UFC on FUEL TV 2: Will the Long Break Help or Hurt the UFC?

March 3rd. 

That was the last time the UFC held an event. It was the UFC's debut on the B-level network FX.

You'd have to go back to February 26th for the last event of a grander scale—UFC 144.

The event drought is nearing its end, but it still has a few days left in it. We won't be seeing new UFC programming until UFC on FUEL TV 2 on April 14th. 

This may seem like a bad thing but, in reality, it's actually good that the fans had such a break in action. 

From a financial standpoint, the event drought is a good thing because it allowed fans a reprieve from constantly having to shell out close to $60 every couple of weeks for UFC pay-per-views. 

Thus, fans won't gripe (as much) about paying for UFC 145 and UFC 146. 

However, there's another reason independent of finances why the long break between events will make fans less prone to complaining. 

Fans are desperate for entertainment, for violence. 

It's been over a month since the last new fights and some fight junkies are beginning to get restless. 

A new UFC event—even if it's an expensive pay-per-view or an event on FUEL TV with largely lower-level fighters—will be a much anticipated and warmly welcomed happening. 

The break was a great thing (and they should happen more often), but it's time for this one to end.

Fans, for all their vitriol against the UFC, ultimately need the UFC. Without their events and fighters, fans would be lost now and for the rest of time.

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