20 Bucks Dana Scraps the HW Grand Prix

OU wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

Here's to hoping it stays a rumor.

Either way, I'm watching.

100% wrong thread I posted this in.

It would have been on PPV either way.

I don't think it would have. It might of been, but it's definetly was not for certain going to be on PPV. A lot would have to align for SF and Showtime to do it. Now with Zuffa they can throw any old card on PPV and not have it be the death of them if it fails.

I'm not saying it's not worthy for PPV or anything like that, but just sayin...

The SF plan was to get the card on PPV from the beginning. Barring something major like say - the sale of the company to it's biggest rival - that was going to be their plan going forward. But even that hasn't appeared to have changed anything.

im laughing my ass off at OU's avatar!!!

I'm not quite sure they would have went on PPV. They were already losing money from what I'm hearing, and even the best Non-UFC PPVs in MMA really lose money. It would have been a nice statement though, but would anything have changed in the long run? Zuffa would have steped in soon enough.

OU wrote:

OU wrote:

Primetyme199 wrote:

No way he scraps it, he'll try to make the finals PPV.

correct.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/14/2049812/ufc-purchases-strikeforce-conference-call-live-updates-dana-white

Quote :

"We're open to the idea of the HWGP final being on PPV."

-Dana White

http://mmajunkie.com/news/22831/following-sale-to-ufc-strikeforce-grand-prix-could-mark-pay-per-view-debut.mma
UFC president Dana White today said the finals of the eight-man
Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix might be worth a $44.95 price tag.

"Yeah, I think so," White today said when asked about the possibility of putting the planned event on pay-per-view.

This is one of the major reasons I have mixed feelings about the merger.