The UFC knows the importance and the power of social media. According to MMAPayout, the UFC facebook page gained 66,210 "likes" over the weekend for streaming free prelim bouts from UFC Fight for the Troops 2.
Today, they have a total of 4,624,416 "likes" overall.
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God bless God for my girlfriend’s facebook page or else I would never have seen those fights.
"2 queens on casino night..... I'm gonna drop a deuce on everybody" - Michael Scott
lol. Pretty sad.
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not much I'm guessing.
they had 4,607,413 on saturday, and 4,624,416 today.
by Anton Tabuena on Jan 25, 2011 1:34 AM EST up reply actions
Guess it was just me
being forced to like them to watch the prelims kinda annoyed me a little lol.
Yeah, how dare they make you click the mouse an extra couple times for free MMA!
Fitch's only fan. It's lonely, being me.
It took me long enough to figure out how to like something
I wasn’t about to waste my time unliking it because I didn’t want my friends to know I watch UFC
by MemphisMike on Jan 25, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I hid the updates, but didn't unlike.
If the UFC has something to announce, I already know it. So does everyone else here. No need to get that on my Facebook.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
I hope that the UFC streams their prelims online for their Fight Nights and TUF Finales. I personally don’t see a big problem with doing that in that it just gives more exposure to the UFC product and helps the fighters possibly get more sponsorships knowing that their fights are going to be aired in some fashion.
I won't jump off the bandwagon just because you lost.
HKL reported a bump of
200,000, not 66k…which figure is correct?
Aslo, it’s crazy that some people are whining about having to “like” the UFC on Facebook in order to get some FREE MMA. Pathetic really.
by BrothersGottaAndyHug on Jan 25, 2011 7:49 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I found out after I had turn on my tv
To watch the rest of the fights. This is starting to get ludacris.
by Bloodsport on Jan 25, 2011 8:09 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Lol
One of em. I left English major out of my goals I’n life.
by Bloodsport on Jan 25, 2011 6:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
the 66k is just for the weekend....they're still growing.
they started out at 4,547,665 when it was announced, today, they have 4,627,055….
by Anton Tabuena on Jan 25, 2011 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
UFC trying to bump up their online numbers to show how sticky their product is
I wouldnt be surprised if they were doing this to show to Spike what their reach is and how strong their audience figures are. I am sure theyre trying to build a story (story being you need us more than we need you)
story being you need us more than we need you
I think that is pretty clear already.
If the UFC leaves Spike, they can find another network to air their content, but what the hell is Spike going to do if they leave? There is only so much Blue Mountain State and Manswers a person can take, and I suspect a LARGE chunk of the people who watch those shows are UFC fans who just tune into Spike out of habit. If the UFC moves to another network, those people will likely stop tuning in to Spike. I know I won’t.
Just wondering, what's next?
This post is kind of a joke, but kind of not.
I’m thinking we are going to have to twitter at least a few times to the NYC governor to say we want NY MMA legalized before we get the next free fights.
Or maybe you need to send a twitter picture of you wearing some UFC appearal before you get access.
Or maybe we will have to draw your favorite fighter and post it on DeviantArt before the fights become available.
The sky’s the limit with the hoops that may come!
Did you
Find it that hard to like? Why do people always gotta find whatever negative they can out of something? It was free was it not? Was it actually that much work? They are trying out different options so they can find what best fits they’re business. It’s free what is there to be negative about?
by Bloodsport on Jan 25, 2011 6:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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