UFC Dublin: Ticket info FACE VALUE ONLY

Chase3 · 07-06-2014 02:25PM

DeVore wrote: »

Its a pity because Gunni is genuinely one to watch. I'm as excited to see him as McGregor. Theres little upside to this fight for him, if he murders Cummings everyone will say it was expected. So he risks an upset for no upside.
Gunni should be getting a top ten fight next after bolstering a pretty poor card imho.

Good to see Norman Parke on the card too but why no Paddy Hoolihan?? Paddy has been knocking on the door for too long and deserves a lot more exposure. He's an exciting fighter who finishes fights.

Also no Fields or Pendred? That's a pity too... (Maybe there are TUF reasons for this or something... I've avoided spoilers for TUF all year lol).

This is just me guessing but since there are a few fights left to be announced I think Fields will be on the card, judging from his fight to get into the house, I don't see him winning TUF. It wont be announced until he looses or the show is over however. Cathal's wrestling is strong so he may actually get to the final, meaning he fights in early July in Vegas, kind of ruling him out of the Dublin card.

Davei141 · 07-06-2014 03:47PM

Chase3 wrote: »

This is just me guessing but since there are a few fights left to be announced I think Fields will be on the card, judging from his fight to get into the house, I don't see him winning TUF. It wont be announced until he looses or the show is over however. Cathal's wrestling is strong so he may actually get to the final, meaning he fights in early July in Vegas, kind of ruling him out of the Dublin card.

Yeah i can see Fields on the card too. Be interesting who he is matched up with and what weight class.

scudzilla · 07-06-2014 04:06PM

Chase3 wrote: »

This is just me guessing but since there are a few fights left to be announced I think Fields will be on the card, judging from his fight to get into the house, I don't see him winning TUF. It wont be announced until he looses or the show is over however. Cathal's wrestling is strong so he may actually get to the final, meaning he fights in early July in Vegas, kind of ruling him out of the Dublin card.

If Chris wins on next wednesdays show then he's in the Finale and will not fight in Dublin, if he loses then chances are he'll be added

Chase3 · 07-06-2014 04:17PM

scudzilla wrote: »

If Chris wins on next wednesdays show then he's in the Finale and will not fight in Dublin, if he loses then chances are he'll be added

He needs to win next Wednesday just to reach the semi-final, it's his first fight in the house, not including the fight to get in. I think it's the last preliminary round fight.

scudzilla · 07-06-2014 04:32PM

Chase3 wrote: »

He needs to win next Wednesday just to reach the semi-final, it's his first fight in the house, not including the fight to get in. I think it's the last preliminary round fight.

Sorry, you're right, i was getting mixed up with his fight to get into the house

Wrongway1985 · 08-06-2014 03:56AM

I can understand peoples frustration at not getting tickets general sale seemed like a absolute joke thats why avoided that lottery and went through the way of fight club. Some people have shrugged off the comparisons to football but in actual fact its gone similar as in if you want to get tickets to a particular top tier club if u happen to follow one you get membership as its unlikely tickets will make general sale in most cases.

seiphil · 08-06-2014 02:40PM

I tried both the newsletter and the general sale with no luck.

Not annoyed with the amount of tickets given away in pre sale or bandwagon fans. However I am annoyed that it's being held in the o2. It's a **** venue and way too small.

Hedgecutter · 08-06-2014 03:01PM

seiphil wrote: »

I tried both the newsletter and the general sale with no luck.

Not annoyed with the amount of tickets given away in pre sale or bandwagon fans. However I am annoyed that it's being held in the o2. It's a **** venue and way too small.

Just curious to know who classes as bandwagon fan in your eyes?

adamski8 · 08-06-2014 03:04PM

Hedgecutter wrote: »

Just curious to know who classes as bandwagon fan in your eyes?

I know a few people who intended to go that have never seen any mma fight in their life, just off the back of knowing conor from the late late. That is definitely a bandwagon fan.

Hedgecutter · 08-06-2014 03:23PM

adamski8 wrote: »

I know a few people who intended to go that have never seen any mma fight in their life, just off the back of knowing conor from the late late. That is definitely a bandwagon fan.

And did they get tickets?

adamski8 · 08-06-2014 03:24PM

Hedgecutter wrote: »

And did they get tickets?

Specifically them no but im sure there were hundreds like them that did.

seiphil · 08-06-2014 03:34PM

Hedgecutter wrote: »

Just curious to know who classes as bandwagon fan in your eyes?

People who don't follow the sport and only going because of McGregor's hype.

Quite simple really.

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 03:35PM

Ireland is notorious for event junkies but if you couldn't get tickets you didn't try hard enough IMO. Newsletter pre sale was free and took only a few minutes of your time.

The Ayatolla · 08-06-2014 03:37PM

Davei141 wrote: »

Ireland is notorious for event junkies but if you couldn't get tickets you didn't try hard enough IMO. Newsletter pre sale was free and took only a few minutes of your time.

Most sensible post in the entire thread.

seiphil · 08-06-2014 03:46PM

Davei141 wrote: »

Ireland is notorious for event junkies but if you couldn't get tickets you didn't try hard enough IMO. Newsletter pre sale was free and took only a few minutes of your time.

I tried on the newsletter pre sales and still couldn't get tickets because they also sold out extremely quickly.

Ticketmaster is all about the luck of the draw. You can't try harder ffs.

leggo · 08-06-2014 03:54PM

I went the pre-sale route, said a little prayer the night before AND wished upon a star and still didn't get tickets.

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 04:00PM

I got 3 different sets of tickets pretty easily on the newsletter and decided against it as i didn't think they were worth it for the seats. How often did you's keep trying?

Chase3 · 08-06-2014 04:19PM

Davei141 wrote: »

I got 3 different sets of tickets pretty easily on the newsletter and decided against it as i didn't think they were worth it for the seats. How often did you's keep trying?

I too failed on the newsletter presale. Was on from before 10 until after 11, nothing except 1 single ticket at the back came up me, and that was just a test after awhile of trying. I eventually got an 02 priority code from a good Samaritan on here and was able to get two 175 tickets around 11:30 with that. A lot of it was luck and continuing to try. I went for the best tickets because I sat at the back for Barou VS McDonald in London and couldn't see a thing.

As for being angry, I can't hold it against the new fan really, ticketmaster has always been a bit of a joke for sure. I probably would have been really pissed off if I didn't get tickets though, after years of tweeting Dana and joining this petition and that. It's fightclub for me next time.

scudzilla · 08-06-2014 04:26PM

Davei141 wrote: »

Ireland is notorious for event junkies but if you couldn't get tickets you didn't try hard enough IMO. Newsletter pre sale was free and took only a few minutes of your time.

I'll say it again, i don't think getting offered tickets was an issue for a lot, what was the issue was the lack of 50/75Euro tickets available.

I was offered 150Euro tickets and TBH, i don't think the card warranted 320Euro for the 2 of us

Axwell · 08-06-2014 04:38PM

scudzilla wrote: »

I'll say it again, i don't think getting offered tickets was an issue for a lot, what was the issue was the lack of 50/75Euro tickets available.

I was offered 150Euro tickets and TBH, i don't think the card warranted 320Euro for the 2 of us

THIS! I had the presale newsletter code and couldnt get tickets on the Thursday, they sold out very quickly. Any tickets i was able to get on the Friday were €150 and I dont think the card merits that kind of money. I am a long time MMA fan, been to a few events in UFC, other local ones and was at the last UFC in Dublin.

At the end of the day a huge number of tickets were snapped up by people that only every heard of the UFC around the hype of Conor McGregor, they didnt even hear of him before he was in the UFC. A huge amount were grabbed by the ticket tout scum posting them for ridiculous prices on donedeal etc preying on those same new fans. Im not going to lose any sleep over either though, anyone that got tickets more power to them whether they are long time fans or new to the sport. It will be televised and if I really thought the card was worth it i would have paid the €150, I paid €175 last time. Either way its great to see it sold out and that the UFC is pushing Europe events more this year and hopefully if a few European fighters including McGregor win we will see more events over here and in the UK next year than we normally get.

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 05:24PM

50/75 euro tickets were always going to be snapped up and difficult to get regardless. I turned down 100 euro tickets, you turned down 150 euro tickets, the so called bandwagoners were probably the ones who ponyed up the cash and snapped them up. All the power to them. Both of you lads decided the tickets were too pricey (And i agree with you) but others didn't so you have very little reasons to complain. Even without McGregor and the casual fans you still wouldn't have got 50/75 euro tickets easily.

scudzilla · 08-06-2014 05:36PM

Davei141 wrote: »

50/75 euro tickets were always going to be snapped up and difficult to get regardless. I turned down 100 euro tickets, you turned down 150 euro tickets, the so called bandwagoners were probably the ones who ponyed up the cash and snapped them up. All the power to them. Both of you lads decided the tickets were too pricey (And i agree with you) but others didn't so you have very little reasons to complain. Even without McGregor and the casual fans you still wouldn't have got 50/75 euro tickets easily.

What pissed me off the most was that the exact same tickets i bought for UFC 93 for 50Euro were now 125??? Crazy increase.

The percentage of 50Euro tickets for this event must have been tiny compared to UFC 93

I'm not that arsed now, will enjoy it in the pub, if i get a ticket then so be it.

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 06:13PM

scudzilla wrote: »

What pissed me off the most was that the exact same tickets i bought for UFC 93 for 50Euro were now 125??? Crazy increase.

The percentage of 50Euro tickets for this event must have been tiny compared to UFC 93

I'm not that arsed now, will enjoy it in the pub, if i get a ticket then so be it.

UFC has grown quite a bit over those 5 years though which explains the increase. I would be interested in which pubs are showing it too, spend that money saved on some pints, food and a bet. :pac:

The Ayatolla · 08-06-2014 07:21PM

Ticket price increases happen everywhere. Again, Supply < Demand

Look at the GAA. They've been sneaking all Ireland final tickets up by a fiver every year since the beginning of time.

DrPhilG · 08-06-2014 09:04PM

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Best thing to do is arrange to meet the touts and then not show up and wreck their heads. :D

Yup Ayatolla.

I would specifically suggest doing it to this fella...

DrPhilG · 08-06-2014 09:06PM

Davei141 wrote: »

UFC has grown quite a bit over those 5 years though which explains the increase.

Not really, UFC 93 was a numbered event, and a PPV in the US.

This is a Fight Night card.

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 10:12PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Not really, UFC 93 was a numbered event, and a PPV in the US.

This is a Fight Night card.

How does that dispute what i said? Has the UFC not grown in the last 5 years?

DrPhilG · 08-06-2014 10:21PM

Davei141 wrote: »

How does that dispute what i said? Has the UFC not grown in the last 5 years?

Fight Night cards are always lower prices. Always have been.

Yes the UFC have grown in the past 5 years. But the prices of events have not. Vegas events in 2009 and 2010, are similar to now 2014, in fact cards this year are cheaper, the UFC reduced their pricing structure around the time of Rousey vs Tate I believe.

If you mean only in Ireland, yes obviously MMA has grown in general. But that growth does not justify (IMO) charging considerably more for a Fight Night card in 2014 than they did for a PPV card in 2009.

Wrongway1985 · 08-06-2014 10:24PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Fight Night cards are always lower prices. Always have been.

Yes the UFC have grown in the past 5 years. But the prices of events have not. Vegas events in 2009 and 2010, are similar to now 2014, in fact cards this year are cheaper, the UFC reduced their pricing structure around the time of Rousey vs Tate I believe.

If you mean only in Ireland, yes obviously MMA has grown in general. But that growth does not justify (IMO) charging considerably more for a Fight Night card in 2014 than they did for a PPV card in 2009.

??? That was co-main event on the Weidman V Silva II card

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 10:44PM

DrPhilG wrote: »

Fight Night cards are always lower prices. Always have been.

Yes the UFC have grown in the past 5 years. But the prices of events have not. Vegas events in 2009 and 2010, are similar to now 2014, in fact cards this year are cheaper, the UFC reduced their pricing structure around the time of Rousey vs Tate I believe.

If you mean only in Ireland, yes obviously MMA has grown in general. But that growth does not justify (IMO) charging considerably more for a Fight Night card in 2014 than they did for a PPV card in 2009.

The price increase is justified by the simple fact it sold out in no time. Every organiser knows Irish people will pay whatever it takes to go to whichever event is flavour of the month, be they sporting events/concerts etc. I wasn't prepared to pay that money for an average card but lots of people were so it would make no business sense to not maximise profits.

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