There's actually a cottage industry that's popped up selling discount PPVs. They sell a low-quality internet stream for $5 or so. From an economic perspective,

There's actually a cottage industry that's popped up selling discount PPVs. They sell a low-quality internet stream for $5 or so. From an economic perspective, it's an interesting phenomenon. You can see the demand that fails to clear at the market price. For a sport still struggling for a cultural foothold, the aggressive anti-piracy actions of the UFC may eventually do it more harm than good. The pay per views are an expensive product, and the free cable shows aren't available in as many homes as the internet. In the long run the promotion would almost certainly benefit from being more open with their footage, especially that of older fights, until Georges St. Pierre is as popular a name as Lebron James.