If I Did It: UFC on ESPN+, how much is too much?

Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we grapple with PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA. This week we discuss the UFC’s new streaming deal with ESPN. Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (…

Welcome to If I Did It, the show where we grapple with PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA. This week we discuss the UFC’s new streaming deal with ESPN.

Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond.

I’m your host Alexei Auld, author of 7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators, and joining me are guests Kid Nate of Bloody Elbow and the Let It Roll Podcast and John S. Nash.

You’re the UFC. How do you convince your fans, live and in public, if you will, to pay for their UFC pay window fix via Fight Pass and ESPN+, without overdosing? – 0:22

You’re the UFC. Are you concerned by Mackenzie Dern commitment to MMA after her comments on being fired by her coach,”“I’m not just training. I’m not the person that the next day I’m back in the academy, I like to be able to be on the beach and relax.” – 5:18

You’re Cyborg. Are you gunning for a boxing match with Cecilia Brækhus or just a bigger UFC contract? – 10:15

REGULAR FEATURE: JOHN’S LEGION OF DOOM – 16:15

REGULAR FEATURE: KID NATE’S HEEL TURN – 18:09

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”We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”