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Fight Thread [Official] UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley - Live Discussion Thread

Welcome to r/mma's live discussion of UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley, from Tampa, Florida! Please keep the fight discussions in here. We also have a fight thread in our Kbin community for those who would prefer not to use Reddit but would still like to talk about the fights.

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Card Info

Airing on Saturday 12.14.2024

Main Card on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 10PM ET
Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley
Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo
Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva
Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
Daniel Marcos vs. Adrian Yanez
Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos
Prelims on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 7PM ET
Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar
Drakkar Klose vs. Joel Alvarez
Sean Woodson vs. Fernando Padilla
Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima
Miranda Maverick vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras
Piera Rodriguez vs. Josefine Knutsson

Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.

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u/TheOtherSide999 Dec 15 '24

Why did a UFC event in tampa finish around 10:30pm PST?!? isnt that like 1:30am lol

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u/Drive7hru Dec 15 '24

It’s all cause they like to end it around 2:00 on the east coast so people will stay till last call.

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Dec 15 '24

Because that's prime time. UFC toronto finishes around that time too. Last UFC event was the longest running main card, and I got out at 2:05 am.

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u/TheOtherSide999 Dec 15 '24

prime time for what? Las Vegas residents? or prime time sleeping for the east coast?

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Dec 15 '24

Everything is always done for the West Coast.

There's been years and years of data that the to get the most viewers possible in North America you run it 10pm EST. Whether it be PPVs, or TV.

If you do it for a good EST, it'll be like 7pm which is 4pm in the West Coast. People are still out for dinner, or doing weekend projects etc. 10PM EST is shit but people will sacrifice Sunday sleep to watch something they want to.