Comments Thread For: UFC, ESPN Reach Multi-Year Deal To Stream Events on ESPN+

[sicko]

Good for them! Hopefully that opens up for Boxing on Fox/Fox Sports 1

[BennyBlanco]

lol. Bob has a 4 year deal that is about to be converted to a 10 year deal.

Espn is so happy with the Top Rank shows they are having them produce all of the overseas cards that have nothing to do with Top Rank like Khan-Lo Greco.

Absolutely false. Top Rank didn't produce any of Khan-LoGreco. Top Rank had no involvement in Khan-LoGreco other than to license the rights, which was one of the tasks outlined for Top Rank in the initial press releases. So no, had nothing to do with ESPN being so happy with Top Rank shows.

In fact, the ESPN ratings have been mediocre at best.

[Eff Pandas]

Well that $4.99 price tag looks a whole lot better now to me a combat sports fan on top of being a boxing fan. $4.99 for TR big fights is one thing, $4.99 for TR fights + UFC fights is quite another.

[Eff Pandas]

In fact, the ESPN ratings have been mediocre at best.

Ratings mean less & less when you are getting $4.99 per customer every month. ESPN is gonna start being more about subscribers like HBO vs a standard broadcast TV channel talking about ratings all the time.

[MrRolltide91]

Interesting...

[Feint First]

Dafuq does this have to do with BOXINGscene???

Nice shill job for fat Dana and failing espn, SMH.

Btw, McFeather injured 2 fighters and got half the card cancelled at UFC 223 and fat Dana won't do jack chit to punish him and is still begging him to return. That just shows you how morally bankrupt the ufc is and what a flawed business model they have. They're drowning in debt and need the McFeather gravy train to keep rolling just to keep up their interest payments to the banks every month.

[lanker rom]

Dafuq does this have to do with BOXINGscene???

Nice shill job for fat Dana and failing espn, SMH.

Btw, McFeather injured 2 fighters and got half the card cancelled at UFC 223 and fat Dana won't do jack chit to punish him and is still begging him to return. That just shows you how morally bankrupt the ufc is and what a flawed business model they have. They're drowning in debt and need the McFeather gravy train to keep rolling just to keep up their interest payments to the banks every month.

First off depending on how this deal goes down It could determine the size of PBC boxings tv rights deal.
Secondly Boxing throughout the years was ran by the mafia and even today there are dozens maybe even hundreds of shady promoters and managers...... I'm a fan of both the UFC and Boxing you don't have to disparage one sport to decorate the other

[man down]

Dafuq does this have to do with BOXINGscene???

Nice shill job for fat Dana and failing espn, SMH.

Btw, McFeather injured 2 fighters and got half the card cancelled at UFC 223 and fat Dana won't do jack chit to punish him and is still begging him to return. That just shows you how morally bankrupt the ufc is and what a flawed business model they have. They're drowning in debt and need the McFeather gravy train to keep rolling just to keep up their interest payments to the banks every month.

White just signed Mikey to a Boxing deal. UFC is getting into boxing now.

[killakali]

Absolutely false. Top Rank didn't produce any of Khan-LoGreco. Top Rank had no involvement in Khan-LoGreco other than to license the rights, which was one of the tasks outlined for Top Rank in the initial press releases. So no, had nothing to do with ESPN being so happy with Top Rank shows.

In fact, the ESPN ratings have been mediocre at best.

Did you watch the fight? They produced it. The ESPN ratings have been great. Pac-Horn Loma Rigo and wait till this Saturday with Loma-Linares. Plus Magdaleno just put up solid numbers.

They are in talks to pick up Tyson Fury's next fight too.

[killakali]

Good for them! Hopefully that opens up for Boxing on Fox/Fox Sports 1

Nah Fox is about to lock in WWE. They are getting out of boxing