UFC London - October 2010

Daniel2oo9

Going to beg my dad to bring me to this.I Could say if i get good J.C Results can we go. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
Id be lookin at gettin the cheapest flights and tickets possible.What would be the cheapest

DrPhilG

Daniel2oo9 wrote: »

Going to beg my dad to bring me to this.I Could say if i get good J.C Results can we go. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
Id be lookin at gettin the cheapest flights and tickets possible.What would be the cheapest

Not sure where you're flying from. I usually go from Belfast and costs usually about £50 each. Tickets start at about £50 but those ones sell out in a flash via the touts.

Daniel2oo9

Id be flying from Cork.Anyway i could get cheap flights from cork

Daniel2oo9

ShagNastii wrote: »

Was planning on going to 105 but couldn't go at the time so was really looking forward to this for ages (the UK return) but this card looks like a steaming turd. My guess is I'll hit the next german show instead. Pity, a real pity.

Never Look at a Card and Say its Crap,Could be a big mistake beacause it could turn out an Animal of a card

MarkFairman

Daniel2009,

Why dont you check out flights yourself, try ryanair, aerlingus or skyscanner to find flights. Good luck

SDTimeout

At the moment flights out on the 14th with ryanair to london are 6 euro no taxes.

DrPhilG

SDTimeout wrote: »

At the moment flights out on the 14th with ryanair to london are 6 euro no taxes.

Ooh, sounds tempting...

Except I'm just back from 116 and the wife would **** a brick.

unknown13

Daniel2oo9 wrote: »

Going to beg my dad to bring me to this.I Could say if i get good J.C Results can we go. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
Id be lookin at gettin the cheapest flights and tickets possible.What would be the cheapest

UFC 122, in Germany. That Card (120) is woeful except the Hathaway and Hardy fights. UFC 122 according to Junkie is going to be a PPV and the rumor is that Anderson Silva is fighting Vitor Belfort for the title should he beat Sonnen easily or suffer minor damage in the fight. The EXPO apparently is awful from what I'm hearing.

bret69

Evil_Clown wrote: »

I have been looking and Germany looks a good proposition instead of going to London if you are willing to but up with a little extra travel.
Flights to Dussledorf: €84
Train to Oberhausen (bout 20 miles) : €20
Hotel (close to arena) : €35 (if you share room)

I was planning on going to London but now after seeing the card think I will hold out for Germany. Denis Siver (was excellent last time I saw him at 93) will deffo fight and there are rumours about Belfort fighting aswell.

Can anyone who was at the last German event give a rough idea of ticket prices ??

Where did you get flights for €84? What dates and airline?

SuperWoody101

unknown13 wrote: »

UFC 122, in Germany. That Card (120) is woeful except the Hathaway and Hardy fights. UFC 122 according to Junkie is going to be a PPV and the rumor is that Anderson Silva is fighting Vitor Belfort for the title should he beat Sonnen easily or suffer minor damage in the fight. The EXPO apparently is awful from what I'm hearing.

Can't see a title fight in Germany but I hope I am wrong, and let me tell you the fan expo at UFC 100 was far from awful, it's a great event for any MMA fan but I would pay the extra money and get the VIP tickets.

unknown13

What I heard the Expo queing times where very long, you only got autographs by the fighters, pictures weren't allowed at the booths. Some people have said to me, if I was going just to get a regular ticket and not go any fighter booths because the fighters are floating around. Also how many fighters are actually going to come over to the UK for the expo aswell.

SuperWoody101

unknown13 wrote: »

What I heard the Expo queing times where very long, you only got autographs by the fighters, pictures weren't allowed at the booths. Some people have said to me, if I was going just to get a regular ticket and not go any fighter booths because the fighters are floating around. Also how many fighters are actually going to come over to the UK for the expo aswell.

Can't see a lot of fighters at the UK expo (a prat from the UK guys) ques were crazy at the UFC 100 expo but with the VIP tickets there was like only a 2min. que if any (it was great) you were not allowed to take pictures with the fighters but a lot of them are more then happy to do if you ask. There was a lot of non UFC fighters walking around the expo (it was great) fighters are just all over the place in Vegas. Met lots of them walking around the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino even a very drunk Joe Stevenson (what a funny guy) can't drink for **** bless him.

DrPhilG

Daniel2oo9 wrote: »

Never Look at a Card and Say its Crap,Could be a big mistake beacause it could turn out an Animal of a card

Exactly, 95 was the perfect example. Horrible card, one of the best events of the year.

unknown13 wrote: »

The EXPO apparently is awful from what I'm hearing.

I was at the 100 Expo and it depends what you're after. If you can afford VIP tickets, great and you'll have a blast, 2 minutes in line. It does suck that you can't get pictures with fighters, especially since the reason given is to cut time when in fact it wouldn't really add much time at all.

Go to the Expo, sack the queues, just wander about and keep your eyes open. I only stood in 1 line at 100, it lasted about 5 hours and I got autographs from Florian, Sanchez, Jardine and a few others (whoop-de-doo). From just walking around the expo booths and the hotel I got pictures with Hazelett, Pulver, Marquardt, Uno, Shogun, Davis and a few others.

Marcus Davis spotted me in my "Team Irish" shirt and came to say hello to me before I even noticed him. Last week at 116 I was wearing a Silver Star Guida shirt and he spotted me too, called me over and signed the back of the shirt!

scudzilla

DrPhilG wrote: »

Exactly, 95 was the perfect example. Horrible card, one of the best events of the year.

That was lucky, on paper it was a weak card, just lucky that the fights turned out to be awesome.

Whatever happened to the same cards as U.S? The title fights?

Marshal Zelaznik's Facebook page has been inundated with complaints about the card, here's his response...

OK Folks: I see the comments. Were you all the ones who complained about UFC 95? Hmm... how did that night of fights turn out


So basically he's hoping that they luck out and all the fights are awesome again, totally ignoring that fact that yet again they're wheeling Mike Bisping out as a headliner and fillin the card up with Brits.

That to me is an awful response from the UK's head of UFC, he should listen to the fans concerns and try and do something about them.

DrPhilG

scudzilla wrote: »

Whatever happened to the same cards as U.S? The title fights?

Marshal Zelaznik's Facebook page has been inundated with complaints about the card, here's his response...

OK Folks: I see the comments. Were you all the ones who complained about UFC 95? Hmm... how did that night of fights turn out

Crappy response for sure. To be honest I'd rather have a good headliner between Stevenson and Sanchez than 112's main event but it's not the point. There is no doubt that the Europeans get crappier cards and the next time DW, Zelaznik or anyone else in power does a QnA I'll ask again!

unknown13

DrPhilG wrote: »

Exactly, 95 was the perfect example. Horrible card, one of the best events of the year.

The abuse given to that card before it took place was amazing. People even attending the card were calling it all sorts of names, IE UFN 95

scudzilla wrote: »

OK Folks: I see the comments. Were you all the ones who complained about UFC 95? Hmm... how did that night of fights turn out

So basically he's hoping that they luck out and all the fights are awesome again, totally ignoring that fact that yet again they're wheeling Mike Bisping out as a headliner and fillin the card up with Brits.

That to me is an awful response from the UK's head of UFC, he should listen to the fans concerns and try and do something about them.

Dana's after 112 were disgraceful. He literally abused fans on Twitter, that went on his twitter and said what felt about that card.

scudzilla

DrPhilG wrote: »

Crappy response for sure. To be honest I'd rather have a good headliner between Stevenson and Sanchez than 112's main event but it's not the point. There is no doubt that the Europeans get crappier cards and the next time DW, Zelaznik or anyone else in power does a QnA I'll ask again!

Bangin your head against a wall mate, i'll give you your answer now "Sure, we'll be back next year with bigger cards and we'll try and put a title fight on"

unknown13

DrPhilG wrote: »

Crappy response for sure. To be honest I'd rather have a good headliner between Stevenson and Sanchez than 112's main event but it's not the point. There is no doubt that the Europeans get crappier cards and the next time DW, Zelaznik or anyone else in power does a QnA I'll ask again!

Dana will go on with the same old bullshít, he says at every Q&A.

Fan from North Dakota; Dana when are you coming to North Dakota.
Dana; We WILL be in North Dakota soon

Fan from Ireland; Dana when are you coming back to Ireland.
Dana; We WILL be back in Ireland soon, I promise you.

DrPhilG

unknown13 wrote: »

Dana will go on with the same old bullshít, he says at every Q&A.

Fan from North Dakota; Dana when are you coming to North Dakota.
Dana; We WILL be in North Dakota soon

Fan from Ireland; Dana when are you coming back to Ireland.
Dana; We WILL be back in Ireland soon, I promise you.

Aye I know.

When are you coming to Sweden/Mexico/Italy/Wherever?

We're coming everywhere man.

I'd be more interested in pulling DW or MZ up on the obviously broken promises like the return to Ireland or the quality of cards.

SuperWoody101

DrPhilG wrote: »

Marcus Davis spotted me in my "Team Irish" shirt and came to say hello to me before I even noticed him.

Were you in a group of people who all had Team Irish or UFC 100 Ireland (something like that) shirts?

DrPhilG

SuperWoody101 wrote: »

Were you in a group of people who all had Team Irish or UFC 100 Ireland (something like that) shirts?

No, didn't see any either! I was just walking through the MB, near the restaurants beside the casino and heard "hey nice shirt". Looked back and it was Davis.

It's the official "Team Irish" shirt from his website, which I have since left behind on honeymoon in Mauritius...

Evil_Clown

bret69 wrote: »

Where did you get flights for €84? What dates and airline?

Aer Lingus Dublin to Dussledorf fly out Sat 13th morn and fly back Sun 14th morn

fakearms123

I had intended to go see this event, its only like €30 return flights from Kerry Airport to Luton and a 40 min £20 train into the centre. I had made jokes about Bisping being the main event and can you imagine if they tried to sell that headline fight to the fans in the UK, considering he is only on a 1 fight winning streak but then I check the websites and there it is Bisping vs Akiyama as the main event, one fighter coming off a loss and Bisping (who i hate for obvious reasons). It makes me sick that Dana White would sell this kind of card to the fans in Europe, and Carlos Condit vs Dan Hardy as a co-main event. The "fans" here who settle with this card and are happy with this card are delusional! I hear people saying "we should be happy that the UFC comes to the UK at all", and "just because it isnt big names doesnt mean the fights wont be good", if you dont want to get value for your money then you can watch good fights anywhere! Why cant we have Machida, Forrest or Rampage fighting, Cro Cop vs Ben Rothwell, Martin Kampmann vs John Hathaway, Todd Duffee vs Gilbert Yvel, so many better matchups!

DrPhilG

It really shows the UFC's lack of connection with the UK fans. They still think that Bisping is hero worshipped, because he was the first big UK star. Except even the British aren't fussed on Bisping, and even less now that he's being rammed down their throats at every opportunity.

I mean realistically, Hardy vs Condit is a better fight than Bisping vs Akiyama. At least those 2 are in the title mix, wheras neither Bisping nor Akiyama will be getting a title shot soon.

Odats

After seeing 2 Britfest cards and disappointed with the line ups. I have come to the conclusion that it is better saving up and going to the US for a card. I've done this for the last two I went to UFC100 and UFC111 and thoroughly enjoyed both. Hate Bisping with a passion but like Hardy and Hathaway. Hathaway and Stun Gun although an intriguing fight is not one I'm interested in seeing.
O2 in London is such an excellent venue and a great card would create some atmosphere.

DrPhilG

For what it's worth...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055970004

SuperWoody101

Tickets for UFC 120 “Bisping Vs. Akiyama” go on sale this Thursday (22/July/2010) for Fight Club Members, Friday (23/July/2010) for UFC Newsletter Subscribers and Saturday (24/July/2010) for general public. Log onto Ticketmaster.co.uk for more info.

Location: London, England
Venue: The O2 Arena.
Broadcast: Spike TV & ESPN UK

* Fight Card
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Michael Bisping*
* Carlos Condit vs. Dan Hardy*
* John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle*
* Travis Browne vs. Cheick Kongo*
* Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton*
* Claude Patrick vs. James Wilks*
* Tom Blackledge vs. James McSweeney*
* Cyrille Diabate vs. Alexander Gustafsson*
* Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz*
* Steven Cantwell vs. TBA*
* Paul Sass vs. TBA*

UFC will also be hosting a Fan Expo on October 15th & 16th in London, England,at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

Credit: http://fighthounds.com/ufc/ufc-120-bisping-vs-akiyama-tickets-on-sale-thursday-22july2010/

unknown13

Is that Hathaway with a new opponent?

Odats

Mike Pyle coach at Xtreme Couture, Hathaway lose lose situation. Will be expected to win but if he loses will set him back alot. Knew the UFC were saving Kampmann for Shields on the card as co main event for Cain vs Brock.

SuperWoody101

Tickets priced at £50, £70, £100, £125, £175 & £250.

Pauleta

Ah balls, this couldnt of been a worse week for tickets to come out :mad:

I may make the trek for the german one in November

terry_s

Just thought i'd ask does anyone have any trial codes for fightclub membership so i could avail of the ufc 120 presale tickets. Saw someone here before with codes for fightclub membership.

GaryW

Newsletter presale code is LONDON

terry_s

Cheers GaryW

bret69

Does anyone know if the fightclub or newsletter presale actually gets you better seats than the general sale (obviously within the same price bracket)?

I know when the O2 Dublin have a presale it only guarantees you get your tickets before general sale, not better seats necessarily. For a gig there recently I had worse seats than a friend of mine, even though I got my tickets on presale and he didn't (and we both paid the same price for tickets).

GaryW

bret69 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the fightclub or newsletter presale actually gets you better seats than the general sale (obviously within the same price bracket)?

I know when the O2 Dublin have a presale it only guarantees you get your tickets before general sale, not better seats necessarily. For a gig there recently I had worse seats than a friend of mine, even though I got my tickets on presale and he didn't (and we both paid the same price for tickets).

In my experience not... they seem to open up the venues section by section so you have as much chance with general sale as you do with pre-sale... Personally I find the 100-125 tkts the best value. I hate ringside at UFC.. you can see F all... somewhere in 10-20 rows up the tiers are best for me

SDTimeout

GaryW wrote: »

Newsletter presale code is LONDON

Tomorrow morning we can get tickets with LONDON then ? First time booking ufc tix

unknown13

SDTimeout wrote: »

Tomorrow morning we can get tickets with LONDON then ? First time booking ufc tix

You put the code in beside the amount of tickets you want.

GaryW

SDTimeout wrote: »

Tomorrow morning we can get tickets with LONDON then ? First time booking ufc tix

No the presale with that code goes on sale on Friday, only for FC members tomorrow

Nanoc

is there a generic code for FC members or individual per person?

SuperWoody101

Nanoc wrote: »

is there a generic code for FC members or individual per person?

Individual per person.

GaryW

FC codes are per person but dont worry it wont sell out anytime soon... LONDON will get you tkts tomorrow before gen-pop get them anyway

unknown13

There isnt as many European / British UFC FC members than everyone is making out to be. You will get tickets in the Newsletter pre~sale.

MisterCadbury

Just wondering, does anybody know what the 50pound tickets are like? Like has anyone been to 02 in london before?
Reason I ask is I'm almost certain ill be there but not 100% yet so dont wana have the risk of loosing alot if I can't go.

I've also heard from mates who went to the Irish one that the closer you are to octagon the less you see cos of the cameras and all that?

GaryW

anyone get the newsletter code working yet? saying its not in the system atm

GaryW

MisterCadbury wrote: »

Just wondering, does anybody know what the 50pound tickets are like? Like has anyone been to 02 in london before?
Reason I ask is I'm almost certain ill be there but not 100% yet so dont wana have the risk of loosing alot if I can't go.

I've also heard from mates who went to the Irish one that the closer you are to octagon the less you see cos of the cameras and all that?

Ive been to 5 UFC events and ive learned the hard what so now i always go on the lower tiers... about 10-20 rows up from ground level I find is best... 50 pound seats will be in the gods and the O2 is huge... if you wanna watch on the big screen go wtih these but if you want to see get lower tier...110 ones

DrPhilG

GaryW wrote: »

Ive been to 5 UFC events and ive learned the hard what so now i always go on the lower tiers... about 10-20 rows up from ground level I find is best... 50 pound seats will be in the gods and the O2 is huge... if you wanna watch on the big screen go wtih these but if you want to see get lower tier...110 ones

Definitely right that the 15 rows back ones are the best in the house. I've sat everywhere fro the cheap seats to front row at the events I've been to and the best seats I ever had were Birmingham for 89, 12 rows back, side on to the cage.

However if you're on a budget, and you're lucky, the front 2 rows of the upper tier side on are also excellent and will cost £50-£75. You're very high but you are almost looking down into the cage rather than through the side. I've not been there myself but a few friends always try for them as they swear by them.

GaryW

Still cant get tkts with LONDON password anyone got any ideas?

Wexler12

Me either, looks like ya just have to wait

GaryW

Wexler12 wrote: »

Me either, looks like ya just have to wait

Im not good at that...