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Per a report from The Verge, Disney CEO Bob Siger announced today that Disney will be offering a bundle of streaming services: ESPN+, Hulu, and the incoming Disney+ for a reported $12.99 per month. Currently, ESPN+ is 4.99 per month, Hulu (with ads) is $5.99, and Disney+ on its own is planned to charge subscribers $6.99 per month for their combination of animated films, Marvel movies, and 21st Century Fox television shows like The Simpsons.
The bundle offered is cheaper total than individual Netflix or Amazon Prime Video subscriptions.
At this point, if one is a fan of UFC, it’s a must to subscribe to ESPN+. A majority of the fights and events are on the platform, and even pay-per-views can only be purchased by subscribers. For fight fans, I have to imagine this is a pretty appealing offer — an extra $8 a month for more television and cinema than one can ever hope to consume.
Personally, I already have taken advantage of my girlfriend’s status as a college student to take advantage of a cheap Hulu/Spotify bundle, but that’s hardly permanent. When the time comes to switch to full price, I’ll be hoping this bundle remains an option (even if the price does inevitably climb a few bucks higher).
On the other hand, I will also admit my curmudgeonly feeling of hatred on being unable to own anything. I — and I believe, a fair number of other people — do not love the idea of only being able to subscribe to content, rather than purchase it once and keep it forever, a concept that seems to be disappearing. If you like Disney/Hulu/ESPN content, you’re pretty much stuck for life like a fish on a reel… but at it’s still better than cable.
Insomnia
Coach Kirian Fitzgibbons of CSA gym with some real interesting thoughts on what it means to be a coach.
Alex Volkanovski is launching his own beer:
Michael Chandler training clips are always a lot of fun to watch:
“El Cucuy” brings the funk to bag work.
It was already going to be an interesting situation seeing how Woodley responds to his title loss, but this is defintely a fun development!
Another reason why checking kicks can be difficult: it’s easy to counter if the opponent reads the check!
Dan Hardy goofing around a bit in the gym.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Dong Hyun Kim has been a wild man for over a decade now. Oddly enough, he was the No. 7-ranked Welterweight before losing to Covington over two years ago, but he’s been largely forgotten since that bout and subsequent absence.
On This Day: Dong Hyun Kim knocks out Hidehiko Hasegawa at DEEP 31 – August 5, 2007 pic.twitter.com/gF3sxMQCOB
— Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) August 6, 2019
Gilbert Burns’ brother with the W!
2??:2??9?? in!!!
It runs in the family as @HerbertBurnsMMA gets the 1??st round finish! #DWCS pic.twitter.com/sopauutCgl
— UFC (@ufc) August 7, 2019
Anything you can do, I can do better!
Random Land
Bears are possibly the most intimidating land animal.
Two brown bears going at it in the woods pic.twitter.com/QEp0cFMJPF
— Nature is Scary (@TheScaryNature) August 5, 2019
I let Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist roll for most of my work tonight, and it opened with a Talking Heads’ track. Those damn algorithms have me figured out!
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.