Four fights of three rounds: (4 fights of three rounds each = 4*3*5=60 minutes=1 Hour
Show duration: 3 Hours
That means I was asked to watch two hours of some of the most mind numbing advertizing ever.
Who was the genius who thought it would be funny to have a mexican maid jabbering at a dying young man, foot twitching, about how stupid he was for dying before...a new cell phone came out? Spitting on him in the end? Well, that does suggest what their opinion is of the "target demographic".
Oh, and guess what? Winner gets a six figure salary! ...only told that every other minute.
I know, I know...it was free, right? Wrong. My time isn't free. I let it go - the annoyance of the most outrageous ration to adds vs content EVER - a 2x1 ratio.
Except I learned there were three other fights that night. THREE OTHER FIGHTS! Instead, I'm listening to the vacant prattle of a Korn musician laboring to construct a word in his brain (Rogan: What do you think Diego will win by? Korn Guy: ... Joe: Um, submission or knockout? Korn Guy: ...knockout).
Never again. See, here's how it works, marketing execs at UFC - I will teevo the next show and watch it with friends the next day. You have got to put more content in your shows, guys. Yes, I'm grateful for being able to watch fights without PPV. You abused my gratitude. Boxing's got Tuesday Night Fights, you know. It's not like I'm going to fall down and genuflect just because I get some free NHB.
Oh, and Diego really impressed me. I thought they were going to introduce him as "JEEEEZUS....AYYYCH...CHRIIIIIIIST.....CHRIIIIST" when he went into that extended arm, radiant human crucifix position at the beginning of the fight.
Yep, stupid ads. If it wasnt the maid commercial it was a gaming commercial. Only relief came with the XYIENCE commercials, and they were ummmm, great!!!
I think alot of people will. What person with any organizational aptitude and impulse control wouldn't?
I could picture the guys partying and shotgunning beers..."yeeeeeeaaaahhhh!"... at the beginning of the event looking cross-eyed, heavy faced and drooling by mid-show...eventually closing one eye just to be able to view the next ten minutes of adds before slumping over in drunken slumber.
The worst one is the Slim Jim series they show during the regular TUF episodes.
It's basically some jerky guy badgers an idiot into doing a crazy stunt like riding his bicycle on a stairway railing. The idiot does it and crash lands his groin on the railing and falls to the ground writhing in pain, holding his crotch.
At the bottom of the screen it says "Don't try this at home. Have a Slim Jim instead."
Fade to black.
I've never seen so much contempt shown by an advertising writer for his audience.
It's a live fight show. There is going to be plenty of downtime, just as on the PPVs. They can either fill the downtime between fights and rounds with commercials -- making money -- or use it to show celebrities in the crowd.
It's not just the commercials. It's Joe wasting time talking to people in the audience, it's the pre-taped comments that get shown a thousand times. One fight every half hour should be the formula. That leaves 15 minutes out of every 30 for commercials and hype, which is plenty.
BigWilliam is correct. That seems like a simple formula.
Guys, think about it - EVERY 45 MINUTES OF THE HOUR IS FILLER! That's a staggering ratio! I would prefer to watch a fishbowl for that period of time, rather than those repetitive previews of Rashad and Brad. (like both of them, btw...not their fault).
Kai, you had plenty of time to drive to another county for the beer, come backm have a sweet sunday morning turd and shower before the next fight was going to start.