UFC 204 - Manchester - Travel/Meet Ups/Fight Club etc

That_Guy

Updated for OP:

So now that we're all sorted with flights and tickets, JoeyJJ suggested meeting at 'Lloyds Bar' in the Printworks for a few pre-fight drinks.

There's a good few heading by themselves (me included) so it'd be cool to have a chat with fellow forum members over a couple of beers. They also have a lot of food options for a nice looking price.

Website: http://www.theprintworks.com/the_place/

Google Map: https://www.google.ie/maps/place/The+Printworks/@53.485184,-2.240651,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4cc0636943101d9e?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3w6bKhf3OAhUIIsAKHYXwAKEQ_BIIiAEwCg

It's pretty close to the Manchester Arena so you don't have to stagger too far to your seats for the fights.

Most seem to be getting the 4:40pm flight on the Saturday so chances are most will arrive together.

I can enquire about booking a section ahead of time if needs be but this seems like a decent place to meet up.

Yessss, Cannot wait for this So ill have to buy fightclub

JoeyJJ

Going Solo so far, happy to chip in with a few others each paying 1/6 of 75 dollars for fight club membership. Couple of others now take my word and flights have gone up a bit. See if they are gonna go or not now.

Yeah I'd be happy to pay 1/6th of a sub and I'd trust most people on here as long as they didn't just register within the last month

theteal

Any guesses at ticket pricing?

Baby is due in October :eek:

theteal

theteal wrote: »

Any guesses at ticket pricing?

Baby is due in October :eek:

Im getting married the day before and I'm still going :pac::pac:

That_Guy

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Im getting married the day before and I'm still going :pac::pac:

Honeymoon in Manchester?

That_Guy

That_Guy wrote: »

Honeymoon in Manchester?

Haha GF is 7 months pregnant, its a shotgun wedding :pac: Will be going to UFC solo the day after and thats the only honeymoon haha

callaway92

Fly over from Cork Saturday morning and home Sunday night. Hate the time of the event but what can ya do!

Im on the 16.40 out of dublin and 8 am flight back on sunday morning.

Swarlez

6 of us yesterday booked the late flight over on friday evening and back at 8 am on the sunday. Delighted now, although i'm wondering what getting to the airport will be like!

D.Q

Are fightclub and fightpass the same things? I pay a monthly subscription, does that entitle me to presale?

Swarlez

Swarlez wrote: »

6 of us yesterday booked the late flight over on friday evening and back at 8 am on the sunday. Delighted now, although i'm wondering what getting to the airport will be like!

JUst the second main event is over run like fuark :pac: I dont see main event lasting 5 rounds anyway

maximoose

theteal wrote: »

Any guesses at ticket pricing?

Baby is due in October :eek:

Prices for London card back in feb were:

P1 £167.25
P2 £140.25
P3 £112.25
P4 £85.25
P5 £57.25
P6 £46.25

Similarish I would guess, although this is a numbered event so possibly might be pricier?

maximoose

maximoose wrote: »

Prices for London card back in feb were:

P1 £167.25
P2 £140.25
P3 £112.25
P4 £85.25
P5 £57.25
P6 £46.25

Similarish I would guess, although this is a numbered event so possibly might be pricier?

Not sure which seats i will go for.... I mean at what price is it that you will have a decent view?

callaway92

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Not sure which seats i will go for.... I mean at what price is it that you will have a decent view?

There's not a bad seat in the house for UFC events. I've sat in various price categories and have never had an issue - and a couple of events were in the 02 in London which is far bigger than the Manchester Arena.

callaway92

callaway92 wrote: »

There's not a bad seat in the house for UFC events. I've sat in various price categories and have never had an issue.

Excellent, ill go with the best i can afford when tickets go on sale id say.

DipStick McSwindler

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That_Guy

I think I'll stump up for a decent priced ticket particularly if I'm not booking a hotel or anything.

That_Guy

That_Guy wrote: »

I think I'll stump up for a decent priced ticket particularly if I'm not booking a hotel or anything.

I was thinking this also. I was going to head over to Conors fight in Vegas but then when herself got pregnant that was off the cards So I am thinking I might make up for that witha decent ticket for this.

DrPhilG

I'll probably hit the £100 tickets or whatever is closest. My bank account gives me 25% discount plus I won't be needing a hotel.

Out on the Saturday morning, back at 12 on the Sunday from Liverpool to Derry.

Fatty Magoo

Has anyone being to the arena for any of the recent UFC events? I was there the first time the UFC were there and i remember there being issues with the bar and in particular the toilet situation was terrible we missed whole fights because of the Q, anyone any recent experience of the place? Im wondering has it changed much since it got new owners?

JoeyJJ

Nice to see the Stg taking a few % points dive, shave a few quid off the trip.

akelly02

confirmed oh this is brilliant thanks for the heads up lads!!

will try meet up over there but might have to bring the missus

John_D80

theteal wrote: »

Any guesses at ticket pricing?

Baby is due in October :eek:

Maybe you can Skype your missus for the delivery if you find a good spot for free Wi-Fi in Manchester.

That_Guy

D.Q wrote: »

Are fightclub and fightpass the same things? I pay a monthly subscription, does that entitle me to presale?

Fight Club and Fight Pass are two different entities altogether.

Fight Pass - Monthly digital streaming service.
Fight Club - Annual payment for access to pre-sale events. It's about €75 but for peace of mind, it's worth getting for almost guaranteed tickets.

Without it, I'd never have gotten tickets for UFC Dublin/UFC 189 and given the locals/people travelling to Manchester, it's likely they'll be snapped up fairly quickly.

JoeyJJ

I think I'll be trying to P2 tickets might be easier to get when the flood gates open.

JoeyJJ

JoeyJJ wrote: »

I think I'll be trying to P2 tickets might be easier to get when the flood gates open.

How good would p1 be?

JoeyJJ

Deleted User wrote: »

How good would p1 be?

You would be a couple of rows from front. Looking up I would imagine. P2 be low tiered I would say.

That_Guy

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How good would p1 be?

JoeyJJ wrote: »

You would be a couple of rows from front. Looking up I would imagine. P2 be low tiered I would say.

I'd rather be tiered looking into the cage than looking up into it personally.

Devastator

About time that its been announced! Saying that the flights were couple of pound cheaper there then when I last looked.
Less than £45 return for flights and no hotel is my setup. Only sh.tter is the only flight out of Belfast is at like 8:30 on the Saturday morning so I'll have the whole day to kill before the fights.


I'd guess tickets will be on sale in about 3 weeks time, I'm only basing this on the event for Sept 17th tickets went on sale yesterday and its 3 weeks prior to Manchester. If you don't have a FC code you ain't getting in would be my thinking, so either stump up or try to get a code off someone on here. Its worth it IMO, especially if you really want to go! Hopefully ticketmaster.co.uk will not have the same problems as its other international sister sites when tickets go up for sale. I'm glad my cashback site does TM so I'll get some money back from the cost of the tickets anyway.

steveydon

Lads to be honest I think that prices are going to be considerably more than UFC London, that was a fightpass exclusive event, this is a PPV with atleast one if not two title fights on it

Mr. Manager

Myself and 2 others flying from Malta and got my brother ropped in to come from Dublin too. Really hoping everything for this comes together!

JoeyJJ

Yeah I would imagine something like this, still much less than 189 I payed 350 dollars for P3.

London
P1 £167.25
P2 £140.25
P3 £112.25
P4 £85.25
P5 £57.25
P6 £46.25

Manchester
P1 £220
P2 £180
P3 £150
P4 £120
P5 £100
P6 £80

JoeyJJ

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Yeah I would imagine something like this, still much less than 189 I payed 350 dollars for P3.

London
P1 £167.25
P2 £140.25
P3 £112.25
P4 £85.25
P5 £57.25
P6 £46.25

Manchester
P1 £220
P2 £180
P3 £150
P4 £120
P5 £100
P6 £80

Is there anyway to pay for fightclub without paying the 12 dollars handling and shipping fee for the stupid merchandise

kwestfan08

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Is there anyway to pay for fightclub without paying the 12 dollars handling and shipping fee for the stupid merchandise

Not as far as I'm aware but there's no better way of getting tickets than with fight club so it's just a case of sucking it up I'm afraid.

That_Guy

steveydon wrote: »

Lads to be honest I think that prices are going to be considerably more than UFC London, that was a fightpass exclusive event, this is a PPV with atleast one if not two title fights on it

I am hoping that they'll go easy on the ticket prices given that it's on at stupid o clock in the morning.

Deadst4r

No one else concerned that this still isn't official?

Dancor

Deadst4r wrote: »

No one else concerned that this still isn't official?

Meh, flights from Dublin were €20. Worth a shot, No big loss.

kwestfan08

Deadst4r wrote: »

No one else concerned that this still isn't official?

Seems pretty official to me.

http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/michael-bisping-announces-rematch-with-dan-henderson-at-ufc-204-in-england-080516

Whelo79

Delighted I took a punt on that cheap flight now. Fingers crossed for tickets now.

but1er

How many on the 8am flight home?

Will we organize a van pick up 12 seater outside the arena??

Carroller

My fight club sub runs out in September I think. If I still have it by time the tickets are on sale I'll gladly give my code to a group buying tickets. I won't be going to the event as much as I would love to

steveydon

Hey lads something I just spotted on Reddit MMA, a comment from Jim Edwards from FloCombat (Jeremy Botter's site) who broke the story last night -

"[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Hey guys just to clarify because I think people are getting confused. From what I've been told the UFC FP Prelims will start at 9pm local time, the TV prelim card will start at 10pm and the main card will start at 1am BST. This means the main event should be in the Octagon at 3am BST."[/font]

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]That makes it much more managable[/font]

Swashbuckler

That would be much much better. Less of a rush back to the airport.

Just a heads up on tickets. There may be a limit of 4 for fightclub members on this event. I think 200 and 202 both had a limit of 4. With this expected to sell out FAST, i imagine they'll keep it at 4 here too.
"Ultimate and Elite Fight Club members, use your unique pre-sale code to be the first to get ticket access for 18 UFC events total, with a 4 ticket limit per event (unless otherwise noted)"

For those sharing fightclub codes and aren't aware - your code stays the same for the entire year so has the potential to be abused. Have shared myself before but do it over PM with someone you trust.

Swashbuckler

Mate of mine said the same today. Looks like a limit of four....balls....

callaway92

steveydon wrote: »

Hey lads something I just spotted on Reddit MMA, a comment from Jim Edwards from FloCombat (Jeremy Botter's site) who broke the story last night -

"[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Hey guys just to clarify because I think people are getting confused. From what I've been told the UFC FP Prelims will start at 9pm local time, the TV prelim card will start at 10pm and the main card will start at 1am BST. This means the main event should be in the Octagon at 3am BST."[/font]

[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]That makes it much more managable[/font]

I think it's still ridic stupid

ASOT

callaway92 wrote: »

I think it's still ridic stupid

Appealing to there primary market and source of revenue is hardly stupid to be fair.

JoeyJJ

Would be happy with that 3/4 am out would be sound

Whelo79

My fight club membership is up on August 28th. Spot all the lads who bought membership to purchase pre-sale tickets to McGregor v Aldo 😂😂