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Originally Posted by subgenius
I like all of this, except that I wish that the UFC would put on a weekly MMA special, maybe one or two hours, and showcase all the young and new talent on the TV special rather than on the PPV. Or, show the prelims the week after the fight on Spike TV. They are not (usually) on the PPV, and it's included with the website purchase, so I think people would watch the prelims on a weekly show. Add in a few new live fights and they could showcase the talent that way. If a fighter wins enough TV matches, then elevate that fighter to the PPV. Also, when fighters lose two or three PPV matches, send them down to the TV specials to reprove themselves. That would put Penn and Loiseau on TV for us a month or three from now.
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I agree with showing the prelims a week later on Spike.
THe UFC has great marketing no doubt. They need to trickle some of that $$$ downward to the fighters though. Because for what they go through, they still don't make that much.
Also. Just like Boxing, I wish the UFC would get some pay cable/satellite deal with HBO or Showtime. Have the fans who want to buy the PPV event, then replay it a week or two later like big boxing events. It'd work. You'd attract a bigger audience who know nothing about MMA and that would increase marketibility and of course $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$