Clip of the Day: Do Economic Woes Help UFC?

by Luke Thomas on Sep 29, 2008 2:45 PM EDT

HT: MMA Mania

Tweet Comment 13 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

If only everything could be Breen and Lorenzo.

by Eugene Schelfaut on Sep 29, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

I’ll have to try these “beer” and “pizza” things they seem so keen on…

by Simco on Sep 29, 2008 2:09 PM EDT reply actions

They got me pegged. Beer and pizza every time a PPV is on. :/

(Except when Wandy fights – then it’s the rice and the chicken, or the chicken and the rice.)

by Chris Nelson on Sep 29, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

that prank call still makes me laugh

by asmiley420 on Sep 29, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I love how they both regurgitate the same company boilerplate, just sequenced differently.

by smoogy on Sep 29, 2008 2:14 PM EDT reply actions

They’re called talking points, which is about as common to high level company reps as breathing air. What, are they supposed to disagree?

by LiuLang on Sep 29, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

lol, as if I don’t know what talking points are. Boilerplate is apt here too.

by smoogy on Sep 29, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh, “love how they both regurgitate” seems negative to me. I’m wondering what you expect them to say.

by LiuLang on Sep 29, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions

We do beer, pizza AND nachos at my house for fights thankyou very much!

4-5 bags of Tostito rounds+crap ton of Velveeta+Rotel+ground beef+MillerLite/Budlight/Dos Equis/BudLime

FTW!!

by xFenixKnightx on Sep 29, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions

I wonder if them conceding that most fans get a group of 8-10 people in a group to split the costs…will cause them to up the PPV prices again?

I linked to this article..and mentioned it here

http://mma4real.net/

by Tha Realness on Sep 29, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

They won’t up the prices until they need to to continue making their profits.

The point of PPV is to get together with your friends and watch it. The numbers haven’t really been going down, and raising the prices will only cause the numbers to go down, especially with the economy the way it is today.

by Phildo on Sep 29, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, they’re definitely on message. I’m certainly not surprised by their answers. In my mind it’s more a question of extent. To what extent will Zuffa’s business be negatively affected by a tough economy. Saying that tough economic times are good for their business is hard to take seriously.

by Cannon Jacques on Sep 29, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions