EatSleepMMA Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 This card showed way too many commercials. The fights all together lasted maybe 20-30 minutes which was about as long as the commercial breaks from the opening sequence to the official decision for the Irvin vs. Sakara fight. I know they had to fill time and all since a lot of the fights were quicker than expected, but here's an idea. Show some of the prelims. Guida's fight should have been on the main card anyway. Honestly, I don't know about any of you, but I will never watch a card on Versus ever again. I thought the Spike fights had too many commercials, but this was just ridiculous. Your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sp33d0m4n Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Versus 1 sucked, And lets not forget the 23 minutes of fighting over 5 fights. And 1hour and 7minutes of commercial and interview garbage...not a very impressive launch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyokushin4life Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 all Ufc non pay per views are like this, its how they make there money. All the free ones on skype interview some terrible new show they have. Thats the beauty of SKY+ here or Tivo in USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatSleepMMA Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I posted a thread about the same thing within 5 minutes of you, I'm sure. Good call. All my friends that were watching this with me were getting so pissed that the owner of the house switched to playing XBox between the JDS fight and the Jones fight and we still came back in time to watch the walk-ins for the main event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyea Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 The commercials can pay for the event, or you can pay. It's up to you. I enjoyed it all just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meltrobe Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 i made a thread after the last fight night exactley like this lol its a joke init mate fair enough its not a ppv but come on thers adverts and then thers taking the piss. the same will happen next wednesday. gomi v florian will be another 2 hours of adverts. it needs to be calmed down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 There were more commercials than I expected but if thats the price for a card like that I'll gladly pay it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvengerdDub Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 It would have been nice to see some Prelims instead of all the commercials that's for sure, just don't think enough of them ended quickly enough as did Doomsdays fight and Guida was coming off 2 losses prior to last nights bout, that normally gets you pushed back to prelim status. He'll be back on the main card next event I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uaquin Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Seemed like there were more commercials than the Spike Fight nights but I PVRd the event an watched it later on in the night so no biggie, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvengerdDub Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 live event on public television are a gamble if the fights are quick like last night's, then it's commercial city would have been nice to see prelims shown instead of some commercials but they may have not ended in quick enough fashion to be shown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 This card showed way too many commercials. The fights all together lasted maybe 20-30 minutes which was about as long as the commercial breaks from the opening sequence to the official decision for the Irvin vs. Sakara fight. I know they had to fill time and all since a lot of the fights were quicker than expected' date=' but here's an idea. Show some of the prelims. Guida's fight should have been on the main card anyway. Honestly, I don't know about any of you, but I will never watch a card on Versus ever again. I thought the Spike fights had too many commercials, but this was just ridiculous. Your thoughts?[/quote'] It was on Versus. What did you expect...honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkiraMoa Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 That was horrible, I was expecting commercials but not a legion... Is it always like this on American free TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 It was an awesome card for free. Stop whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Versus 1 sucked' date=' And lets not forget the 23 minutes of fighting over 5 fights. And 1hour and 7minutes of commercial and interview garbage...not a very impressive launch..[/quote'] There is an event on Saturday...No commercials!!!! The only difference is you have to pay 50 bucks to see it this time. The moral of the story? Quit your ****ing *****ing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvengerdDub Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 That was horrible' date=' I was expecting commercials but not a legion... Is it always like this on American free TV?[/quote'] when there's nothing to broadcast, you betcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilteach Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Way too many Commercials. I almost would have rather paid for the event then watch all those commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonzero1 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 There is an event on Saturday...No commercials!!!! The only difference is you have to pay 50 bucks to see it this time. The moral of the story? Quit your ****ing *****ing. I've got a feeling the majority of people who moan about the free cards stream the PPV's for free. Parasites on the UFC who don't pay into it and moan about the coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Way too many Commercials. I almost would have rather paid for the event then watch all those commercials. Here is an Idea...next time just pay me the 50 bucks and I will tell you when the Commercials come on so you can close your eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here is an Idea...next time just pay me the 50 bucks and I will tell you when the Commercials come on so you can close your eyes. I hear you. Dana white was right when he called MMA fans Spoiled. People will always find something to complain about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I hear you. Dana white was right when he called MMA fans Spoiled. People will always find something to complain about. I know dude....Im getting sick of coming to this side of the forum...People complained about the commercials, people have complained about Vera breaking his orbital bone, People are complaining because Kongo didn't stand and bang. I wish they would make a Sub-Folder in the UFC Section...titled Morons of MMA....so 3/4 of this forum can go post their garbage there..It was a damn good free event last night...I can't believe I even heard one complaint. Also The Refereeing was pretty effin stop on...People shouldn't be complaining...Dana is right...MMA fans are spoiled little *****es. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I've got a feeling the majority of people who moan about the free cards stream the PPV's for free. Parasites on the UFC who don't pay into it and moan about the coverage Ya you are probably right...There is no getting through to these idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus9mm Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 It was an awesome card for free. Stop whining. Agreed, any free top level MMA is a beautiful thing - littered with commercials or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G__row Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Seriously? Free UFC and people are complaining? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus9mm Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Seriously? Free UFC and people are complaining? Really? It's a travesty bro. The brain dead cellphone generation showing off their misfiring neurons. *vomit* How ya been G? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyTown Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 i made a thread after the last fight night exactley like this lol its a joke init mate fair enough its not a ppv but come on thers adverts and then thers taking the piss. the same will happen next wednesday. gomi v florian will be another 2 hours of adverts. it needs to be calmed down So what exactly are the supposed to show?? The fights are scheduled for 15 minutes...how many of them ended early? They have nothing to show for the remainder of that time. Therefore the show commercials. Are you people that ignorant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G__row Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 It's a travesty bro. The brain dead cellphone generation showing off their misfiring neurons. *vomit* How ya been G? I am good man. Dood to see you back. Speaking of cell phones, I am on mine. I tried to merge these two threads but something else happened. lol Not sure what I merged, but sorry everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din71 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yeah, that is the only bad part of network TV. The fights were pretty good though. I actually prefer PPV. The main benefit here would have been we would have seen more prelims, but otherwise, it was still great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtp Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Its not like the fighters grinded out for 3 rounds either fellas. Good thing people want to see finishes but complain about the free stuff that is prettey much required to show commercials in between devastating Knockouts... Boo on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcpricey Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Got to agree with far too many comercials it was rediculus and the fights were pretty piss poor as well they should of put in more prelims to fill the gaps instead of more ads. By the way was viewing in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatSleepMMA Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 The fact is that on a 2 hour broadcast, there was less than a half hour of MMA. It's not spoiled to expect more of the show to be... the show. I can deal with commercials. I mean it's not on a premium channel or PPV so it's gonna have commercials, but they should have had a shorter slot, more fights, or broadcast it on a network that can afford to have a reasonable amount of commercials. Even the Super Bowl has a lower percentage of the broadcast being commercials. I'm not *****ing about the fights either. All the ones they showed were at least decent if not great (Jones vs. Vera). I just would have liked to see more of them and spent less time watching the same Harley Davidson commercial over and over again. So again, is it really that unreasonable to expect UFC events to have comparable amounts of commercials to other sporting events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 The fact is that on a 2 hour broadcast' date=' there was less than a half hour of MMA. It's not spoiled to expect more of the show to be... the show. I can deal with commercials. I mean it's not on a premium channel or PPV so it's gonna have commercials, but they should have had a shorter slot, more fights, or broadcast it on a network that can afford to have a reasonable amount of commercials. Even the Super Bowl has a lower percentage of the broadcast being commercials. I'm not *****ing about the fights either. All the ones they showed were at least decent if not great (Jones vs. Vera). I just would have liked to see more of them and spent less time watching the same Harley Davidson commercial over and over again. So again, is it really that unreasonable to expect UFC events to have comparable amounts of commercials to other events?[/quote'] The Fights were pretty damn good yes you are right...However I don't see the need to ***** about the commercials...It would be the same if you were watching a regular tv program...The guide says the show is 30 minutes long but in reality its 15-20 minutes long due to commercials. I mean what did you expect? Honestly. The fights they showed were entertaining and **** we even saw an Undercard fight. Maybe there was "so many commercials" because there were alot of finishes. You can always close your eyes when the commercials come on...and plus lets say there were no commercials...its not like you would have seen extra fights anyways...the Fights were broadcasted live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alliedwarior Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Versus 1 sucked' date=' And lets not forget the 23 minutes of fighting over 5 fights. And 1hour and 7minutes of commercial and interview garbage...not a very impressive launch..[/quote'] shut up bro, what do expect, do you really care about seeing NOTHING happening? wow all the fights got finished so you complain!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS WRNONG WITH YOU YOUR RETARDED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan_Jay Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Versus 1 sucked' date=' And lets not forget the 23 minutes of fighting over 5 fights. And 1hour and 7minutes of commercial and interview garbage...not a very impressive launch..[/quote'] Pay for it next time then and stfu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSanta Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I am good man. Dood to see you back. Speaking of cell phones' date=' I am on mine. I tried to merge these two threads but something else happened. lol Not sure what I merged, but sorry everyone.[/quote'] Damn you can get on the forums with your cell phone. I have tried this and it doesn't work for me...Maybe if i try putting in the exact URL to the forums...hmmm. I try to play MMArmy on my phone as well but it doesn't work out too well. God I love my prepaid 3G Network phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickTF Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Would be kind of crazy to have the event for free be the same fight packed quality package you pay $45 or around there for. I didn't like all the commercials and only the few fights but as already stated; it was free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdGOAT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 here's an idea.... put it on SPIKE!!! i loved the countdown but 50% of what i was watching was commercials. total BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBro Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 A free event and someone is complaining about the commercials. It gives you time to go grab another beer or go the the restroom or things along that line lol. Spooooiiiled, Dana should just make it all PPV, wait then the same people will be complainig about it not being free!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan_Jay Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 This card showed way too many commercials. The fights all together lasted maybe 20-30 minutes which was about as long as the commercial breaks from the opening sequence to the official decision for the Irvin vs. Sakara fight. I know they had to fill time and all since a lot of the fights were quicker than expected' date=' but here's an idea. Show some of the prelims. Guida's fight should have been on the main card anyway. Honestly, I don't know about any of you, but I will never watch a card on Versus ever again. I thought the Spike fights had too many commercials, but this was just ridiculous. Your thoughts?[/quote'] A list of options for you: Go see the event live Don't complain if all events go back to ppv stfu and stop complaining about something aired for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GstarUk Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I've got a feeling the majority of people who moan about the free cards stream the PPV's for free. Parasites on the UFC who don't pay into it and moan about the coverage I dont think so, i reckon it mostly ppl outside the US, that are not used to so many adverts. Here in the UK, a 2hour show would get about 5 adverts compared to the US of 20 or so lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Spider_Silva Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Every fight night or free event is always like this. Free events have always sucked for this reason. I dont know why you just noticed this all of a sudden last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G__row Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Damn you can get on the forums with your cell phone. I have tried this and it doesn't work for me...Maybe if i try putting in the exact URL to the forums...hmmm. I try to play MMArmy on my phone as well but it doesn't work out too well. God I love my prepaid 3G Network phone. I do both, this and MMarmy. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatSleepMMA Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 All I'm saying is it's unnecessary to cut to commercial during the fighter's entrances and in between rounds. I understand they had to fill space between fights since they were quick, but not between rounds and during entrances. And I'm not sure how I missed the airing of the Howard fight since I didn't change the channel after the event was over. I walked out of the room for maybe 5 minutes after the Jones vs. Vera fight. Was it that quick? Why is everyone so upset that I didn't want to watch an hour and a half of commercials? Bad programming is bad programming. Nothing wrong with the card, just got annoyed at watching the same ads over and over again instead of seeing the stuff that gets people excited for the next fight. If someone can explain to me 1. Why they chose a second rate station with a limited viewership like Versus. 2. Why they only showed 4 live fights and 3. why they cut out fighter's entrances and cut to commercial between rounds, that would be great. I get it. The fight was free blah blah blah. Doesn't explain why the commercials were 3/4 of the broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiHart Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here's an idea. Instead of complaining about nothing, during the commercials maybe you can... A) Go make something to eat. Talk to your wife. C) Take a smoke break. D) Play with your kid. E) All of the above. I picked E. And it worked good for me. Stop nagging, it was a great program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G__row Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I would not mind the commercials for every event. If they were all free. Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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