{"id":678556,"date":"2026-01-06T21:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:56:09","slug":"uk-fans-baffled-by-the-mad-pay-per-view-price-for-subriel-matias-vs-dalton-smith-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678556\/","title":{"rendered":"UK fans baffled by the ‘mad’ pay-per-view price for Subriel Matias vs Dalton Smith title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

British fans have largely scoffed at the pay-per-view fee for Subriel Matias<\/a> vs Dalton Smith<\/a>, with many of them refusing to part way with their hard-earned cash.<\/p>\n

The WBC world title fight takes place this Saturday at the Barclays Center, New York, where the lion\u2019s share of fans are expected to express their support for defending super-lightweight champion Matias.<\/p>\n

This is because the Puerto Rican\u2019s promoter, Fresh Productions, outbid Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Boxing for the right to stage this contest back in September.<\/a><\/p>\n

As a result, many of those supporting mandatory challenger Smith, a Sheffield-based contender, can simply not justify the hefty expenses that come with a trip to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Instead, they must pay a total of \u00a341.95, via streaming platform PPV.com, should they wish to watch the 28-year-old\u2019s maiden world title shot from the comfort of their own home.<\/p>\n

In response to this considerable price point, an army of fans have expressed their utter bewilderment and disgust via social media, with many commenting on a recent X post by Boxing King Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMadness. It should be \u00a320 at the most. I\u2019d have actually paid that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo chance will I be paying that much for this. Love the fight but anything more than \u00a320 is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI doubt even his [Smith\u2019s] mum is going to pay \u00a341.95.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Away from the pay-per-view controversy, this event has also received a tremendous amount of backlash due to Matias\u2019 failed Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency test in November.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old, who claimed his WBC title with a points victory over Alberto Puello last July, tested positive for Ostarine, a banned substance<\/a>, but was later cleared to proceed with his fight against Smith.<\/p>\n

This is because the concentration of Ostarine in Matias\u2019 A and B samples was below 0.1 ng\/ml, the threshold used by the New York State Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British fans have largely scoffed at the pay-per-view fee for Subriel Matias vs Dalton Smith, with many of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-678556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115850391436467370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}