UFC's 1st Fox show

JzWand said:

And there we have it. Cain vs JDS.

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seanho2309 said:

JzWand said:

And there we have it. Cain vs JDS.

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Damn that screws the Main Event for 139 in San Jose.

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JzWand said:

nborton said:

nborton said:

Is this supposed to be on FOX or FX?

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Never mind. I just figured it out.

I don't get why they are only showing one fight though. It seems like they would want to milk it. What if the fight lasts a minute? People who've never really watched much are going to be disappointed. At least showing a few fights gives new fans a chance to see a couple good fights. It seems they are gearing it at first to bring in new fans, so why put all your eggs in one basket?

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Fox has a 1 hour window to broadcast the UFC that night.
But there are still other fights happening that night.
So worst case scenario the fight lasts 2 minutes, and Fox will broadcast 1 or 2 of the other fights.
Kinda of like what happens on a PPV when the main event ends too quickly.
If the fight lasts all 5 rounds, well it will probably take up close to the full hour between entrances, intros, the fight and the post fight.

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nborton said:

JzWand said:

nborton said:

nborton said:

Is this supposed to be on FOX or FX?

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Never mind. I just figured it out.

I don't get why they are only showing one fight though. It seems like they would want to milk it. What if the fight lasts a minute? People who've never really watched much are going to be disappointed. At least showing a few fights gives new fans a chance to see a couple good fights. It seems they are gearing it at first to bring in new fans, so why put all your eggs in one basket?

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Fox has a 1 hour window to broadcast the UFC that night.
But there are still other fights happening that night.
So worst case scenario the fight lasts 2 minutes, and Fox will broadcast 1 or 2 of the other fights.
Kinda of like what happens on a PPV when the main event ends too quickly.
If the fight lasts all 5 rounds, well it will probably take up close to the full hour between entrances, intros, the fight and the post fight.

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I guess that works. It just seems weird to me that FOX would only go with 1 hour. Who knows. Maybe they've done studies to find people don't last much longer than that per show.

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seanho2309 said:

nborton said:

JzWand said:

nborton said:

nborton said:

Is this supposed to be on FOX or FX?

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Never mind. I just figured it out.

I don't get why they are only showing one fight though. It seems like they would want to milk it. What if the fight lasts a minute? People who've never really watched much are going to be disappointed. At least showing a few fights gives new fans a chance to see a couple good fights. It seems they are gearing it at first to bring in new fans, so why put all your eggs in one basket?

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Fox has a 1 hour window to broadcast the UFC that night.
But there are still other fights happening that night.
So worst case scenario the fight lasts 2 minutes, and Fox will broadcast 1 or 2 of the other fights.
Kinda of like what happens on a PPV when the main event ends too quickly.
If the fight lasts all 5 rounds, well it will probably take up close to the full hour between entrances, intros, the fight and the post fight.

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I guess that works. It just seems weird to me that FOX would only go with 1 hour. Who knows. Maybe they've done studies to find people don't last much longer than that per show.

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Another reason for the short TV night is the fact that Manny Pacquiao is fighting the same night on PPV.

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