying away from this for a bit, but i will watch in on the internet and hook it up to my TV, and i'll keep my other TV on spike just to see the results (or if a fight is boring, or im more interested in a fight thats on UFC i'll switch for a bit)
Last edited 7/17/08 2:31PM by juanez13
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Post #4 7/17/08 2:26:25PM
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gsquat
MMA Sensei
Career record: 121-77
Season: 47-23 (#266)
Location: TC, MI
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Sure. I've been looking forward to watching MMA this weekend. I can either pay for it, or not. For a guy who's married with two kids and plenty of bills, the fight night appeals to me.
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Post #5 7/17/08 2:30:19PM
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Cdellorso
Standup Guy
Career record: 138-98
Season: 49-21 (#607)
Location: Grand Blanc MI
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weare getting the same group (fight camp) together all pitching in $5 bucks and bringing food- I cant wait to see all those top heavy weights- we will also see fedor in a real test. I give Timmy a better shot then most to win..
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Post #6 7/17/08 2:49:20PM
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candynuts
Belt Contender
Career record: 113-76
Season: 46-24 (#628)
Location: I am nomadic, and lets leave it at that.
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I can see how it could work, and I think that it will probably work. However, I always watch UFC PPV's w/ a few friends so we split up the $$$.
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Post #7 7/17/08 3:12:46PM
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Pookie
Heavyweight Champ
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Career record: 203-92
Season: 52-18 (#56)
Location: 707
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Posted by postman
Im still on the fence about it not to mention its $50.
its $40
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Post #8 7/17/08 3:13:24PM
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jocka
Standup Guy
Career record: 128-96
Season: 35-33 (#3044)
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I don't understand why you guys are always complaining about the price of the PPV. am i the only onw that knows what FTA is???
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Post #9 7/17/08 3:27:58PM
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Dragonscale
MMA Regular
Career record: 48-31
Season: 12-6 (#6800)
Location: South Carolina
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Posted by jocka
I don't understand why you guys are always complaining about the price of the PPV. am i the only onw that knows what FTA is???
lol, I guess so, i dont now what that is :P
And yea, I put a Real Life bet on big Tim... should be a good payout. *crosses fingers*
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Post #10 7/17/08 3:35:34PM
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Buddharox
MMA Regular
Career record: 178-107
Season: 24-16 (#4880)
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Doesn't cost that much if you have friends to split the PPV with. $40 isn't even that much for a full night of fights. A night out at a bar will put you back more than that.
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Post #11 7/17/08 5:12:10PM
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Laying down the beats
Career record: 192-150
Season: 37-33 (#1810)
Location: Canada
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I don't think it will make that much of an impact. Most hardcore fans (of MMA) will most likely want to support the Affliction event.
Casual fans will watcht he UFC because they are hard core UFC fans and/or don't even know what Affliction is. Regardless, they probably wouldn't get or watch the Affliction event on a night with no UFC show.
I mean, look at how long Pride was on. How many of the casual fans know much (if anything) about Pride? The UFC had the luxury of being first and went through a lot of growing pains to get to where it is today with respect to being well known.
Affliction will fail or succeed the same whether it competes with the UFC or not. It will come down to how deep the pockets are of the investors and how well they market their events (not just the fighters themselves).
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Post #12 7/17/08 5:35:19PM
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mkiv9secsupra
MMA Sensei
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Career record: 211-136
Season: 41-29 (#1810)
Location: ATL, GA
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For the hardcore fans i dont think it worked at all but to the casual fan they are going to see a free UFC with big names and another org with big names that is 50 dollars and choose to watch UFC instead. So overall i think it worked great. We'll just have to wait and see the numbers though
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Post #13 7/17/08 6:04:56PM
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loller90278
MMA Sensei
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Career record: 164-119
Season: 34-19 (#2756)
Location: Redondo Beach
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Posted by jocka
I don't understand why you guys are always complaining about the price of the PPV. am i the only onw that knows what FTA is???
FTA exists because not everyone knows about it. let's keep it that way aye?
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Post #14 7/17/08 6:16:00PM
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pv3Hpv3p
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 197-141
Season: 37-33 (#2654)
Location: East St. Paul, MN
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They're actually playing Affliction: Banned at a bar around my place (Sneaky Pete's in Minneapolis)... But I have a bachelor party to go to (unfortunatley that bar is not on the agenda), so me and some buddies are actually going to order it on sunday evening
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Post #15 7/17/08 6:30:49PM
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