M-1 Global to Black Out Aoki-Fedor Grappling Match
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 2:17 PM EDT
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Massively disappointing news from M-1 Global:
While M-1 Challenge team matchups between Spain vs. France, USA West vs. South Korea, and England vs. host country Japan will be streamed live to non-U.S. audiences at www.Mixfight.ru, Fedor vs. Aoki will not be broadcast live.
Live streaming of Wednesday's event will not be available to viewers in the U.S. due to rights issues pertaining to M-1 Global's television deal with HDNet, which retains the U.S. broadcast rights of the M-1 Challenge.
Instead of making Aoki vs. Fedor available to everyone but U.S. fight fans, M-1 Global executives have decided to black Fedor vs. Aoki out from Wednesday's stream so that everyone will be able to view it at the same time.
Fans will be able to access Fedor vs. Aoki on a video-on-demand basis start Monday, May 4 at M-1's English-language website at www.M-1Global.com and its Russian-language website at www.Mixfight.ru.
When will these promotions and networks realize that MMA fans want their fights live, or at least available to view the next morning when they wake up? (See: IFL's Battleground, WEC's WrekCage, and the M-1 Challenge shows on HDNet which none but the most hardcore of fans seem to watch.) I can't fault M-1 or HDNet for trying to protect their content, but I wish they would have let us all know sooner.
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Actually, it’s ridonkulous!
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 28, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew I was hanging on to that sad face picture of Aoki for a reason. :(
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Translation:
“Now, nobody will have a reason to tune in at all and will instead just watch Fedor vs. Shinya on YouTube minutes after it’s finished.”
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by jemaleddin on Apr 28, 2009 2:49 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
yep. and I was actually going to watch Japanese MMA
That's great, but how does it affect Lyoto Machida?
Well, that’s the thing. It isn’t gonna be broadcast anywhere, so nobody except the folks at Differ Ariake will get to see it until next week, when reports will be out and everyone will know what happened.
I agree, though – now the casual fans who only care about Fedor won’t tune in to watch the other awesome fights on this card.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
If an exhibition grappling match with a 70+ pound weight difference was the main attraction, this card must be excellent.
I recommend checking these out when they hit the intertrons eventually...
84kg: Karl “Psycho” Amoussou 9-2-1 vs. 4-5-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka
92kg: Christian M’Pumbu 11-2-1 vs. 2-0-0 Enoc Solves
Plus most of the Team Japan vs. Team England and Team US West vs. Team Korea fights should be fun.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Those are the fights that I’m most excited for.
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by Rundownloser on Apr 28, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Can someone tell me what these people are good at?
by Derek Suboticki on Apr 28, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
Putting on MMA between less than skillful guys, but it makes for entertaining fights.
On a side note though, the tape delay stuff has to end. Bellator is killing me with non-live events, and this is just as bad with M-1.
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by Leland Roling on Apr 28, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It still won't have Fedor-Aoki.
But uhhh, yo, email me if you do.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Guys...
I’m going to repeat this again.
THIS EXHIBITION WILL NOT MAKE ANY BROADCAST. NOT IN JAPAN. NOT ANYWHERE UNTIL THE ON-DEMAND VIDEO GOES UP. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO FIND A JAPANESE FEED TO WATCH FEDOR/AOKI, NOR WILL YOU SEE IT THE NEXT DAY ON YOUTUBE.
that is all
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 28, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Listen to Debbie Downer. He’s on to something, here.
by Cannon Jacques on Apr 28, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nope.
The rest of the card will stream to every country except the US and Korea (where I believe it’s on TV).
But as Brent reiterated above, Fedor-Aoki won’t be shown anywhere until next Monday.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 28, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
My question was a joke, I didn’t feel that this had been pointed out enough times.
I dislike Matt Hughes.
haha...
I was going to internet punch you… ;)
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 28, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m tempted to create two new accounts so that I can turn this green myself.
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by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll do it for you.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Apr 29, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Just to rub it in...
Just to rub salt in the wound, I saw it live – from ringside. And thats my photo of Aoki too :P
by Daniel Herbertson on Apr 29, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions
(And I say that with all due respect. And jealousy. Seething jealousy.)
by Chris Nelson on Apr 29, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
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