It’s costly being a fight sports activities fan these days.
Whether or not it’s boxing or combined martial arts (or, much more worryingly in your pockets, each) it could possibly price a fairly penny to navigate the varied streaming platforms and broadcasters to maintain tempo with the newest breakout stars and world title contenders; a reality made extra evident by the eye-watering ticket costs for the upcoming UFC occasion within the Las Vegas Sphere.
However one man who has lobbed numerous cash at each sports activities, the Saudi Arabian head of the Center Jap nation’s Normal Leisure Authority, Turki Alalshikh, says that he has a plan to make high degree boxing a bit of extra reasonably priced to the typical fan.
“You point out the PPV, I believe that is my subsequent large battle,” he instructed talkSPORT when discussing the potential for lastly arranging the long-anticipated Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua bout, as famous by MMA Mania.
“I dream of a PPV with a superb worth to make the followers glad and subscribe and get them to observe it legally. Normally once I see a excessive PPV [price], lots of people go and watch the battle illegally, and this isn’t wholesome for boxing and the platform.”
“What I’ll attempt to push is to have our Riyadh Season exhibits at lower than £20 in England and fewer than $20 world wide. I would like to have a million followers subscribe and purchase the PPV for $20 than lower than 500,000.”
Alalshikh’s relationship with the UFC expands this month on the UFC Noche occasion which is being co-promoted by the Saudi state. Along with the ticket costs, a few of which price a number of thousand {dollars}, the present UFC PPV worth is simply lower than $80 — which is along with a paid subscription to ESPN+.
And in line with Alalshikh, if fight sports activities’ promoters desires to root out unlawful streaming, the one manner to take action is to cut back prices to the patron. “The individuals go round it illegally as a result of the value is excessive,” Alalshikh stated. “Sooner or later, this won’t construct boxing. If I give the followers good fights at a superb worth, then I’ll improve the fanbase.”
