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UFC 194: McGregor vs Aldo ***READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING***

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  • #32
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    RTE are useless that they don't show this fight, I wonder sometimes what we pay €160 a year for.


  • #33
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    RTE are useless that they don't show this fight, I wonder sometimes what we pay €160 a year for.

    They're not useless in this context. The PPV for this is €17.99. No way would it be worth RTE's while to pay whatever cost the UFC would be asking.


  • #34
    Bulbous Salutation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 882 ✭✭✭Bulbous Salutation


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    RTE are useless that they don't show this fight, I wonder sometimes what we pay €160 a year for.

    Yes, showing a niche sporting event involving men kicking each other in the head at 5am in the morning would be a measured and balanced use of the licence fee.


  • #35
    Lights On
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭Lights On


    Bulbous Salutation wrote: »
    Yes, showing a niche sporting event involving men kicking each other in the head at 5am in the morning would be a measured and balanced use of the licence fee.

    Niche? That'd be a bit of a stretch. It's one of the biggest sports in the world, arguably bigger than boxing right now.


  • #36
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Lights On wrote: »
    Niche? That'd be a bit of a stretch. It's one of the biggest sports in the world, arguably bigger than boxing right now.

    Well for starts the UFC is a promotion and not a sport.

    MMA as a sport is tiny.

    The audience for events like tonight are big enough, but for MMA events as a whole the audience is tiny with local clubs struggling to sell tickets for their events.

    Seven years ago when CmG made his pro debut against Gary Morris we struggled to sell tickets for the show.

    Rising Irish MMA stars are still struggling to sell tickets .

    MMA is a tiny sport & only the very top guys get a decent following.


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  • #37
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭take everything


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Aldo all the way hopefully. There's nothing more enjoyable than seeing a mouthy sh!t being put in their place no matter what country they come from.

    S'up Chael Sonnen?

    That's the appeal of McGregor.
    People who dislike him will watch to see him get beaten.
    People who like him will do so for the opposite reason.
    He's polarising and, MMA shenanigans aside, at least interesting.

    Will be a fascinating fight nonetheless.
    Not least because I have no idea who will win.


  • #38
    BenedrylPete
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 178 ✭✭BenedrylPete


    I managed to avoid the result of mayweather pacquiao by staying in my room and wearing a box on my head.

    Will be trying same for this. Takes effort and luck.


  • #39
    jimmii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Lights On wrote: »
    Niche? That'd be a bit of a stretch. It's one of the biggest sports in the world, arguably bigger than boxing right now.

    Now that is a bit of a stretch in fairness! From a participation pov its obviously not even in the top 100 sports played and the viewing numbers probably don't put it in the top 20 sports. I don't like boxing at all but there really isn't much of a case you can make for MMA being bigger the viewing numbers for that shocking Fury v Klitchko fight really prove that why anyone would pay for that I don't know but tonight will likely see only around 1/10th the amount of people watching it and this is being billed as the biggest event in the sport ever.


  • #40
    Lights On
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭Lights On


    Salma Powerful Root wrote: »
    Well for starts the UFC is a promotion and not a sport.

    MMA as a sport is tiny.

    The audience for events like tonight are big enough, but for MMA events as a whole the audience is tiny with local clubs struggling to sell tickets for their events.

    Seven years ago when CmG made his pro debut against Gary Morris we struggled to sell tickets for the show.

    Rising Irish MMA stars are still struggling to sell tickets .

    MMA is a tiny sport & only the very top guys get a decent following.

    Yeah, clearly UFC isn't a sport, I've been watching it for years so give me a bit of credit :p

    But in every sport you're not going to be selling out events and generating buzz at the lower levels, just have to take a look at crowds for low level boxing, rugby, football and closer to home GAA. They are never going to be generating a buzz until they get to the bigger stages.

    Very rarely will someone get a following until they get to that main stage whatever they do, so MMA wouldn't be unique in that aspect. Though I would agree at ground level it is still quite small over this side of the world more so than other places.


  • #41
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭take everything


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

    Actually having watched that with borderline racist taunts, I wouldn't mind seeing Aldo winning.

    Should be good either way.


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  • #42
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Seems a little Waycist...


  • #43
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    RTE are useless that they don't show this fight, I wonder sometimes what we pay €160 a year for.

    I'd imagine that most people who are interested in this type of thing don't pay a TV licence.


  • #44
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    recylingbin wrote: »
    I'd imagine that most people who are interested in this type of thing don't pay a TV licence.

    Shows how wrong you can be, I'm interested and pay the license.


  • #45
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Never paid much attention to this, didn't realise how fantastically homoerotic the whole thing is! Might stay up and watch it now, schwiing


  • #46
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    People who don't know mma wont understand the achievement in having a person from this country fighting for the title.

    Its some achievement given our size and how the sport is so unknown in this country.

    A young lad from Dublin about to fight to realise his dream.

    How anyone would want to see him fail is beyond me but sure each to their own.

    The dedication that goes into this sport wouldn't be matched in any other sport.

    I challenge someone to prove me wrong.


  • #47
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    Salma Powerful Root wrote: »
    Well for starts the UFC is a promotion and not a sport.

    MMA as a sport is tiny.

    The audience for events like tonight are big enough, but for MMA events as a whole the audience is tiny with loca clubs struggling to sell tickets for their events.

    Seven years ago when CmG made his pro debut against Gary Morris we struggled to sell tickets for the show.

    Rising Irish MMA stars are still struggling to sell tickets .

    MMA is a tiny sport & only the very top guys get a decent following.
    ufc(mma) is the fastest growing sport in the world.


  • #48
    mulbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭mulbot


    Can anyone tell me where i can pay for this,I have sky but can't get them,25 min waiting time at the minute,or do i order it from BT instead/ Thanks


  • #49
    moneymad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭moneymad


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    People who don't know mma wont understand the achievement in having a person from this country fighting for the title.

    Its some achievement given our size and how the sport is so unknown in this country.

    A young lad from Dublin about to fight to realise his dream.

    How anyone would want to see him fail is beyond me but sure each to their own.

    The dedication that goes into this sport wouldn't be matched in any other sport.

    I challenge someone to prove me wrong.

    Don't want to see him fail, however, I think he's a dickhead.

    Goodluck to him tonight. Hope he wins. He's the underdog.


  • #50
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    moneymad wrote: »
    Don't want to see him fail, however, I think he's a dickhead.

    Goodluck to him tonight. Hope he wins. He's the underdog.

    Its all an act. And it has worked.

    Anyway moving on.


  • #51
    MuddyDog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭MuddyDog


    All the shrewd money piling in today for Aldo who's now favourite to win.


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  • #52
    Alexis Sanchez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 415 ✭✭Alexis Sanchez


    mulbot wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me where i can pay for this,I have sky but can't get them,25 min waiting time at the minute,or do i order it from BT instead/ Thanks

    You have to subscribe to BT Sports to watch it or buy and stream it from the UFC website.


  • #53
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    Its all an act. And it has worked.

    Anyway moving on.

    Exactly, they're trying too hard to copy the WWE and create feuds out of nothing.


  • #54
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Seen Conor last year in HMV at a dvd signing hope he batters Aldo. Will make my dvds worth a few quid. Think either one will win by tko as neither fighter favours submissions I went with Conor 2nd round knockout..


  • #55
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    Aldo's gonna get a shoeing.


  • #56
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It's not even the biggest sporting event in the unincorporated community of Paradise, NV tonight btw. The Rodeo finals are a mile and a half out the road and they attract about two hundred thousand people. ;)


  • #57
    Mahogany Gaspipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭Mahogany Gaspipe


    Just watched the weight-in there.

    Where was McGregors training camp, Auschwitz?


  • #58
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    I don't like UFC and wont be watching the fight but you have to give Connor his due. He is definitely a worthy champion, the amount of sacrifice and training to get to his level of fitness and agility is something the begrudgers cant comprehend.
    I'm proud to see a fellow Irish person get to the very top of his game with hard work and verve.


  • #59
    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    People who don't know mma wont understand the achievement in having a person from this country fighting for the title.

    Its some achievement given our size and how the sport is so unknown in this country.

    A young lad from Dublin about to fight to realise his dream.

    How anyone would want to see him fail is beyond me but sure each to their own.

    The dedication that goes into this sport wouldn't be matched in any other sport.

    I challenge someone to prove me wrong.

    Professional cycling. 3000+ kms on a bike in three weeks and thats just one race in the season. What's ufc? An hour of actual fighting every six months?


  • #60
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    black and amber wrote: »
    Professional cycling. 3000+ kms on a bike in three weeks and thats just one race in the season. What's ufc? An hour of actual fighting every six months?

    Yeah that's it.


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  • #61
    Chain Smoker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Chain Smoker


    So I'm actually in Las Vegas by a bizarre series of circumstances, anyone want to give me fifty million dollars or whatever it is that tickets are going for right now?


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