UFC 242: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier [7 Sep, 19:00]

pastorbarrett · 04-09-2019 9:03am

dashoonage wrote: »

I'm having an emotional battle with myself here do i want to pay 30 euro for the card on BT this weekend. My erm...ship for the high sea's sunk and the new one wont be delivered in time so ive no options.

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sticker · 04-09-2019 9:13am

I've SKY Ireland - But UFC 242 does not seem to be listed - even in pay per view.

Is it PPV - How do I order it?!

Thanks.

Mellor · 04-09-2019 9:20am

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dashoonage wrote: »

I'm having an emotional battle with myself here do i want to pay 30 euro for the card on BT this weekend. My erm...ship for the high sea's sunk and the new one wont be delivered in time so ive no options.

I’ll be watching it on my TV.
Is that an option?

sticker · 04-09-2019 9:30am

Mellor wrote: »

I’ll be watching it on my TV.
Is that an option?

Ditto! - Any options to watch this elsewhere?

average hero · 04-09-2019 8:53pm

Dustin Poirier by KO/TKO

Khabib on points for me.

I think Dustin has a chance alright and I am not writing him off but for me it is about 75%/80% a Khabib win. Dustin has a shot if it remains standing. If Khabib is rocked at all, I think he will shoot like he has never shot before in his life. Then he will grind out the win.

While again not impossible, I don't see Dustin being submitted. Khabib probably does enough to at the very least, ensure Dustin doesn't get the points victory.

Agree with all of the posters above who say that Tony has the best chance of beating Khabib.

tommyboy26 · 05-09-2019 8:58am

Dustin Poirier by KO/TKO

as much as i would love to see dustin win and i think he has a good chance of doing it. in the end i see khabib winning by points.

If dustin does pull it off im sure khabib will want a rematch straight away and if the ufc grants him that does Tony sit out for another 6-8 months?

weldoninhio · 05-09-2019 9:20am

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sticker wrote: »

I've SKY Ireland - But UFC 242 does not seem to be listed - even in pay per view.

Is it PPV - How do I order it?!

Thanks.

https://www.sky.com/boxoffice/btsport/ufc

mailburner · 05-09-2019 9:47am

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30 is enough for it considering outside of khabib a lot won't any interest in this event
If ever an event was priced up on one fight it's this one.
I think it's way overpriced for the uk tbh and would love to see
the uk figures for this one as I think it will bomb.
while most of us here will also look forward to felder barbosa I'd imagine 60% of the casuals won't be too familiar or won't have seen their first fight

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 05-09-2019 9:54am

McGregor destroyed Poirier so I can't see how Khabib won't easily take him out..

Tazzimus · 05-09-2019 9:56am

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Salon quality Poirier at 155 is a different fighter. He's looked very impressive.

mailburner · 05-09-2019 9:57am

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Pheonix10 wrote: »

McGregor destroyed Poirier so I can't see how Khabib won't easily take him out..

not the same weight class and certainly not the same fighter

not sure how you can say that after he beat holloway and finished alvarez, pettis and gaethje unless you haven't seen any of his fights since conor

rob316 · 05-09-2019 9:57am

Pheonix10 wrote: »

McGregor destroyed Poirier so I can't see how Khabib won't easily take him out..

That's a far different DP to the one McGregor fought.

AlmightyCushion · 05-09-2019 9:59am

Dustin Poirier by KO/TKO

Rock beats scissors and scissors beats paper so I reckon rock easily beats paper.

rob316 · 05-09-2019 10:20am

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Rock beats scissors and scissors beats paper so I reckon rock easily beats paper.

Yep, typical lazy prediction of a casual.

He beat Holloway, probably the most dominant FW champ ever. Finished Pettis, Alvarez and Justin.
He fought McGregor 5 years ago at a weight cut that he couldn't cope with.

rob316 · 05-09-2019 10:22am

DP beat Duffy who beat McGregor.

Gamb!t · 05-09-2019 10:25am

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mailburner wrote: »

not the same weight class and certainly not the same fighter

not sure how you can say that after he beat holloway and finished alvarez, pettis and gaethje unless you haven't seen any of his fights since conor

I actually recently rewatched that Aleverz v Poirer 2 fight.I wonder will Poirier go for similiar submissions like he did in that fight once Alverez wanted to graple/take him down?

MrStuffins · 05-09-2019 10:28am

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mailburner wrote: »

30 is enough for it considering outside of khabib a lot won't any interest in this event
If ever an event was priced up on one fight it's this one.
I think it's way overpriced for the uk tbh and would love to see
the uk figures for this one as I think it will bomb.
while most of us here will also look forward to felder barbosa I'd imagine 60% of the casuals won't be too familiar or won't have seen their first fight

€30 is absolutely crazy! Even the big boxing events on Sky Box Office etc don't reach the €30 mark.

BT charged €25 for Fury v Wilder. Even The Golden Pony Joshua v Ruiz was only €25 on Sky. They really think they can charge €30 for this in a market like the UK? Madness!

Luap · 05-09-2019 12:29pm

Was looking forward to this event but now to my horror that I will have to pay more to get this event. Absolute joke!

Sweet.Science · 05-09-2019 12:35pm

I think Khabib ends this with a ground and pound in the 2nd

Man Vs ManUre · 05-09-2019 12:42pm

Pheonix10 wrote: »

McGregor destroyed Poirier so I can't see how Khabib won't easily take him out..

In fairness that was about 5 years ago when both where scrawny featherweights but more importantly boys as opposed to the men they are now. Same situation with the Mcgregor Holloway fight and if they were to do it now Max would have a series chance of win.
Dustin has been very impressive since he moved to lightweight. He has beaten a lot of the top 10 and done do in a very savage manner. He has every chance to win this one.

Man Vs ManUre · 05-09-2019 12:47pm

I switched back to VM from eir couple of months ago, just couldn’t justify the high price of sky sports + bt sports any longer, as much as I enjoyed watching the ufc. Also now the really big ones cost another €30.
Now I just watch on YouTube and accept I won’t see any live fights.
But this wknd most pubs will hopefully show it. I think main event will be about 9/10pm??

mdwexford · 05-09-2019 1:00pm

30 bloody quid!!!

DC card was 25.
So because this is on at a better time but is a much worse overall card they raise the price by 20%.

I’ve never seen any ppv event cost this much over here. Boxing, WWE nothing.

Whelo79 · 05-09-2019 1:14pm

Honestly €30 is a robbery for this card. There are many other ways to watch it for free, people really should protest this and not purchase it as a point of order. Things will only get worse if a decent amount of PPV's are bought.

Man Vs ManUre · 05-09-2019 1:17pm

It won’t get anywhere even close to Mcgregor ppv numbers. And that’s nothing to do with the €30. Will it get 1million ppv??
Although I accept Conor popularity has probably dropped because of his awful behavior.

Mellor · 05-09-2019 1:27pm

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MrStuffins wrote: »

[
BT charged €25 for Fury v Wilder. Even The Golden Pony Joshua v Ruiz was only €25 on Sky. They really think they can charge €30 for this in a market like the UK? Madness!

Fury v Wilder was £19.99 in the UK
Most UK PPV’s are £19.99
This Event is £19.99 in UK

But there’s a price hike in Ireland! Taking the piss outta yis lads.

mailburner · 05-09-2019 2:19pm

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Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

It won’t get anywhere even close to Mcgregor ppv numbers. And that’s nothing to do with the €30. Will it get 1million ppv??
Although I accept Conor popularity has probably dropped because of his awful behavior.

I wonder though, most of the fickle casual fans in this country will follow him off a cliff.
I'd be interested to see how they fare in the states though.

I bet he still pulls in big numbers on his comeback fight especially if it's against the likes of khabib or Nate even and there's no doubt there'll be
a few more videos of him apologising for him being out of character etc etc

I think short of killing somebody he'll still have a big following (sadly)

thelibertyboy · 05-09-2019 6:31pm

so you need to have a bt account to buy a fight on bt box office you cant just buy online ??

Axwell · 05-09-2019 7:50pm

All the details are here https://sport.bt.com/ufc/ufc-242-bt-sport-box-office-live-stream-tv-channel-how-to-watch-S11364387173324

Man Vs ManUre · 05-09-2019 7:54pm

Axwell wrote: »

All the details are here https://sport.bt.com/ufc/ufc-242-bt-sport-box-office-live-stream-tv-channel-how-to-watch-S11364387173324

So you can watch it on Virgin Media in Ireland?? I wasn’t expecting that. Hmmm probably cheaper so than going to pub to watch it.

Man Vs ManUre · 05-09-2019 8:03pm

I don’t think you can order it on Virgin Media in Ireland??

Axwell · 05-09-2019 8:10pm

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I don’t think you can order it on Virgin Media in Ireland??

There's a section of the page specifically mentioning Ireland and ordering through Sky

xtal191 · 05-09-2019 8:11pm

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Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I don’t think you can order it on Virgin Media in Ireland??

Pretty sure its just Virgin UK

robwen · 05-09-2019 11:06pm

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Early figures suggest UFC 242 could be one of the biggest pay-per-view events in UFC history.

Traffic numbers for UFC.com and its social media accounts prior to UFC 242 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi are similar to what they were before Nurmagomedov fought McGregor at UFC 229.

https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/report-ufc-242-trending-for-massive-ppv-success/

derfderf · 05-09-2019 11:39pm

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mdwexford wrote: »

30 bloody quid!!!

DC card was 25.
So because this is on at a better time but is a much worse overall card they raise the price by 20%.

I’ve never seen any ppv event cost this much over here. Boxing, WWE nothing.

In fairness the reason that Ireland and the UK haven't had to pay for cards previously is because it's on at a **** time. Where it's all ppv, they all cost the same, regardless of the quality.

06-09-2019 1:13am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSrj5sVVg0

Owen Roddy's preview/prediction of the main. Nothing ground breaking or new but I swear there was a special glint in his eye and a subtle snigger on his face the whole way through :pac:

Well payed Coach

Axwell · 06-09-2019 6:18am

The fight is official, both of them weighing in at 155

https://youtu.be/2ZiMqVIyLNA

tommyboy26 · 06-09-2019 9:10am

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i have never ordered a ppv but seriously considering this one. can you record it and start a bit later. im working till 7 so i wont be able to watch till about 8 but i want to start at the beginning of the cards

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 06-09-2019 9:14am

The main card is starting at 7pm is it? What time should the Khabib fight be on?

Lucas Hood · 06-09-2019 9:15am

Pheonix10 wrote: »

The main card is starting at 7pm is it? What time should the Khabib fight be on?

9-9.30?

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 06-09-2019 9:17am

tommyboy26 wrote: »

i have never ordered a ppv but seriously considering this one. can you record it and start a bit later. im working till 7 so i wont be able to watch till about 8 but i want to start at the beginning of the cards

If your going to do that just download it from somewhere, no point in PPV if yer not watching live

The Rooster · 06-09-2019 12:59pm

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tommyboy26 wrote: »

i have never ordered a ppv but seriously considering this one. can you record it and start a bit later. im working till 7 so i wont be able to watch till about 8 but i want to start at the beginning of the cards

If on a Sky box, then yep.

Order it.
Find it on the TV guide and hit record.

You'll probably catch up the hour by the time the main event comes along if you fast forward through all the adverts and breaks in action.

Personally, I'll be keeping away from this forum until BT show it free (at some stage next weekend I imagine)!

dulux99 · 06-09-2019 1:27pm

€30 over here and £20 in UK. Absolute bullsh*t.

I genuinely don't mind paying for it but the exchange rate has £20 as about €22. Ridiculous.

mdwexford · 06-09-2019 2:24pm

derfderf wrote: »

In fairness the reason that Ireland and the UK haven't had to pay for cards previously is because it's on at a **** time. Where it's all ppv, they all cost the same, regardless of the quality.

That’s my point though.

This is the most expensive ppv there has ever been over here. The last one was €25.00

MrStuffins · 06-09-2019 3:04pm

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Pheonix10 wrote: »

The main card is starting at 7pm is it? What time should the Khabib fight be on?

Weird seeing that question asked and the name "Conor" not being in the sentence.

dashoonage · 06-09-2019 3:07pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Weird seeing that question asked and the name "Conor" not being in the sentence.

its a brave new and wonderful world

rob316 · 06-09-2019 3:33pm

That's an absolute rip off for a card that essentially would be a fight night without the main event.

Utopia Parkway · 06-09-2019 3:57pm

Just checked to see if I had this on series record on Sky like the regular UFC events and when it wasn't there I found it it's on Box Office. And it's €30! Can't justify that price. Scandalous. I'm out.

dulux99 · 06-09-2019 5:02pm

Yeah I'm really thinking of voting with my feet here and waiting til it goes up on the torrent sites an hour or so after*

*Is how I'd speak if I partook in that illegal type activity. Of which I wouldn't dream of, of course

Axwell · 06-09-2019 5:49pm

While €30 is steep for the card, PPV costs $60 in the US, just over €50. Its also going to be on around lunchtime in the US because its in Abu Dhabi so while Dana will no doubt say the numbers are great anyways I'd say this card is going to tank big time on PPV and the only thing that can make it stand out at all or any sort of success is an upset by Porier.

Utopia Parkway · 06-09-2019 6:21pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

Honestly €30 is a robbery for this card. There are many other ways to watch it for free, people really should protest this and not purchase it as a point of order. Things will only get worse if a decent amount of PPV's are bought.

Yeah I'm giving it a miss. I do want to see the main event but nothing else on the card would be worth paying extra for IMO so €30 just for the main event is difficult to justify to myself.

UFC 242: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier [7 Sep, 19:00]

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