Many UFC PPVs have more then 4 fights. What often happens is a fight gets over before a judges decision so there is more time available. The UFC prepares for this in 2 ways:

The Swing Fight: The UFC will have a fight tentatively scheduled. If the other fights end quickly, that fight is then aired on the PPV and takes place live. The UFC usually places their swing fight between the co-main and the main event. Many other combat sports have “Swing Fights.” You can see many examples of “swing fights” on the show “Friday Night Fights,” HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” or most boxing PPVs. If their is no time for the swing fight on the PPV, the fight will take place after the main event and will not air on the PPV broadcast. A “swing fight” has never been held after a main event in the UFC.

Airing of prelim fights: A very convenient way for the UFC to fill PPV time is show tapes of prelim matches that occurred on the card before the matches that aired on PPV. This happens when fights on the main card end quickly. This allows the UFC to show fights that a) are the most exciting from the prelims b.) fit in the allowed time. A prelim match might end in the first round and could fill time at the end of a PPV where a full match could not.

Having 4 scheduled fights is not a way to rip you off. This is common practice in combat sports and a common move from the Zuffa era of the UFC. Most of the cards have some sort of “filler” match since rarely do all fights go to a Judge’s Decision. Critics of 4 scheduled fights are often fighting for the wrong cause since the card UFC 58 had only 5 matches but had more actual fighting shown then UFC 53 that showed 8 fights, and Pride’s “Total Elimination Absolute” which showed 8 fights. UFC 58 with its 5 matches had 65minutes and 1 second of fighting. UFC with its 8 fights had 54 minutes and 24 seconds of fighting. Pride’s ‘Total Elimination Absolute” had 57 minutes and 55 seconds of fighting.

For UFC 46(Couture vs Vitor II) the UFC did NOT show any filler fights. This made many people mad since the fights on the show went very fast and there was about 40 minutes left of PPV time when they went of the air. On top of this, the main event was a huge let down with Randy getting his eye cut in a ab-normal incident very early in round one. Many people did e-mail campaigns showing their disgust, and shortly after, the UFC started showing as many fight on PPV as they could once again.

The reason why Pride often shows more fights then the UFC is because Pride is not live when it is shown on the North American broadcast. It is on what is called a “tape delay.” This delay happens because of the time zone difference between Japan and North America. If Pride was to broadcast live in North America, the event would air at 3 a.m. Instead, they delay it till prime time 18 hours later. This gives Pride time to edit the show. Where UFC has to show all entrances, all the time in between fights, and everything else that happens, Pride can edit out many entrances, and dead-time so they can fill that time on the North American PPV with more matches. Pride’s Bushido show often has 10 matches or more and they can show most of them in the time aloud because of editing.[/quote]
Well I’d say your wrong on a few counts. For as long as I can remember there has always been 5 guarenteed to be shown PPV fights on UFC cards and Pride did show all the fights even if you watched it live. (I watched the Las Vegas Pride show live and they showed all 9 fights) I also like how you use terms like tape delay like you are some sort of scientist using terms that the common man wouldn’t know. I think we all know what a tape delay is bud.[/quote]

GEEZ why so pissed at the guy, he was just trying to give information he did say in his next post:

“OOPS!! Forgot to give credit for the info I just posted…It’s from… http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17836“

Many UFC PPVs have more then 4 fights. What often happens is a fight gets over before a judges decision so there is more time available. The UFC prepares for this in 2 ways:

The Swing Fight: The UFC will have a fight tentatively scheduled. If the other fights end quickly, that fight is then aired on the PPV and takes place live. The UFC usually places their swing fight between the co-main and the main event. Many other combat sports have “Swing Fights.” You can see many examples of “swing fights” on the show “Friday Night Fights,” HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” or most boxing PPVs. If their is no time for the swing fight on the PPV, the fight will take place after the main event and will not air on the PPV broadcast. A “swing fight” has never been held after a main event in the UFC.

Airing of prelim fights: A very convenient way for the UFC to fill PPV time is show tapes of prelim matches that occurred on the card before the matches that aired on PPV. This happens when fights on the main card end quickly. This allows the UFC to show fights that a) are the most exciting from the prelims b.) fit in the allowed time. A prelim match might end in the first round and could fill time at the end of a PPV where a full match could not.

Having 4 scheduled fights is not a way to rip you off. This is common practice in combat sports and a common move from the Zuffa era of the UFC. Most of the cards have some sort of “filler” match since rarely do all fights go to a Judge’s Decision. Critics of 4 scheduled fights are often fighting for the wrong cause since the card UFC 58 had only 5 matches but had more actual fighting shown then UFC 53 that showed 8 fights, and Pride’s “Total Elimination Absolute” which showed 8 fights. UFC 58 with its 5 matches had 65minutes and 1 second of fighting. UFC with its 8 fights had 54 minutes and 24 seconds of fighting. Pride’s ‘Total Elimination Absolute” had 57 minutes and 55 seconds of fighting.

For UFC 46(Couture vs Vitor II) the UFC did NOT show any filler fights. This made many people mad since the fights on the show went very fast and there was about 40 minutes left of PPV time when they went of the air. On top of this, the main event was a huge let down with Randy getting his eye cut in a ab-normal incident very early in round one. Many people did e-mail campaigns showing their disgust, and shortly after, the UFC started showing as many fight on PPV as they could once again.

The reason why Pride often shows more fights then the UFC is because Pride is not live when it is shown on the North American broadcast. It is on what is called a “tape delay.” This delay happens because of the time zone difference between Japan and North America. If Pride was to broadcast live in North America, the event would air at 3 a.m. Instead, they delay it till prime time 18 hours later. This gives Pride time to edit the show. Where UFC has to show all entrances, all the time in between fights, and everything else that happens, Pride can edit out many entrances, and dead-time so they can fill that time on the North American PPV with more matches. Pride’s Bushido show often has 10 matches or more and they can show most of them in the time aloud because of editing.[/quote]
Well I’d say your wrong on a few counts. For as long as I can remember there has always been 5 guarenteed to be shown PPV fights on UFC cards and Pride did show all the fights even if you watched it live. (I watched the Las Vegas Pride show live and they showed all 9 fights) I also like how you use terms like tape delay like you are some sort of scientist using terms that the common man wouldn’t know. I think we all know what a tape delay is bud.

But then you would have fights that new people didnt even know of/ didnt even care of. The more new fans, the better.[/quote]

Would someone please explain what this means?[/quote]
First off can u tell me the last PPV event where at least 6 fights weren’t shown (we got 8 the last two I believe) and what do you want them to do as soon as the fight is over not have both fighters rushed off the floor the next fighters get no intro they just have to sprint into the octagon and start the fight immediatly then you can have 9 fights in an hour. Oh and another point they shouldn’t get breaks in between rounds that’s a waste of time how bout just a 15 minute fight with no breaks on the other hand that could be a bit long lets just make it 5 minute fights then the whole show will be over in an hour. Come on think before you say something.

SHOW ALL THE F*CKING FIGHTS!!!!!

I don’t get it. I will never understand why ALL the fights on the card aren’t televised. Are they saving the un-televised fights for SpikeTV UFC Unleashed or for cheap Christmas DVD box sets? This is ridiculous.

It would be robery if the Tibau/Griffin fight isn’t televised. How the heck are you going to make these undercard matches, and not give those fighters television exposure by putting them on the PPV? Most of the undercard fighters are journey men or up and comers that would benefit greatly from that kind of exposure. Plus, the fans can get to learn more about these guys, become familiar with them, and can be fans of those fighters in other UFC events.

We’re already paying for the programming. I’m sure the fans who’ve paid for the PPV wouldn’t mind if it went 5 hours to get those extra fights.

If the UFC isn’t listening, I hope Mark Cuban is![/quote]

I totally agree, they left out one fight Eastman vs Martin and it was two big names but they showed the Emerson vs Nakamura fight, I don’t get it!! They should show all fights, props buddy!!