Are You Really Ready to Pay for a WEC Card? Really?

I'm barely willing to pay for UFC anymore, Not a chance in hell i'd pay for a WEC. but hey i still see smaller shows on PPV maybe it'll work but i doubt it.

I never pay for UFC so I'm sure as hell not going to pay for WEC.

I already don't pay for UFC PPVs. Shit, I don't even own a TV. I either go to any bar that has them on, or, if no bars decide to buy it, I read the play-by-plays and download illegally if it sounds interesting. It's damn near impossible to find a bar that will show a FREE WEC show, so a PPV would be damned near impossible. As a low-class white male in my mid twenties, I probably describe a significant part of the MMA demographic and many in my bracket probably follow the same formula.

Zuffa and other MMA leagues could really stand to take a hint from Bellator on their internet marketing. I've been seeing nothing but high quality clips provided by Bellator themselves on Youtube and it's showing me that their product may be worth paying for. Despite not owning a TV, I know a couple of friends that do and throwing down thirty bucks between three-five guys is an easier pill to swallow than the fifty to sixty for a ZUFFA event.

Now, if Zuffa is willing to charge twenty five to thirty dollars for a WEC event, I can see them getting some sells. Fifty dollars for something that was free a month before? Get the fuck out.

It wouldn't bother me to have WEC 'superfights' or whatever you'd want to call them which would be pay per view, but you couldn't do them very often because of the very few interesting fights to be had right now.
However, pay per view money would draw in more talent and create better fighters/fights.
I go to bars to watch the UFC, or WEC so I'm only paying for the bar tab anyhow.
I'm not sure what bars you folks go to but most sports bars will tune at least one tv to an event for you if you ask them to.

Nope...not big enough cards to warrant the purchase.

i would think putting fights like this on the UFC card would do more for the fighters and UFC. Then keep the WEC free. I think it was a shame when they closed the heavier divisions in the WEC. I felt they should have used them for a minor league.

I might pay for a WEC show, but to make money they would have to promote it differently. My suggestion would be to use an upcoming season of TUF at a featherweight or bantamweight class to cross promote the UFC and WEC, introducing the latter to a much wider audience. Promote the hell out of the show and give the winner a title shot at the first WEC PPV.

I think that the answer would be in changing broadcasting venues for the WEC. I have no idea how long Zuffa's contract is with Versus, but everyone (except Versus) would financially benefit if WEC fights were broadcast on a better rated channel.

If the WEC was broadcast on SpikeTV or Fox, there would be higher product profile and commercial revenue for everyone.

Think of it as 'baby-steps' to PPV. Let's all tear a page outta EliteXC's book and grow the WEC as the sport itself grows. WEC is not ready for PPV yet, but soon.

Nope.

WEC is like Arby's.

Not worth paying for, but I'd take it for free.

Are you kidding me Burrito?? Dude Arby's is fucking delicious. Way better than dumbass McDonalds and Burger King. Thats dumb.

I wouldn't pay. I don't even buy the UFCs anymore since they jacked up the rates. It's fucking ridiculous what they think a single show is worth, greedy bastards. So yea basically if they make the WEC PPV only I'll never see another one live much like the UFC now.

Seriously, $19.99 max. Which should get bumped down to $14.99 because of Joe Martinez's "Are you ready?" scream.

I go to hooters to watch UFC so im ok with it as long as hooters shows it

Hahaha Burrito. Yea that shits weak though how much they charge. I guess I missed your point.

CJvsCP, "LOL I'm so hungry I can eat Arby's - who said this?"

One of the twins on the Simpsons in the Lord of the Flies episode.

It so fukin sad that I know that....

must.have.TapouT.bed.

"Don't make me run! I am full of Chocolate!" (please say in Germany Uter-esque accent please.)

I'd pay about $20 to watch the little guys fight... hell, why doesn't UFC absorb WEC like we suggested and have some of the lil guys fight on PPVs or just have a fight night every month to help showcase some of the up and comers. I'm sure Spike won't mind bumping a three-hour block of CSI: Miami to garner more ratings with a LIVE UFC event, even if it is some of the lesser known cats.

If the UFC was to absorb the WEC I wouldn't mind paying an extra $5-10 for each PPV. It's not so bad, you grab some of your friends that like UFC, every chips in $10-20 bucks and you have a night of fights, buds, beer, brats, and "bud" if that's your sort of thing.

We are so interested in WEC that we are talking about Arby's and the Simpsons.

Do you think we will pay for that?

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@MyFightWiffaCheeto

Ummm yeah...I can quote both. So I guess I'm a semi-intelligent knuckledragger who pretty much only watches cartoons and sports.

For the WEC, transitioning to PPV is commercial suicide. A lot has gone into making the UFC a palatable PPV buy for $50 a month. Even at half that price, the WEC lacks the depth, the stars and the exposure to make it an appealing buy. They only have events, what, every three months or so? It just shows that the WEC doesn't have enough going on for people to keep paying attention to it - after every UFC fight they're already hyping the next event. Hell, they plan their events four or five at a time! There's new UFC news daily. With the WEC, fight news trickles out every week or two.

Sports fans are junkies and need daily information to keep them interested. Why do you think people check the MMA blogs daily? If the WEC can either build itself up with more fighters (and more INTERESTING fighters) and hold more regular events, maybe people would be more willing to pay a price. But then maybe they should just fold the WEC into the UFC entirely and have more frequent "Fight Night" events on Spike to showcase the lighter weight classes. I don't think anybody would complain about more than one UFC even per month, especially given the size of the UFC's roster. I'm sure some of the lesser known fighters would love the chance to be more active.

Who the fuck can afford PPVs already? I am of the opinion they need to put MMA on fucking NBC and share this amazing gift with the world. The money will come when they have REAL sponsors, like Adidas and Nike and shit, real sports companies, not fucking Affliction and Condom Depot (big ups for helping, lil guy. But you are just a lil guy).

Also, a big part of the problem is they are a Zuffa owned promotion, and Dana and the Fertittas make BANK LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA by not paying fighters shit, and they love $$, so there is that as well.

I think WEC events could work as PPVs if...

- They got more promotion on UFC events. As many mentions as Dana White's twitter, etc. as well as some promotion on Spike TV. Maybe not as much as UFC events, but maybe 1/3rd as much.

- Only one in every few events was broadcast on PPV. Maybe put a WEC event on PPV when there's not going to be a UFC event for a while. No more than 4 times a year.

- Offer them as a package with the UFC. How much are UFC events now, $50.00? I could see them offering, for $60.00, a WEC event as well.

- Make sure that the price isn't more than $20.00 or $25.00.

With all of that combined, I think WEC PPVs could be a successful product.

Fuck yeah Dmonicideals. I thought the same thing.