ESPN's "MMA Live" to Cover UFC 91 on Location

by Luke Thomas on Nov 6, 2008 3:33 PM EST in MMA News

I'm guessing this deal went into place before the airing of last night's "Lord of the Flies" circle jerk, but it's fantastic news nevertheless:

Today, Jon Anik, host of ESPN.com's MMA Live, tells MMARated.com that the show will cover next week's UFC 91 event on location in Las Vegas. The shows will be billed as "MMA Live at UFC 91."

MMA Live will tape one show in Bristol, Conn., during the week followed by three in Las Vegas: A live weigh-in show, a preview show before the event and a post-fight show. The MMA Live crew will also be making appearances on all the ESPN platforms, such as the morning and evening editions of SportsCenter, ESPNNews and ESPN2's First Take, to talk about the event.

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Why do this if you're starting your own MMA organization?

Maybe the Bellator story was false?

by Derek Suboticki on Nov 6, 2008 3:35 PM EST reply actions

It’s not an organization it’s a reality show. Plus ESPN isn’t as insane as the UFC about pretending all other things don’t exist that they don’t own.

by Michael Rome on Nov 6, 2008 4:38 PM EST up reply actions

It's not an organization YET

But these fighters will be fighting for a contract, right? Not just a prize at the end?

Where will they be competing to end up, and what stops the UFC from working to crush it just like it has any other organization that they felt threatened them (which, given that ESPN is giving them weekly airtime, they most likely will)?

by Derek Suboticki on Nov 6, 2008 5:25 PM EST up reply actions

UFC needs to worry about alienating the main outlet for sports in the United States. As it is, a new reality show about MMA in mexico only helps the UFC.

by Michael Rome on Nov 6, 2008 5:46 PM EST up reply actions