Commoners Priced Out of UFC 100
As you may have heard already, UFC 100 sold out in record time with all the tickets being snatched up by “UFC Fight Club” members and newsletters subscribers before the general public got so much as a whiff of them. That’s great news for the UFC since it justifies all the effort they’ve put into making this a historic fight card. But with the tickets selling out so fast you can’t help but wonder how much of a role scalpers played.
For instance, UFC.com says ticket prices ranged from $100 to $1,000. But if you check out StubHub.com (the “official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace” of the UFC) right now you’ll see over 1,000 UFC 100 tickets already for sale. The cheapest one will run you about $428, and needless to say it is not exactly Octagonside. For that privilege you’ll pay anywhere from $2,500 to $24,000 (ed. note: you fucking kidding me?). If you are an MMA fan with that kind of money to spend on tickets to a UFC event, then congratulations. You are Shaquille O’Neal.
By comparison, you can buy UFC 98 tickets on Stub Hub for $150 to $5,500 bucks, so the sell-out and jacked up ticket prices still speak to the incredible fan interest in UFC 100. The fact that anyone has the balls to try and sell a ticket to a sporting event for roughly the same price as a new Toyota Camry means that they have reason to believe this is a special event, which it is. It also might be a sign that the average fan is getting priced out of attending UFC events.
Just out of curiosity, what's the most you could realistically see yourself paying for a good, but not necessarily front row ticket to UFC 100? I have to say that no matter how badly I wanted to go, anything over $400-$500 a pop is the point where I would start to hate myself way too much to actually enjoy it. But somebody must be buying these things from the scalpers, right?
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rokabee Says:
The most Id pay for is about 300-400 for a "Great Card" and "Great Seats". Fuck, if these ticket prices are that much you think they will raise the pay per view prices???
JiMMA Says:
500 max, but then again I work for nothing..
Wandering Wade Says:
$300-$400 because I still need cash to hit the strip clubs after the event.
Aenarion Says:
100 bucks tops. Sorry.
N2IT Says:
the card isnt that great. Im stoked for Thiago Alves vs GSP, the rest of the card is so fucking mediocre....suckle my pee pees and tells me hows it taste?
Jon Jones will do work
Englishman will be stoked to suckle Bispings pee pee...that will actually prolly give him the edge on beating Henderson.
Hendo is washed up....i dont see anymore wins in the UFC for him.
Lesnar vs Mir...im interested but Lesnar is gonna whoop that ass and make Mir suckle his cock sword
Anonymous Says:
Yep, I was planning on making the trip from Ireland to see ufc 100, & was signed up to the newsletter. I tried to get tickets within about an hour of them being open to newletter fans, & didnt get a sniff of one :( ahhh well.
Toss it Says:
Stub hub should be illegal this is such bullshit! They need to lower the fucken ppv price since now they can afford it. Fuck Dana "T-bag" White and fuck all scalpers. They should seriosly be kicked in the face with a steel toe boot, fucken faggots!
Anonymous Says:
Am I the only one who thinks this is a good thing? Celebs in the front rows, hotter chicks, etc. The UFC is becoming ingrained in the popular culture. This means the fighters should get paid more, right?
Sakuraba3900 Says:
fuck... ridiculous ass shit here... but thats how people make money these days. you know that there are going to be some idiots around with a lot of money and a closet full of Affliction tees that are going to buy em just so they can get a snap shot with their favorite MMA SuperStar BROCK LESNAR.
props to the ticket scalpers. thats how you prosper when our economy fails us.
bump Says:
$Tree-fiddy. And goddamn you loch ness monsta.
Markdog Says:
Dammit, son! I guess this means ya'll won't be live-blogging UFC 100 from the Mandalay Bay.
Markdog Says:
BTW, if anyone misses it, everything is always free on mininova.org.
Cronk Says:
If people are willing to pay for it, good for them. If anything, this just means that the UFC didn't price their tickets high enough.
Besides, with Lesnar, Mir, GSP, Hendo, and Bisping all on the same card, you know they're going to be paying a ton of money in salaries.
MJfuckenFRA Says:
N2IT........Suckle this............Suckle that.........You like to Suckle an Englishmans peepee? Fucking Dummy
Macapimpin Says:
This f'ing sucks. I've been planning a trip to 100 for a few weeks and I didn't even get a chance to purchase tickets before they became ridiculously overpriced by ticket brokers. It looks like it might have to be UFC 98 or TUF 9 finale, but everything is so damn expensive on memorial weekend even though there are great seats still left on ticketmaster.
CrashMMA.com has a package for UFC 100 starting at 500 and a VIP package for 1,000.. Anyone have details on this website and how legit is it?
Steve W. Says:
I'd probably top out at about $1000. I considered going and that was the most I planned on spending per ticket.
imalebowski Says:
im a schmuck and bought the fight club membership only to find the 100-200 dollar tickets IMMEDIATELY gone. bs.
Shaq Says:
You tryin' to diss me or some shit dog?
Anonymous Says:
I have officially been priced out of a sporting event. Didn't think that it would happen but the UFC has done it.
ken-mura Says:
F-that!
The best seats are the ones you sit in to watch it on PPV. You see the fight as close as the camera men do. Beats shelling out all that cash, and then end up watching the fights on the jumbo-tron anyway.
the stolen gnome Says:
How much do tickets to a big-name boxing show like Paquiao vs. De la Hoya cost?
Aaron Says:
Sadly, this is the way things are these days... ask any parent whose kids are into hannah montana.
All this means is that UFC fans are experiencing one of the unfortunate but unavoidable negative aspects of mainstream acceptance.
Captain Bringdown Says:
I am shocked daily with the number of assholes there are that have plenty of money.
JiMMA Says:
I, for one, wish I were one of those assholes. Its better to be an asshole with money than an asshole without.
BJ's mom gives BJs Says:
I would NEVER pay more than $100 for tickets to anything! I don't care if it was a ticket to see aliens land on earth and tell me the secrets of the universe, how the hell can you people waste money like that? Smoke a dube and watch it at home! Give the money to a good cause (like a struggling fighter). The UFC sure as fuck ain't gonna pay its fighters more, yet they'll sell you a seat for $1000 Fuck that shit! Some of the fighters on this card will make less than a single ticket costs! UFC 92 was more stacked than this shit!
JOE JOE Says:
UFC 100 TICKETS If you guys want any can be FOUND HERE!!
www.crashmma.com
They put on UFC Trips. Everything Included. Good prices.
Check it out.
Imbecile Says:
I'm totally cool with UFC ticket prices going up, especially for a main event. It just shows how popular our sport is becoming, and tickets being a limited commodity, they go up accordingly. The problem I have with it is that a lot of the Hollywood crowd will go there just to be seen, not because they actually want to see the sport. I don't mean the people like Kevin James, Michael Clark Duncan, or even Mandy Moore, since they have consistently been big fans. But I hate seeing ticket prices go up because losers like Paris Hilton buy seats just to have the cameras pan over to them.
N2IT Says:
@MJfuckenFRA
Next time have some balls and use your real user name..ENGLISHMAN...little bitch. Your boy bisping suckles me pee pee
i live in a trashcan Says:
i would pay no more than the rotten fruit and carrots (because everyone wants carrots) i have in my humble abode. come to think of it, maybe i would employ the barter system, and give the ufc some old vhs players lying in this dump for those ufc 100 tickets...if i lived in a normal domicile and had a normal life, steady job, and education, i would pay no more than $150. it's not worth more than some totally awesome music festival in my humble opinion.
BJ's Dad Says:
My dumbass wife wouldn't pay $100 to see aliens land on Earth...why the F not!?
Patrick Says:
If I had FREE tickets I would sell them and order the event PPV.
I have absolutely no desire at all to see any MMA event live.
I don't even like watching at bars. Too many d-bags.
Call some friends and watch at home, that's fucking tops in my book.
Peter Griffin Says:
RE: Tree Fiddy!
That's some vintage South Park right there man! NICE!
Dee STROY Are Says:
The most I would pay is a rack. Anything over a grand is bs.
MetaHuman Says:
$2500
Then again, there's always the option of befriending someone in the beverage business...works wonders.
someguy Says:
with those prices I better get to go ass to mouth with all three octagon girls while I'm there
buddy Says:
The law of Supply and Demand
This shit is elementary
Anonymous Says:
are you a fucking idiot?????? MIr will break lesnars fat arm off and club him with it!
Geerad Says:
I'll take a high-def presentation with instant replay and Joe Rogan's play-by-play any day of the week over a live event full of douchebags sporting Affliction T-shirts.
pierre larouche Says:
Historic card?
You dont bother anymore and just copy/paste the promotional stuff you get?
I'd be happy for a good card.
Cock and Mir 2 is barely interesting but Mir did whip Minotauro.
GSP is fighting Diego or Thiago or some guy like that no one cares about. That's nice and all but after the Penn-GSP overhype has sucked any life from the GSP bandwagon , where is the historic part of this card?
Old man Henderson and Reality TV boy?
Roid legend Coleman vs another Reality TV pretty boy?
hmm, maybe im seeing a pattern here, old time name recognition for the old farts and reality tv brand recognition for the Spike/Tapout lifestyle crowd... its historic!!
And lets not forget the historic Who-Gives-a-Fuck Belcher and the Korean dude that had to deal with racism in Japan? Buy a convenience store Yoshida and experience racial equality....
Yes, considering through all the Leben as main event garbage theyve been feeding the past few months, this could be a good card, very doubtfully great. historic? maybe you meant the number.
But hey, Krzysztof Soszynski is on the third fight against Stann in Montreal because he is 'canadian content'.
Im sorry but this shouldnt be in the top 5 fights of any top pro card. As for trying to sell the rubes cancon, Sosz was born in Poland and lived in Canada before moving to train in the US, so I guess they can re-use him in eastern europe as well.
Too many of the UFC cards have been weak, so let's be happy that there is one which doesnt suck.
No need to oversell it.
PimpSmack Says:
@pierre LoDouche
The next time you have a thought...let it go
/pimpslap
Rxdrug Says:
$300 is max in my eyes for "decent" (not cage side) seats at this moment in time.
In this economy $500 would let me eat for 3 months and $1000 would pay my rent for a month. Sadly, I value these two things more than MMA.
And whoever is charging $24,000 for a cage side ticket is fucking bat shit crazy. Only a movie star/professional athlete/rich business man could afford that and they get comp seats from Mr. Fester & company.
maxwell Says:
ROFL @ Give the money to a good cause (like a struggling fighter).
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahhfhasgfhsagfhasgfhahahahahgfhasgfhasgdf
awww shit.
to quote the World Bank (right wing nutjobs, please stfu)
1.1 billion people had consumption levels below $1 a day and 2.7 billion lived on less than $2 a day
But no, support a fighter! because they..... they fight! And that.... entertains us! and distracts us from the real issues and having to care about the other 3/4 of the planet! jesus christ dude, you almost had me until that abso-fucking-lutely unbelievable line.
that being said, I have pretty decent tickets for ufc 100, and paid somewhere between 4 and 6 bills for them.
and I do donate to charities, and when I say charities, I do not mean struggling mma fighters. (i lol'd when i typed that.)
Jay Smith Says:
F'in really????? Anyone that will pay over $100 please do tell what it is you do for a living so, I can wait outside of a similiar business and rob as many mufuckas coming out of there as I can.
I was at UFC 92 (My brother works for Xyience, and I had free tickets), and like someone else mentioned, I ended up watching all the action on the big screens.
I also think some of these people on here are just trying to sound like big shots. $300, $500, $1000.............my ass!!!
Jay Smith Says:
Does anyone else believe Mr. Maxwell? "BETWEEN" $400 and $600? Who the fuck says shit like that. Lyin fuck! Unless you're the gay ass R&B singer Maxwell........then again who the fuck says "Between" 4 & 6 bills???? Not even the gay R&B singers!
Yo Yo Says:
Joe Joe... Are you the same person promoting Crashmma all over MMA forums? What is Crashmma about and who has actually bought a package from this company before?
Aenarion Says:
It's true... like just about any sport unless you can get cageside seats it's always better to watch it on the TV. Cheaper too. I'd rather spend a few thousand bucks on a sick home theater system and an HD PPV package complete with some high quality booze than strain my neck for a night looking at a jumbotron. At least the sport is growing...
LOL Says:
i payed 750 for both pride events in vegas.
I payed 50 for both affliction events in anaheim
I wont pay shit for ufc tickets.
i think i would spend 50 for an ultimate fight night
Bovice Says:
...Why is it so unbelievable that people would pay upwards of $300 to watch a UFC in person?
Jay Smith, it's not that hard to get 300 bucks scraped together. Get a fucking job and work for at least 40 hours for two weeks and you have yourself a ticket. Minimum wage is ridiculously high nowadays.
At most, I'd spend $400 on a ticket.
And pierre larouche, read the red letters above "Your name:". It says "Post new comment", not "Post five-paragraph essay or whatever tangent your brain goes on". Fuck.
GSP for Prime Minister Says:
I'd pay $300-$400 tops as well... and that's $300-$400 CANADIAN =(
Cin Says:
I paid 1400 for 8th row back for Lesner-Mir 1.
Only had so because I won a poker tourny the day before figured fck it, spoil yourself.
Personally looking back I should have taken that money and got the ppv and 2 asain chicks to suck each nut for 3 hours during the broadcast.