Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2011 good news! i'll be staying up for that shit!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Any news on UK coverage of the FOX debut show? On Premier Sports. From their Facebook this morning: Â Â "Premier Sports are delighted to announce our latest UFC offering. The massive heavyweight title fight featuring Velasquez vs. Dos Santos on Sunday 13th Nov, 2am will be live and free-view only on Sky channel 433." Â Oh do piss off (not you, the UFC), Virgin Media viewers getting fucked in the arse yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted October 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2011 Any news on UK coverage of the FOX debut show? On Premier Sports. From their Facebook this morning: Â Â "Premier Sports are delighted to announce our latest UFC offering. The massive heavyweight title fight featuring Velasquez vs. Dos Santos on Sunday 13th Nov, 2am will be live and free-view only on Sky channel 433." Â Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryko Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Do you really believe that the people making the deal think "I know, let's go with the channel that Virgin Customers can't get" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted October 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2011 Do you really believe that the people making the deal think "I know, let's go with the channel that Virgin Customers can't get" ? Â Agreed. We tend to get these comments alot. Surely your Provider can pick up these channels if they so wish? It's hardly Dana and co sticking it to Virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Deaq Posted October 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2011 Do you really believe that the people making the deal think "I know, let's go with the channel that Virgin Customers can't get" ? Â Agreed. We tend to get these comments alot. Surely your Provider can pick up these channels if they so wish? It's hardly Dana and co sticking it to Virgin. Â Or you could get rid of Virgin and get Sky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Do you really believe that the people making the deal think "I know, let's go with the channel that Virgin Customers can't get" ? Â No but considering the amount of times the UFC have done this in the past year with Virgin Media subscribers complaining about it, then responding with the usual "we are aware of this situation and are working to ensure future events will be available to Virgin viewers" spiel only to continually do the same thing again is baffling. Â What was wrong with FX? They already have a pre-existing relationship with them, it can be viewed on all platforms (bar freeview) and its owned by the same company the actual show is being put on for. Common sense would have it be on there. Â Problem is UFC are asking for way too much money from TV stations over here, did you know the reason ESPN aren't negotiating a new deal is because UFC were asking for 3 (yes three) times the amount of money of the existing contract and they asked far over the odds of which Sky were willing to pay. UFC are acting like they've already broken the market and are massive over here, which in turn means they are actually stunting their own growth. Â Marshall Zelaznik has alot to answer for imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted October 28, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2011 As a consumer, I'm not too bothered what they ask the networks to pay, that's upto them and whatever they think their product is worth. Obviously they are the number 1 organisation in the world, so they will go where the money is and whoever is prepared to pay it. Lets not forget they just signed to the biggest broadcasting network in America too, their not gonna be on the cheap over here, expecially when we don't even pay for PPV's like everywhere else. Because when that does eventually happen, were all gonna be pissed. Â As far as them not being on FX over here, who's to say that isn't actually down to Fox and not the UFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 We won't get a proper channel for these shows until August when the rights are available. I would expect we will get all the Fox shows on Premier Sports until then. They will then all get bundled together and go to another channel, FX, Sky Sports or possibly ESPN again if they can agree a price for all the programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 29, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Dana posted this on Twitter  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 29, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Texeira has been floating about the independents for years basically destroying good opposition, his signing is long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Dana posted this on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 29, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Oh right. Cool, that's still good news. I'd like to see Strikeforce stick around in some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 29, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 forget anything on the UFC card, this might just be the most intense fight of the weekend... Â Â Ben Askren vs. Jay Hieron in Bellator....get involved, it's gonna be outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Does anyone else like get like half a chubby when you watch Nick Diaz square off to BJ Penn in the weigh in? I fucking did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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