On the other hand, UFC is making money hand over fist, so they don't really have much motivation to change anything

I'm surprised they are doing so well I can't even remember the last time a card was good enough for me and my buddies to get together and order a PPV. I guess these TV deals pay great cause they put on a show basically every week in some Vegas warehouse with like 50 people in the crowd.

Part of it is because ESPN pays them $300 million per year, and will do so for the next 7 years

And now that they're merged with WWE, they can include the $200 million NBC is paying for their network for the next 5 years, $200 million from FOX, and $265 million more from NBC for Raw on USA.

And the latter two deals are up soon, and they expect to get a lot more next time.

The amount of money live sports get has been inflating every year, but broadcast TV and cable are dying so the next one might have to be a streaming deal.

F1 gets round $90 million a year from ESPN, which sounds low but they broadcast at weird times in the US. On another note, Liberty Media was second in the running to buy WWE before Endeavor got them.. now that would be a weird merger!

UFC is coming back to Vancouver!

Berz out.

sparkly ed hardy shirts will be out out in full force

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Christian Audigier hoodie

Ed Hardy shirt

True Religion jeans

Puma driving shoes

Don't forget the Hugo Boss tighty whiteys.

Some big names tonight mikey:

At middleweight - Pereira vs. Adesanya ... I'll go with Pereira
At Welterweight - Burns vs. Masvidal ... I'll go with Burns

[QUOTE=GLOW;9095154]sparkly ed hardy shirts will be out out in full force

Are those still a thing? lmao

Berz out.

Yeah do people still dress like that? That fashion is at least a decade old now

haha thanks i was trying to remember all the brands and couldn't think of them

[quote=Berzerker;9095202]no idea, i don't go out / get out much anymore, i just remember back in the day if i go to the casino, or watch the events at a public place those were the type of vancouver characters... i'm sure fashion has changed now, they all probably dress like nba players now :lawl: :badpokerface:

Exciting finish in the main card ...Adesanya took a page from Mohammed Ali!

Glad to hear Izzy still has it. Didn't watch tho

Great promo too, wow

Izzy took petty to a whole new level lmao. When he fell down like he was dead on the mat, he did it in front of the dudes son. In their first match when Izzy got KO'd, the son did that so he walked over and did it to him hahahaha. I was wondering what that was about when he did it, then I saw him in the post fight presser and I was laughing. Kid was crying haha

Berz out.

LOL I love that, fuck that kid :lol

Petty all day.

What a win by Izzy, highlight reel KO, you could feel the relief he had there, I was on the edge of my seat the whole fight :lol

damn right, nothing wrong being Tom Petty/Petty White
keep that same energy right? :ilied:

didn't know he was crying, but hearing he was doing that next to izzy after he was KO'd the 1st time...

https://i.imgur.com/hMkAbkQ.gif

As Michael Jordan said, "Fuck them kids" :lol

Class act

anyone catch bkfc fight with perry / rockhold and alvarez / mendez, plus ben rothwell joined bkfc

i thought it was pretty good/entertaining.
a few ufc/ex-ufc guys in the crowd too

It's pretty sad that that UFC makes so much money but so many guys need to go to these ghetto ass bare knuckle promotions to make money.. sometimes AFTER retiring.

And Ngannou still hasn't found a fight outside of the UFC. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Dana was low-key paying people off to not sign him just to make an example out of the guy lol

i know it was an amazing KO, but i have to ask:

did the top guy tatoo advertisements (white banners) on his back?

Europe is insane when it comes to advertisements LUL

could be removable tattoos
look at his belly.
It is wearing off

Oh damn ... UFC 289 is like here in town, at Rogers Arena. Just for shitz and giggles, I looked up tickets ... >$300 for Level 3 and like high $400's for 100 ... yikes, who would pay that much ??!!

OK, going to go with Nunes and Oliveira on the co-main cards.

They were going to roll it back with Nunes and Julianna Peña but she pulled out due to injury.