("Ladies, do you mind? Gonzaga-Carwin is about to start.")
There’s simply nothing better in the world than screaming at a row of flat-screen TVs in a sports bar during UFC events, surrounded by a pack of howling MMA fans, buzzed off of dollar-drafts of Bud Light. (Honestly, we defy you to find something better than that. The love of a child? Ha.) So in our continuing efforts to serve you, CagePotato is setting out to determine America’s 25 best bars/pubs/lounges/other-places-that-serve-booze to watch MMA. And we need your help to come up with some nominees. So what makes for a great MMA bar? Well…
— The bar in question always shows UFC and other important MMA events, with the sound actually turned on.
— The fights are shown on multiple screens, so you don’t always have to be pointed in one direction.
— You are never charged a ridiculous cover to come in during pay-per-view events.
— The place draws a fun, enthusiastic crowd, high on attractive women and low on douchebags
— It’s a solid place to hang out even when fights aren’t going on. The drink list is deep, and the place either contains a diverse jukebox or a DJ whose shit is on point.
If the place you go to watch MMA meets most of these criteria, we want to hear about it. Go to this forum thread and tell us the bar’s name, the town it’s in, its website if it has one, and a little bit about why MMA fans should go there. If you play your cards right, we might just organize a CagePotato meetup there one of these days — and your first dollar-draft will be on us. Thanks guys!
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commentsThe atmosphere is closing to being at a live event with people cheering and getting into the fights.
$10 Cover
All the alcohol you could want, and a bonus of some chronic.
You just disqualified EVERY Bar in America with that ridiculous stipulation
ultimate-fighter.ca/Forum/viewtopic.php?id=20461
It's basically impossible to pay the business rate and even break even, unless you charge a cover. If you try to charge a cover, people will find a place that doesn't.
Of course, if we could have broken ever overall, we'd still be in business.
Buf Wild Wings sucks. They don't charge a cover but you have to order a meal. Try eating a burger with standing room only.
The Hooters in Green Bay and Appleton (WI) have small, small, small TVs. Like watching the event from the nose bleeds.
For the love of god, if you don't know for sure if your local saloon is paying the business rates... Keep your mouth shut. There's a reason they don't advertise the fights and you praising them isn't helping.
Cagepotato, this is the worse idea ever.
And while I'm ranting... Hey ASCAP, I'm not paying your for a live band (whom I paid to play) that played cover songs. How about you call the local band.
Blow outs
Jager Bombs
Sunglasses inside and at night
Fake tanning
Affliction T-Shirts
Those Mom and Pop bars that don't charge you the $20-$25 bucks cover, don't do so because they dodn't pay the commercial rate for the fight, be it affliction or UFC. Even Shammrocks shitty organization charges bars, lounges, and restaurants a commercial fee. So dont be a SNITCH or your favorit hole in the wall bar MAY soon be recieveing a seese and desist order.
There is literally a strip of little porteguese pubs in Toronto that on fight nights all serve two dollar drafts, 1/2 price wings and show the fights on multiple screens.
Hella-cool
Lotta dumbfuck Marines wearing Affliction shirts, but the business doesn't mind if all you do is have a beer just to watch the fights.
Time to move.
Watch the games? I thought we were talking about fights?
every single mma event not just UFC. The drinks are cheap and you can
even catch some SNAKES slithering hahaha jk about the snake part
Not all Hooters show it anymore. Some are pulling out of showing them due to fights at the bar, like the two in Arlington TX.
I agree that buffalo wild wings and hooters are the best franchises to watch fights at, but good luck finding a seat unless you want to pull an all day event and piss off your hot waitress, be a pal, tip those tits.