UFC Dublin October 24th

Chase3 · 22-07-2015 11:07am

DrPhilG wrote: »

Joining Fight Club doesn't guarantee either of those things.

It's a lot easier than waiting for general release, I've never had a problem with fight club.

dulux99 · 22-07-2015 5:27pm

DrPhilG wrote: »

Joining Fight Club doesn't guarantee either of those things.

True, but I've gotten tickets for last year's UFC Dublin, 189 and UFC Glasgow without breaking a sweat using fight club

DrPhilG · 23-07-2015 12:44am

I didn't say that Fight Club isn't the best way to get tickets.

Just that it isn't a guarantee as stated by the other poster.

scudzilla · 23-07-2015 1:11am

DrPhilG wrote: »

I didn't say that Fight Club isn't the best way to get tickets.

Just that it isn't a guarantee as stated by the other poster.

This is true, there was an attendance of 9,500 for the last Dublin card, say 500 comps leaves 9,000 tickets, at 6 per membership that only takes 1,500 members buying their full allocation and it's gone

I'd say that they keep 1,000 for general sale, 500 for The Suns presale and another 500 for 3 presale

stephenl15 · 23-07-2015 11:22am

scudzilla wrote: »

This is true, there was an attendance of 9,500 for the last Dublin card, say 500 comps leaves 9,000 tickets, at 6 per membership that only takes 1,500 members buying their full allocation and it's gone

I'd say that they keep 1,000 for general sale, 500 for The Suns presale and another 500 for 3 presale

I don't think 3 have a presale, which sucks given I'm 3. They had BAMMA presale alright though.

maximoose · 23-07-2015 11:23am

scudzilla wrote: »

I'd say that they keep 1,000 for general sale, 500 for The Suns presale and another 500 for 3 presale

Lost all confidence in this. Waiting 3 weeks for them to send the 3 Months Fightpass code which was part of the offer, got it yesterday - invalid code :rolleyes:

EuskalHerria · 23-07-2015 11:51am

maximoose wrote: »

got it yesterday - invalid code :rolleyes:

Not just me then. I've been sent 3 non working codes. I'm almost certain they're inventing codes to email out.

maximoose · 23-07-2015 11:53am

Yep, my first thought was they were stringing people along until the 14 day cancellation period passed. Now I just think they're completely full of ****.

Think I'll be doing a chargeback after the presale.

Mellor · 28-07-2015 8:51am

scudzilla wrote: »

This is true, there was an attendance of 9,500 for the last Dublin card, say 500 comps leaves 9,000 tickets, at 6 per membership that only takes 1,500 members buying their full allocation and it's gone

I'd say that they keep 1,000 for general sale, 500 for The Suns presale and another 500 for 3 presale

Plus newsletter presale.

And tbh, I'd wouldn't be surprised if the didn't keep a general sale allocation.

500 to gyms/fighters/comps
500 to the Sun presale
1000 Newsletter
Leaves 7,500 for fight club.

Any spares go to general, but there's a PR spin to say they sold out in the presale.

Pulse8 · 28-07-2015 12:40pm

Lads I think you're all running away with yourselves thinking they put the full allocation of seats on Fight Club, there's no way they're not gonna keep the vast majority of tickets for the general sale. Have often seen people online saying that Fight Club doesnt guarantee tickets (which would mean the allocation has sold out) or that the seats they were offered weren't great.
I would think of Fight Club the way O2 used to have presales when they owned the venue, there's maybe a couple thousand allocated to it at most dependant on the event & how hyped it is

nxbyveromdwjpg · 28-07-2015 1:12pm

Mellor wrote: »

Plus newsletter presale.

And tbh, I'd wouldn't be surprised if the didn't keep a general sale allocation.

500 to gyms/fighters/comps
500 to the Sun presale
1000 Newsletter
Leaves 7,500 for fight club.

Any spares go to general, but there's a PR spin to say they sold out in the presale.

That's definitely won't be right.

A significant portion (probably the largest portion) will go to general sale.

John_D80 · 28-07-2015 2:23pm

Pulse8 wrote: »

Lads I think you're all running away with yourselves thinking they put the full allocation of seats on Fight Club, there's no way they're not gonna keep the vast majority of tickets for the general sale. Have often seen people online saying that Fight Club doesnt guarantee tickets (which would mean the allocation has sold out) or that the seats they were offered weren't great.
I would think of Fight Club the way O2 used to have presales when they owned the venue, there's maybe a couple thousand allocated to it at most dependant on the event & how hyped it is

Big difference between O2 presale and FC presale in fairness mate. Did O2 customers pay $75 or $150 a year in order to be included in presales? I dont think so as far as I can remember. Paying fight club members have a right to expect a decent majority of the tickets for an event to be made available for them.

And in fairness, the UFC dont really ever let the FC members down. FC presales rarely sell out. I would expect about 5000 to be set aside for FC presale and thats being very conservative. The numbers mentioned here already (ie 7500) would not surprise me one bit.

FC membership does not guarantee a ticket(s) yes, but it increases your chances a hundred fold.

Paully D · 28-07-2015 2:25pm

Has anyone with a Fight Club membership ever actually failed to get a ticket?

John_D80 · 28-07-2015 2:33pm

Paully D wrote: »

Has anyone with a Fight Club membership ever actually failed to get a ticket?

I regisitered with fight club, about 6 weeks before sales began for UFC in dublin last year with the intent of buying tickets for it. Something came up in the end that forced me to pull out but I gave my code to a friend and he got 6 tickets no problem at all with only a few hours (I think) to go in the presale.

Wasn't Dublin last year, one of the few UFC presales that has sold out? If so they will definitely increase the allocation this year.

ItsAnEasyGame · 28-07-2015 3:17pm

My FC has got me UFC Boston and Glasgow tickets.

The Boston where 8 rows back and Glasgow front row. Not only did it get me tickets but it got me fantastic ones at that.

Be silly not to sign up to FC imo. $15 dollars each between 5 of us.

Awesomeness · 28-07-2015 6:25pm

Fight club does not guarantee tickets but is as good as you will get.

They will also definitely hold some tickets back for general sale but that could be as little as 500. They can then say its the quickest sold out even of all time

dave1982 · 28-07-2015 8:16pm

Is Conor right when he claims he has biggest gate in UFC history?

I thought GSP had bigger gate

ASOT · 28-07-2015 8:31pm

dave1982 wrote: »

Is Conor right when he claims he has biggest gate in UFC history?

I thought GSP had bigger gate

Nope 189 was the highest gate because of dynamic pricing on the returned tickets after aldo pulled out!

DrPhilG · 28-07-2015 8:33pm

I thought it was just the biggest US gate.

Surely the 55k in Toronto had a bigger gate?

ASOT · 28-07-2015 9:29pm

DrPhilG wrote: »

I thought it was just the biggest US gate.

Surely the 55k in Toronto had a bigger gate?

Yep im Pretty sure your right maybe when the gate was announced for 189 they meant highest Vegas gate my bad!

Paully D · 28-07-2015 10:02pm

https://twitter.com/PaulDollery/status/626134340896980992

There's murmurings of Duffy v Poirer online.

On another note, Tim Means tweeted saying he wants to fight in Dublin and maybe Pendred would like to fight him, but Cathal responded that he was already matched up. Any ideas?

CurryFlavoured · 28-07-2015 10:26pm

I'd fear for Cathal if he fought Means, he wouldn't last 2 minutes.

scudzilla · 28-07-2015 10:41pm

Paully D wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PaulDollery/status/626134340896980992

There's murmurings of Duffy v Poirer online.

On another note, Tim Means tweeted saying he wants to fight in Dublin and maybe Pendred would like to fight him, but Cathal responded that he was already matched up. Any ideas?

Does it really matter who he's facing, Whoever Cathal fights he beats.....on points......dodgy decision

ciano316 · 28-07-2015 10:45pm

Duffy vs. Poirier is the headliner supposedly

Beersmith · 28-07-2015 10:50pm

ciano316 wrote: »

Duffy vs. Poirier is the headliner supposedly

Id be happy with that

dulux99 · 28-07-2015 11:13pm

I'm happy with Poirier vs Duffy but I'm surprised the UFC have vaulted Duffy into a main event so quickly,if it turns out to be true. Really would have thought Gunni would have headlined.

ASOT · 28-07-2015 11:15pm

dulux99 wrote: »

I'm happy with Poirier vs Duffy but I'm surprised the UFC have vaulted Duffy into a main event so quickly,if it turns out to be true. Really would have thought Gunni would have headlined.

Same rise as Conor, they want another big star from Ireland. Duffy will maul DP. Would love to see him fight Magny after he beats Maia.

dulux99 · 28-07-2015 11:17pm

ASOT wrote: »

Same rise as Conor, they want another big star from Ireland. Duffy will maul DP. Would love to see him fight Magny after he beats Maia.

McGregor had waaaay more of a promotional push behind him and fan base than Duffy, rightly or wrongly. In McGregors second fight he fought Holloway on one of the biggest cards of the year.

I really think Poirier is a big test for Duffy.

ASOT · 28-07-2015 11:24pm

dulux99 wrote: »

McGregor had waaaay more of a promotional push behind him and fan base than Duffy, rightly or wrongly. In McGregors second fight he fought Holloway on one of the biggest cards of the year.

I really think Poirier is a big test for Duffy.

I meant same rise as in two fights then a main event slot in his country, not on a promotional level! It's going to be a cracking fight but I think Duffy will have to much for him.

Paully D · 28-07-2015 11:37pm

Rumours of Holohan v Smolka too. Paddy has been talking in interviews today as if the fight has been made really and with Pendred telling Means he has already been matched up it's likely that a number of fighters already know they're on the card.

Very interesting fight.

xtal191 · 28-07-2015 11:59pm

Where are the Duffy/Poirier rumours from?

John_D80 · 29-07-2015 12:08am

xtal191 wrote: »

Where are the Duffy/Poirier rumours from?

Dont go ruining this for the rest of us by asking sensible questions!! Feck sake.

EuskalHerria · 29-07-2015 12:27am

xtal191 wrote: »

Where are the Duffy/Poirier rumours from?

I started it in the Duffy thread a week and a half ago. El Guapo disagreed with me and will immediately step down as mod if it's confirmed.

Not sure if the rumour is coming from anywhere except the internet. For what it's worth, Poirier has stopped campaigning to get on the Dallas card in the last few days. Find out soon enough anyway.

CatFromHue · 29-07-2015 12:48am

Before the McGregor Mendes fight Poirer was being interviewed and he said he'd love to get on the Dublin card so he's interested anyway.

bur · 29-07-2015 1:00am

ASOT wrote: »

Same rise as Conor, they want another big star from Ireland. Duffy will maul DP. Would love to see him fight Magny after he beats Maia.

You want to see Duffy against Magny, who fights at WW?

Mellor · 29-07-2015 3:38am

Paully D wrote: »

Rumours of Holohan v Smolka too. Paddy has been talking in interviews today as if the fight has been made really and with Pendred telling Means he has already been matched up it's likely that a number of fighters already know they're on the card.

Very interesting fight.

Paddy called him out in his post fight at 189.
Both coming off wins on the same card, shallow division. It would be silly for them not to make that fight tbh. Decent step up for Paddy. Smolka is tough.

DrPhilG · 29-07-2015 7:30am

bur wrote: »

You want to see Duffy against Magny, who fights at WW?

He said Magny after Maia, so I'm guessing he means Gunnar Nelson.

Chase3 · 29-07-2015 9:06am

Duffy will be on IrelandAM on TV3 in about 10 minutes to announce that he is headlining UFC Dublin against Dustin Poirier.

Wrongway1985 · 29-07-2015 9:21am

Chase3 wrote: »

Duffy will be on IrelandAM on TV3 in about 10 minutes to announce that he is headlining UFC Dublin against Dustin Poirier.

When going to break they said he was the only man to defeat McGregor

stephenl15 · 29-07-2015 9:23am

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

When going to break they said he was the only man to defeat McGregor

Artemij Sitenkov won't be impressed.

Zero-Cool · 29-07-2015 9:25am

First Conor was 'The Great White Hype' to Jose and now the tables have turned and Duffy is the 'Great White Hype' to Conor.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116448/

Zero-Cool · 29-07-2015 9:26am

Jaysus show the fecking Triangle!!

Also, Ireland AM is one of the worst things I've ever seen, that whole Rugby chat looked like a D'Unbelievables sketch. "Oh you had such lovely hair, I had a bond with ya'....

Wrongway1985 · 29-07-2015 9:30am

Ah no the boxing v MMA nonsense!

Zero-Cool · 29-07-2015 9:32am

Man this is painful, just announce the fecking fight!

Zero-Cool · 29-07-2015 9:32am

Headlining against Dustin confirmed!

JoeyJJ · 29-07-2015 9:32am

Announced, not bad.

stephenl15 · 29-07-2015 9:33am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Headlining against Dustin confirmed!

.... Now for tickets

Petermc83 · 29-07-2015 9:37am

should be a good fight.. agreed with previous comments, this is big backing from the UFC in Duffy in what will be just his 3rd fight since joining, he is already headlining! I have every confidence he can do the business.

EuskalHerria · 29-07-2015 9:42am

Delighted this fight is happening. Having Duffy fight someone Conor's beaten is genius in terms of marketing later (should Joe win).

Also I like Poirier, but I fear he might get PTSD dealing with the Irish fans again.

ASOT · 29-07-2015 9:45am

EuskalHerria wrote: »

Delighted this fight is happening. Having Duffy fight someone Conor's beaten is genius in terms of marketing later (should Joe win).

Also I like Poirier, but I fear he might get PTSD dealing with the Irish fans again.

I really dont think he will be able to deal with irish fans on home soil considering how much he struggled with it in america especially at the weigh ins, i like him so hopefully he doesnt get it to raw.

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