UFC Signs German TV Deal

by id1 on Feb 15, 2009 3:40 PM EST Comment 11 comments

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The UFC will return to German TV on March. The UFC has struck a German TV deal with DSF (translated "German Sports Television"), a 24 hour sports channel. It was first speculated that the UFC was in close talks with one of the major German channels. While there are not many details yet, a deal with DSF is certainly not as lucrative as say a deal with RTL, SAT1 or Pro Sieben (one of the big networks).

[official website] http://www.dsf.de

Here are the details and a translation of a short note that appeared on the DSF homepage:

"As real as it gets" - experience non stop fight action with a "decathlon of martial arts"

Starting next month, DSF will broadest the Ultimate Fighting Championship every Saturday from 11PM.

Ultimate Fighting has its origins in Bruce Lee's "Jeet Kune Do". It combines a variety of martial arts such as boxing, kickboxing, karate, wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu. Two combatants battle it out in an octagon over three rounds that are 5 minutes long. Victory can be achieved by knockout, submission or a points decision . The security and saftety of the Ultimate Fighters will be determined by a long list of well-defined rules and regulations. With the UFC, the DSF is now the German home of the most successful Mixed Martial Arts Organization (MMA) in the world.

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“origins in Bruce Lee’s "Jeet Kune Do”

ohokay

by rickards on Feb 15, 2009 4:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just go with it.

I will play my game beneath the spin light.

by Eugene Schelfaut on Feb 15, 2009 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Its easy for people who don’t understand the sport to get the idea of what this is about using such an analogy. Dana has eve said Bruce was the first true MMA practitioner.

I have even read a quote from a wrestling coach saying “UFC is kinda what Bruce Lee did from what the students tell me” or something like that…

by banter on Feb 15, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

okay

by rickards on Feb 16, 2009 4:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What’s ‘si, se puede’ in German?

by subo on Feb 15, 2009 4:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ja können wir!

by subo on Feb 15, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

"The security and saftety of the Ultimate Fighters will be determined by a long list of well-defined rules and regulations. "

Other than the obvious spelling error, it is funny that they consider the rules well-defined, they’ve always seemed too subjective for my liking.

Glad to see they are out in Germany now, Alistair Overeem vs Crocop on a card in Germany would do well.

by DirtyML on Feb 15, 2009 5:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Germany kind of has a tradition of rule-bending.

by subo on Feb 15, 2009 6:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Name one time.

Other than that one time.

by KneeToTheFace on Feb 15, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Whatever brings us more fighters. More fights. More events.

by BadB on Feb 15, 2009 6:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'll defer to...

…any Germans that might post on the board but DSF has very broad coverage in Germany. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed in a hotel that doesn’t carry it. Seems like a pretty good channel to be on.

by jolietconvict on Feb 15, 2009 11:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs