Main events that didn't happen in 2014

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Main and co-main events scrapped or delayed in 2014:

    Jake Ellenberger vs. Tarec Saffiedine (Jan/4)
    Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira (Feb/1)
    Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao (Feb/1)
    Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira (Feb/22)
    Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano (Feb/22)
    Alex Gustafsson vs. Little Nog (Mar/8)
    Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira (Mar/15)
    Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort (May/24)
    Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida (May/24)
    Renan Barao vs. Rafael Assuncao (May/24)
    Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic (May/24)
    Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva (May/24)
    Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic (May/31)
    Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva (Jul/5)
    Chael Sonnen vs. Vitor Belfort (Jul/5)
    Conor McGregor vs. Cole Miller (Jul/19)
    Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes (Aug/2)
    Jacare Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi (Aug/2)
    Jon Jones vs. Alex Gustafsson (Aug/30)
    TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao (Aug/30)
    Demetrious Johnson vs. Chris Cariaso (Aug/30)
    Jon Jones vs. Alex Gustafsson (Sep/27)
    Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier (Sep/27)
    Mauricio Rua vs. Jimi Manuwa (Nov/8)
    Rafael Cavalcante vs. Ovince St-Preux (Nov/8)
    Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum (Nov/15)
    Joe Lauzon vs. Diego Sanchez (Nov/15)
    Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort (Dec/6)
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    How bad is this?

    2014 is down about 50% from 2013 in terms of PPV buys. Roughly the same number of events.
     
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    They have no marketable stars. The price of PPV is absurd. Nobody is going to pay $55 for An event when they can wait a few hours and see it online.
     
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    too many cards that are like boxing cards. Two big names in the main event and a bunch of 'who the hell is that?' fighting on the rest of the card.

    they need to trim the number fighters and cards and have everyone fighting 3-4 times a year so ppl know who they are. The fun part of MMA when I started watching it was you were familiar with 80% of the fighters on the card after watching the sport for 6 months and got excited about a new prospect here and there. Now you need sherdog's fight finder open to try and figure out who 1/2 the ppl are. The shocking part is when some of them are having their 3rd or 4th fight in the UFC but it's been 6-8 months since you last saw them and because there's been 12-15 fight cards you just forgot about them.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    I don't disagree with you guys and this isn't a UFC apology thread but if half of those fights from above went off we'd be talking about what a memorable year in MMA this was and I'm guessing the UFC's PPV business wouldn't be flying like a wounded duck.
     
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    Speaking of the UFC's PPV model--their next 3 PPV cards will be $60 -- a $5 increase.

    Fuck that, not ordering. I'll avoid spoiler and download the torrent.
     

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