UFC Counterprogramming of Strikeforce Too Much, Not Enough or Just Right

I think Maggie Hendricks really has zero clue as far as the reality of Strikeforce vs. UFC goes. She’s off her rocker, here on the East Coast there has been zero promotion of this event other than what they did in New York which was quickly and easily forgotten, nobody around D.C. that I’ve spoken to has any clue that this event is even happening this weekend and don’t know what I’m talking about when I even say “Strikeforce”; hell, most of them think it’s a Stallone or Norris action movie…

if I knew an event would be aired on HBO after the PPV, I wouldn’t’ bother ordering it and just avoid looking up the results. I could see the casual UFC fanbase taking the same attitude.

It will likely hurt Strikeforce.
I buy all the PPVs and them putting them on for free a month later doesn’t bother me. There is something to be said about watching it life, it would lose a LOT of luster if I knew the bouts had come and gone and I already knew the winner.

Strikeforce has a bigger problem. Getting the eyes to their product both from marketing and from access.
1) I’ve seen NOTHING about the match on TV.. at all
2) here in Canada the only way I can watch it is if I pay $45 to watch it on PPV. I ‘might’ have considered paying if I was going to be around but I’m out this weekend and will likely not DVR it but just read the live blogs on my phone/laptop.

The counter programming will hurt Strikeforce but not as much as the fact they expect us dirty Canadians to pay for it.

To me it’s the perfect thing to show. 2 huge main events and 3 fights from the undercard that most people haven’t seen. Excellent move UFC.

I don’t feel cheated. And there is no GSP on that card, which was my favorite fight, so whatever.

is just right. What do people expect zuffa to do? sit idly by and do nothing while strikeforce tries to take a piece of the pie? that’s silly

Does anyone complain that films are put on free tv after they’ve been in the cinema? Seeing undercard fights is a good idea, I see no reason for anyone to complain, its a month after the event so its not like its cheating people who paid for it

I’ll agree with the posters who have compared this with HBO Boxing, where they air the fights for free on HBO the next week, but the SERIOUS fans who want to see the fight(s) LIVE are paying for the privilege to see it as it happens. If you feel “cheated” because something you paid for and enjoyed at the time is getting seen by people for free a month later, then you’re really saying that your fandom doesn’t run that deep. It also means that you’re selfishly more interested in feeling “special” than helping to see the sport grow.

Also, through competition, we get to see Bonnar-Coleman and Jones-O’Brien for free. BONUS!

I paid to watch it live. That’s what I wanted. Has this been said before?

I say they should have created a Fight Night with a Main Event of Brock Lesnar versus a wild bear.

I personally will be watching Spike mainly because I didn’t see the prelim fights, I don’t care that I know the results I want to see them

I have tried to sit thru two Strikeforce cards and I just don’t like their production of the fights and the skinless models – their production value is zero

there is no reason to get excited or hyped either, I love that when I watch a UFC card I get all excited, anxious, and pumped for the action – that just doesn’t happen with me and Strikeforce

also when I used to watch boxing all the time on ppv I didn’t care that in a week or two that it would be on HBO, I wanted to see it live regardless – that (to me) was getting my money’s worth

Isn’t it standard protocol for HBO to have their PPV events on “free” HBO the following weekend? True sports fans want to watch the events live. There is no disservice being done here. I’m a hardcore fan so I can’t speak for the casual fans. Still, I’d believe if you even cared enough to drop 50 bucks on UFC 100 you’d want to have seen it before now. The fact they are reshowing it doesn’t bother me at all.