Dana White's UFC 104 Video Blog: Episode 2

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 5:54 PM EDT in News Comment 26 comments

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So what’s up with Dana giving away so many tickets? NY, LA, Vegas…I know they usually comp a bunch but this seems like a lot. Maybe I’m just pissed because I’m the one jackass that paid for mine :P

by Disco1Stu on Oct 21, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sales for 104 are absolutely dreadful.

Dana’s a nice guy, no doubt, but the ticket sales in LA are going horribly.

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why do you think that is? I thought the card was pretty decent.

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Oct 21, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are a hardcore fan.

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How the hell do you know, LUKE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!

;)

by GoldenOldie on Oct 21, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Oct 21, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I personally don’t understand why they go to markets like LA and Chicago and don’t stack the cards. Aren’t these important markets to the UFC fan base? Machida/Shogun and Velasquez/Rothwell isn’t much for the casual LA sports fan. I’m not surprised. And don’t get me started on the Chicago card featuring Silva vs Cote.

by filipinomix2oo0 on Oct 21, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering about that. I assumed sales must be bad for him to be giving this many tickets away. It sucks since it’s not going to encourage them to go back anytime soon.

by VegasBatman on Oct 21, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, his giving away a few dozens of tickets has nothing to do with ticket sales...

If he were tossing THOUSANDS of tickets for free, I could see how one could think that.
And even for sold-out events, 1000-2000 tix are papered anyway.

by GoldenOldie on Oct 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously, do you really think I’d say the ticket sales were poor if I didn’t know the ticket sales were poor? You really think I’m just spit balling over here?

Come on, people.

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

EASY Luke… we’re all friends here.
My sarcasm didn’t come across.

I still stand by my second comment above.

by GoldenOldie on Oct 21, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sales for 104 are absolutely dreadful.

Source?

SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can’t reveal them, but it’s a lock they aren’t selling anymore than 10 to 11k for a 20k venue. They can paper it quite a bit, but that’s how much they’re selling.

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, man that sucks. This is such a damn good card. I wasn’t doubting you, just wanting to know if there was actual news on slow ticket sales I hadn’t heard. Thanks.

SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

is their business hurting?

by cagefightonacid on Oct 21, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, the UFC is fine.

by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

venue to big?

or tickets to high? i know mosley/margarito sold out the staples but the highest tickets went for $300 i believe. dana needs to come down on the tickets more outside of vegas, like he said he was. hr probably needs tocome down in vegas to, unls brock is fighting. i know the bottom line is all the counts, but 2/3 filled stadiums that are heavily papered. they’ll figure it out.

by bdw on Oct 22, 2009 3:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs