Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 21, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) This card just got a bit less stacked. DON’T WORRY IT’S NOT JON JONES! Just posted this in the MMA News thread but I suppose it belongs here; 2 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: MMAJunkie are reporting that the JDS vs Ngannou fight has been moved from UFC 239 and will now top the Fight Night in Minneapolis that was meant to be headlined by Woodley vs Lawler 2. Probably for the best. 239 is stacked enough that it can afford to lose Junior vs Francis and Lawler isn’t hit with a late opponent switch. There was no shortage of welterweights offering to step up and fight Lawler so I’m guessing he’ll have a fight booked on one of the summer cards soon. Santiago Ponzinibbio, Leon Edwards, Darren Till, Mike Perry, Vicente Luque are all likely in the running. Probably a few I’ve forgot as well.  Edited May 21, 2019 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourtyTwo Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Doesn’t look like it’s been mentioned, but watching the 238 prelims and they had an ad break after the first fight, which had a BT advert saying UFC 239 is on their box office channel, rather than one of the normal ones 😞 Edited June 9, 2019 by FourtyTwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Yea, they posted an article for it yesterday https://sport.bt.com/ufc/ufc-239-to-be-shown-on-bt-sport-box-office-hd-S11364368141256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 9, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 9, 2019 DAZN Daz posted it in the MMA News thread yesterday but I guess it belongs here anyway. It’s bollocks. And as much as I love MMA and as much as I love this card, I’m not paying for it. I don’t have a massive problem paying for a great card but when it’s announced just days after I get an email telling me my BT Sport subscription is going up a few quid (Again. Seems like they hike the price up a bit every 6 months), but I’m not getting anything more for my extra few quid, then they want £20 on top of that for this? A show which won’t even start until 3am. They can suck that £20 from my arsehole. UFC is literally the only reason I even have BT Sport, apart from the occasional Fish Eyes boxing show. Paying £30-odd a month for that, or whatever the subscription is at the moment, is already a bit much really. Like Supremo said in the other thread, I think they’re overestimating how well this will do. If they’re expecting Anthony Joshua numbers they’re in for a nasty shock. Joshua attracts viewers from outside the bubble. There’s people who buy his fights who don’t watch another boxing match all year. This is a fantastic card but you’re not going to get many people who are willing to pay £20 for a show that starts at 3am, doesn’t finish until 6am and doesn’t have a Conor McGregor or any UK/Irish fighters on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazzmission Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I’ll be cancelling my BT sport now, the quality of cards have been dropping over the last couple or years since the takeover.  I have a BT subscription purely for the UFC and if all the good cards are going on PPV then I’m really not getting anything for my money. what a shame, I’ve always thought BT did a good job with the UFC ..until now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted June 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) Now that it’s an actual Pay Per View, I wonder if they’ll still crowbar advert breaks in, forcing the UK viewers to miss part of the show? We missed the Hall of Fame announcement on Saturday because of their insistence on show those three adverts over and over again. Surely they wouldn’t have the cheek to still do those ad breaks if they’re expecting people to pay an extra twenty quid?  Edited June 10, 2019 by Supremo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2019 There's no chance I'm paying £20 for a PPV unless I can stay up live for it, which is going to be beyond rare. Years ago I didn't mind, when I could record it, but these days that's not an option for me, and I'm not paying for the privilege of going on BT's app the next day and having the results spoiled for me before I get a chance to turn on the show I'd have had to pay the extra money for.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 10, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) On 6/9/2019 at 10:50 AM, wandshogun09 said:  Like Supremo said in the other thread, I think they’re overestimating how well this will do. If they’re expecting Anthony Joshua numbers they’re in for a nasty shock. Joshua attracts viewers from outside the bubble. There’s people who buy his fights who don’t watch another boxing match all year. This is a fantastic card but you’re not going to get many people who are willing to pay £20 for a show that starts at 3am, doesn’t finish until 6am and doesn’t have a Conor McGregor or any UK/Irish fighters on it. well BT have also lumped the Tyson Fury/Tom Schwarz fight on PPV this weekend for £20 which comes with nothing noteworthy on the undercard for a British boxing fan. They're optimistic if nothing else. Edited June 10, 2019 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted June 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Sadly, this was always going to happen after word got back to them about how well the May-Mac fight did over here. Although, in the short term, outside of a Conor fight or maybe DC v Jones 3, I can't see any of these doing much business. I get decent value out my BT sub, so I'm less bothered about cancelling, even if it is rubbish the days of watching the shows Sunday morning on my telly with little fuss is over. However, it's not exactly a hardship to find the shows the next day on the WWW computer. Particularly if you've got something like the Emby app. Edited June 11, 2019 by ColinBollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2019 there's always another way😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 16, 2019 More on the BT/PPV thing here. Apparently ‘a minimum of four numbered UFC events will be on BT Box Office’. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/ufc/1140487/UFC-BT-Sport-Box-Office-Pay-Per-View-Dave-Shaw-UFC-News-And-Rumours/amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) I assume they will put either the Khabib vs Poirier card or the DC vs Miocic card on PPV. However, those two cards happen within weeks of one another. So I can imagine that one of those cards will not be PPV.  Edited June 18, 2019 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 18, 2019 The DC vs Stipe card is more stacked at the moment with Diaz vs Pettis and Romero vs Costa on the undercard. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they go with Khabib vs Poirier on PPV depending on what time that show happens. Abu Dhabi shows are usually in line with UK time aren’t they? I remember watching Big Nog get sparked by Roy Nelson live at like 7pm or something. If it’s on in the evening here, they might get more buys so maybe they go with that. Or they might just be greedy shits and try charging for both. Remember, this is a channel that charged PPV for both Fury vs Wilder and Frampton vs Warrington within weeks of each other. They don’t seem fussed about asking you to fork out twice in the same month on top of the ever increasing subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 24, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2019 https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/6/21/18701636/sean-omalley-announces-withdrawal-from-ufc-239-after-banned-substances-resurfaced O'Malley is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Ben Askren is brilliant. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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