UFC and Fox Reportedly Agree to Network TV Deal
by Mike Fagan on Aug 16, 2011 9:31 PM EDT
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It looks like the UFC on network TV is finally a reality. According to a report from Sports Business Daily, the UFC and Fox have agreed on a deal that would bring as many as four events to the network each year. A recent deal with Fox Sports Latin America appears to have been proper foreshadowing.
Fox refused to comment to Sports Business Daily, but several of their sources revealed the following details:
- As many as four events per year on Fox
- A seven- or eight-year deal with bidding having reached somewhere around $90M/year
- Weekly programming on Spike and Versus moving to FX
- Some UFC content will end up on Fuel, though the cable network will not be rebranded
The SBD article also reveals details about negotiations with Comcast/NBC and Spike TV. Spike ultimately passed on a new deal, citing stoppage in growth. SBD notes that programs like "Unleashed," "Knockouts," and "Countdown" average 1 million viewers in 2005, with that number falling under 500k this year.
If this is the real deal, it's big news for MMA and the UFC.
[Update 1:38 p.m. ET] A UFC official declined to comment on the situation to Bloody Elbow.
[Update 2:20 p.m. ET] An anonymous Fox source confirms the deal to Heavy.com.
[Update 3:43 p.m. ET] John Ourand, author of the SBD article, tweets, "Fox will have a 1pm press conference Thurs with Hill, Freer, Shanks, Landgraf for 'one of the biggest announcements in Fox Sports history.'" (HT: Bloody Elbow reader IRodC)
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FX
Sons of Anarchy, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Louie, The League
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be." - Kahlil Gibran
by merryprankster on Aug 16, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
can’t believe I forgot Justified and Archer. Dammit…such a good channel.
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be." - Kahlil Gibran
by merryprankster on Aug 16, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The hat is the TRUE STAR of the show
Awesome none the less.
by Maclovio Williams on Aug 16, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
UFC is gonna be on TV!!!
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
This is my favorite gif ever.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Aug 16, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
This is my favorite.
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
That one ain’t bad.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Aug 16, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s probably his A game.
"Don't worry about a thang...I got this"
by spectaa on Aug 17, 2011 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
man, this is what Busta and Ron Browz were talking about.
"A guy in Texas came up to me and told me ‘Frye you're not mixed martial arts, you're no holds barred’, and I said you're god damn right partner." ~ Don Frye
What the hell happen to the Archer that used to comment over here?
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
I wondered that too
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
by halitosis on Aug 16, 2011 4:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
BOB'S BURGERS
Archer’s ok, though.
http://fightdrinker.blogspot.com
by some schmuck in texas on Aug 16, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilfred, Terriers..
FX is the shit. None are better than Justified though. I like the idea of watching my fights on FX.
by SkeezinSteevin on Aug 16, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I love that show.
"So even though it’s the gayest sport ever, MMA is still the best sport ever. I love my gay sport." - Wrestling Uber Alles
by alicks on Aug 16, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m in love with that show. Thought I’d hate it simply because of Elijah Wood, but instead I can’t wait for it each week.
by Empty Thoughts on Aug 16, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
you should already be watching it
awesome channel
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
best comedian in the world right now
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
by milk72 on Aug 16, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I agree. Until Dave Chappelle puts his life back together, this guy and Christopher Titus, best comedians alive.
by Spider_Vemon on Aug 16, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Dave Chappelle isn’t getting back on TV anytime soon. I hope he does, maybe a stand-up special but nothing beyond that.
Dave is fine guys.
He lives in a rural ohio town and spends time with his wife and kids and mother. Also, he rides a tiny dirt bike around town, it’s pretty funny. Town shall remain unnamed, but it’s easy enough to find out. Best town in ohio.
by bigstupidsmile on Aug 16, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
But yeah, keep your eyes open for stand-up dates upcoming.
by bigstupidsmile on Aug 16, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, everyone acts like he went crazy, I’d say he had what addicts call, “A moment of clarity.”
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Aug 16, 2011 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
A moment of clarity?
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
by Chris Hall on Aug 16, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
you don’t get to put up a great Pulp Fiction reference without a rec, motherfucker. green this shit.
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 16, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I languish in obscurity:) They’re other people’s lines though, so fuck it.
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Aug 16, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I can name that town
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
Just did a radio interview in the last week
Said he has no interest in being that famous again, and likened it to a drug addiction.
He’s said before when he first made money, he bought a ranch in the unnamed Ohio town that he considered his “F—- You Ranch”. No matter what happened in Hollywood or his career, he’d have that ranch to go back to.
Might be the sanest guy in show business.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
2nd best
he probably makes me laugh the hardest, but the way louis ck is constantly upgrading his set and making new jokes and writing and having a hit tv show just puts him over the top
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
the episode of Louie where he talked with Dane Cook was awesome
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on Aug 16, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Bo Burnham gets no love?
/runs away to avoid sharp objects thrown at him
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I like Bo.
Some of his stuff is a little too gimmicky and some of it is kinda pretentious, but it’s generally really good anyways. The wordplay is great, and he’s got a real command over some of the extras like facial expressions, feigning emotions, and speeding up or slowing down the music for comedic effect (love the coughing and falling apart on the piano during “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay”).
50% more Ultimate than the leading competitor.
Bill Burr vs. Philadelphia is one of the funniest standup moments ever
You know you’re somehow doing it right when the crowd you are ripping to fucking shreds for 12 straight minutes because they were booing you THEN gives you a huge ovation.
Not afraid to nitpick
I still
love me some Ron White…
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne
Death before dishonor, drinks before lunch.
Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
That was such an amazing
piece of TV.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I just heard of this guy the other day when after a bunch of drinking a buddy of mine put it on at like 4 am. Was friggin hilarious.
Apparently im missing out on a lot of good stuff?
If you like Louie, you should try to find his old show that was on HBO, Lucky Louie. You will thank me.
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on Aug 16, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I don’t watch it at all. Shows that I don’t particular care to check out and a bunch of action movies from early 2000, so yeah.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Fox has and has had so many amazing shows. Fringe is my favorite show on TV and House is one of the best shows on any network. I just wish Lie to Me & Chicago code had been renewed as both were awesome. Obviously previous shows like 24 & The Shield were fantastic and I don’t think FX has a single bad show in their lineup. I also have really high hopes for Alcatraz (Hurley FTW) and Terra Nova.
Other than the NBA Fox pretty much has sports on lockdown.
by Johnnynumber5 on Aug 16, 2011 3:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cool. Nothing better than watching MMA and then a new episode of Family guy shortly after.
by Spider_Vemon on Aug 16, 2011 1:11 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
“Weekly programming on Spike and Versus moving to FX”
What exactly is Weekly programming? Is that like Unleashed and TUF?
That
and live “Fight Night” events that were previously on Spike and Versus
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t live Fight Night events count towards the “four events” rather than weekly programming?
Mcloviiiiin!!
From my understanding, the UFC would move four major events to the Fox network. They would move Versus/Spike shows to FX.
Twitter: @Mike_Fagan_13
So what happens if someone curses or there is a ring girl nipple slip?
now that the UFC will be on basic television
probably nothing different than if that were to happen now on Spike or VS.
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on Aug 16, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
or someone’s junk falls out of their speedo while grappling with Brian Ebersole?
What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?
by Kwisatz Haderach on Aug 16, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
90 mill a year should mean we see decent events...
Crunching some quick numbers @ 22.5 mill / event the UFC is sitting pretty by offering any event that would likely garner south of 800,000 buys.
Aside From GSP, there aren’t really any fighters on the roster that commonly pull bigger numbers.
Should be some awesome events, wonder how big the first one will be though.
by truck on Aug 16, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
That 90 million includes everything on FX and Fuel as well. It’s not 22.5 mil per card.
by bigdmmafan on Aug 16, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
it’s still a hefty bit of money. It’s hard to really compare without knowing what they are getting currently from spike and vs. but even if you say the live cards make up 2/3 of the 90 million, they would need to sell a lot of PPVs to equal what they are getting in this deal, so I wouldn’t expect UFC 100 type cards, but they can make enough money to put some decent cards on.
I agree, and
perhaps more importantly, if they stack the Fox cards well, with the right type of fighters where its a giant marketing moment, it should actually lead to more PPV buys overall…
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne
Death before dishonor, drinks before lunch.
Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 3:25 AM EDT up reply actions
the four events
would be on Fox, as in the network, more Fight Night cards would come to FX
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
...also
countdown shows too…maybe a home for the weigh-ins and press conferences…that would be cool
We already get them with DirecTV. suck it!
Managing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
by Brent Brookhouse on Aug 16, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
LOL!
you horrible, horrible bastard…
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup, 101 FTW! in HD!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
@xFenixKnightx on the Twitter
by xFenixKnightx on Aug 16, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck yea
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I'm most excited for
Not ever having to change channels ever. The League, Archer, Louie, Always Sunny…This makes life so easy.
Follow me on twitter @MattRoth512
by Matthew Roth on Aug 16, 2011 1:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have never heard of “The League”
Managing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
by Brent Brookhouse on Aug 16, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard good things
I might have to check it out once I am done with Arrested Dev.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
100% worth it
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
I don't know why
I held out so long on A.D. That show is golden.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
keep up
Arrested Development
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
Arrested Development
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey everybody
What does AD stand for? I’d really like a response. Thanks.
by Lauren J Darkbloom on Aug 16, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Arrested Development
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
Because this is answered 10 times above
I’m gonna flag this for attempting to spark religious debate.
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
by halitosis on Aug 16, 2011 4:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Yes. It. Is.
shame it ended so quickly. WAAAAAY before its time.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
Your fanpost was timely.
I will blind you with my Albino Mormon Rainbow Powers of Sunshiny Joy™. - Dak
Ha
guaranteed revenue stream for $90mm/yr is no joke.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
The full series is on Hulu if you can use it
Follow me on twitter @MattRoth512
by Matthew Roth on Aug 16, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It is epic.
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
by Leland Roling on Aug 16, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate football
But I still love watching The League.
Amazing cast.
Bitch.
by timetosaygoodbye on Aug 16, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That show is ranked #2 on my DVR priority list (behind Archer of course). It is an excellent show, I think you would appreciate it…
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne
Death before dishonor, drinks before lunch.
Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 3:27 AM EDT up reply actions
every channel on television is better than Spike
I am so excited right now, I’m dancing around like an idiot. This could not be better.
by JonathanMoxon4 on Aug 16, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Fucking cool! but...
“SBD notes that programs like “Unleashed,” “Knockouts,” and “Countdown” average 1 million viewers in 2005, with that number falling under 500k this year." Come on now man, who honestly watches Unleashed and Knockouts all the damn time!? It’s always a bunch of fights that I’ve seen a lot and maybe one or two “new” fights. If they’d simpy aired some of the really good fights from the prelims and not just strictly the names they’d have more content. I still love the countdowns and that new diary-like thing that they did with Jones though.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 1:21 PM EDT reply actions
I watch that shit when it's on
and I own every UFC DVD.
It’s mostly background noise tho…
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
ignore
glance up
ignore
glance up
watch awesome finish
ignore
etc.
The North remembers...
Would you like Freys with that?
by iiowyn on Aug 16, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 12 recs
You've been watching me
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
Every time there is any UFC unleashed or Best of Pride
PACIFIC RIM
in theaters
July 12th, 2013
by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
MMA makes the great background noise.
"So even though it’s the gayest sport ever, MMA is still the best sport ever. I love my gay sport." - Wrestling Uber Alles
Hell yeah, I could definitely see that happening. More mma for us!
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
greys anatomy is only on so many hours of the day
this gives us something else to watch.
I will blind you with my Albino Mormon Rainbow Powers of Sunshiny Joy™. - Dak
There are so few episodes of Unleashed, and they’re constantly rerunning the same five. The UFC could make it such an awesome hour-long slot if the gave us more forgotten fights, and prelim stuff people miss.
"He's like Elvis in Korea! They love him there." - Mike Goldberg on Denis Kang
Yep
this
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they would be well served to tailor the unleashed shows towards certain fighters on upcoming PPVs as well. In the weeks leading up to GSP/Diaz, trot out some of those that I haven’t seen on Unleashed in a long time, if ever – GSP/Kos 1, GSP/Mayhem, GSP/Hieron or maybe GSP/Karo…
Do the same for some of the other fighters on a given card, instead of just showing them seemingly at random…
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne
Death before dishonor, drinks before lunch.
Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 3:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think aligning themselves with an established network was a logical move for them…trying to expand by creating a UFC network would not have as much as an impact…FOX has advertising dollars to help push the UFC brand
Harry Potter reference
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
Oh....is that still a thing?
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the last movie just broke all kinds of records
but it is now over once this movie fades…and then they package the 9 movies into a blue-ray combo pack…and they remaster all the moves for the newest TV platform in 7 or 8 years…and they release the 10th, 20th, 25th and 50th anniversary editions.
But it is over.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
Good
shits been around for like 10 years….enough is enough
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
the movies have been around for 10.
the books for like 15. I have been around Harry Potter (nephew currently in the Army to my daughters) for most of that time.
It is decent children’s literature that allow a young mind to grasp adult concepts as they age, but you have to like that sort of thing.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
yep a classic epic story for kids and young adults
and fun for adults too.
movies tend to draw things out though
aka BuckeyedBear34
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself
~ Chinese Proverb
Not enough tits and blood for me.
Just bleed (and bang)
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
plus, she will write another book. They will make another movie. There is way to much money for the taking.
I will blind you with my Albino Mormon Rainbow Powers of Sunshiny Joy™. - Dak
nah dude
the authors almost a billionaire, plus i heard she was fed up with writing by the time it was all done
she’ll never write another book
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I heard that too
but then JK launches a new Potter website and hints that she could write another in one article, while denying it in another. A billion? You can always get more.
I will blind you with my Albino Mormon Rainbow Powers of Sunshiny Joy™. - Dak
Ask Michael Milken
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
It isn't over
Sony’s getting back into the eReader business, and kickstarting it by being the first to have all 7 HP books pre-loaded before you can legally buy them for any other device.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
everyone go read hammers hamils posts on the UG
this guy is either dana white himself or knows just about everything thats going on at zuffa
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/344819/Lesnar-Overeem-Barnett-rumors/
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
That's crazy!
As other users point out this guy seems to be accurate. Very interesting stuff considering the Lesnar situation too and:
“There have been several trolls that actually emailed zuffa about threads and pressuring about my identity i wonder who that could be as Ive had some heat come down on me about some comments ive made…”
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
i hope its all true
looks like he nailed the fox bit, but lyoto vs hendo, alistair coming over, strikeforce turning into a regional feeder are all pretty awesome and interesting things
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Am I the only one that finds that very hard to read?
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on Aug 16, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember that Luke Thomas
mentioned on 106 the fan one user here on bloody elbow who is extremely acurate with his posts about Zuffa and Thomas also said that he thinks that user could be a Zuffa employee. That’s not the same guy, or is it the same ‘hammer hammil’?
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
mmalogic
it could be the same dude or at least have the same sources, logics much dumber than this guy though
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
oh yeah, that was the name
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
he's still around
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
And the inevitable collapse of SF
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
Logic is dumber than this? No way. Did you read that garbled mess?
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so xxxxxxx stupid." – Phil Baroni
by keyboardwarrior on Aug 16, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I did not
I’ve just seen him around here
I love dudes... - MostDiabolicalHater
Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
Very few of those threads these days
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
NBC didn't have enough NFL football
and CBS doesn’t have the partner cable channel as readily available. FOX & FX makes perfect sense.
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Fuck that, I don't want to pay for HBO
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by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I get HBO for free with my basic ass package
and I watch AMC way more for movies. That should tell you something haha.
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by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed on AMC
But I can’t tear myself away from True Blood, Game of Thrones and re-runs of the Sopranos.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
I watched the last few episodes of Game of Thrones and I’m currently watching re-airs of BoardWalk Empire (that shit’s really good) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (it’s my first time watching and I love it). I can’t get into True Blood though. They play the same Real Sex and Katie Morgan sex info show everytime they come on, so that’s kinda lame. Boxing After Dark is very cool also. I just wished that they played more good(?) indie films from the 90’s-2000’s, shit that I’ve never seen before.
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by SentientAndroid on Aug 16, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
showtime has a great amount of illegal streams that are constantly up and running
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It’s annoying, but you can always order HBO (or Showtime, whatever) and then cancel the next day, paying like $0.50 for a UFC show. I did that for a bit with Strikeforce shows on Showtime before getting lazy and just keeping the channel, so I guess they won out in the end.
by Jeffigatame on Aug 16, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm absurdly giddy over this news
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
whose gonna headline these fox cards
title fights or dan hardy?
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I hope the former
I would imagine both types…they need to push the network cards as they would a PPV for the deal to truly be a fruitful one
im hoping this is the beginning of the end for ppv
the UFC would make alot more money with network tv then ppvs
look at how big the NFL contracts are
dont think the UFC ever gets to that level, but if they even get 10% they’re doing very well
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“the UFC would make alot more money with network tv then ppvs”
That’s a very intriguing guess.
"He's like Elvis in Korea! They love him there." - Mike Goldberg on Denis Kang
In the long run there's DEFINITELY more upside to free TV if nothing else
And they see that too. You are intentionally choking your fanbase to a certain level with exclusive PPV title fights.
Not afraid to nitpick
For $90 million/yr
They will probably get Cruz, Aldo and Edgar. No chance they get GSP, Spider. They might get Cain or Bones once.
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
no friggin way they put a legit HW on free tv
No friggin way.
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Card I pulled out of my ass
UFC 141: Jones vs. Evans
Jones vs. Evans
Aldo vs. Mendes
Overeem vs. Mir
Diaz vs. Fitch
Pearson vs. Makdessi
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by MattParker117 on Aug 16, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Fox probably put a special clause in the contract… we don’t want Fitch on one of our shows!
by Shnak on Aug 16, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Too bad Lytle retired.
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Would you like Freys with that?
by iiowyn on Aug 16, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by hardlyworking on Aug 16, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Quick Breakdown
1. The UFC just picked up a handy $700,000,000 over eight years which is nice
2. I guessing the content will breakdown as follows:
Fox Network:
Four Numbered events which were previously on PPV .
F/X:
Fight Nights
TUF
Unleashed
Countdown
Fuel TV
Maybe some some events
UFC Central?
3. Good deal for the UFC FX draws more eyeballs than Spike and should help them to grow there fanbase.
4. Yay I don’t have to sit through Joe Rogan interviewing douchebags such as the cast of Blue Mountain State anymore.
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Yay I don’t have to sit through Joe Rogan interviewing douchebags such as the cast of Blue Mountain State anymore.
Fuck yeah now he’s gonna interview these scumbags…
…Love it!
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by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i love those scumbags
but i hate philadelphia
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by milk72 on Aug 16, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
BLASPHEMY!
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
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. . . and you’ll never live it down.
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by TheGreg on Aug 16, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He deserved it for not starting Christmas in Philly!!!
The new US "debt deal" cut $2.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years. So instead of a $1.5 TRILLION deficit in 2012, we will only have to borrow $1.26 TRILLION to run our country into the ground. O_o
You can thank Philly
for your Avatar..
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by LRaunThaDamaja on Aug 16, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
actually
I can thank Joe Silva for pitting my favorite fighter against one of my least favorites. I know where it happened, but suckadelphia had nothing to do with the outcome. Sorry if that’s where you’re from. I just can’t stand awful sports fans and dirty, smelly cities. Feel free to make fun of Austin, where I live, if it’s possible to do such a thing.
by JonathanMoxon4 on Aug 16, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
one of the funniest shows on tv
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where are the "numbered events" mentioned?
The deals with Versus and Spike are ending, so I’d assume the 4 events would be fight nights…
it doesn't mention numbered events
but, a show on a major basic TV channel would need to be a PPV quality show and probably a numered event.
that’s the assumption
This is interesting....
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by morganc on Aug 16, 2011 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
YUS!
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-Huey Freeman
I really hope the fights don’t get watered down with an insane amount of advertising and things of the such but they may have to take the good with the bad and do something different when the deal with FOX expires…I’m sure the UFC has its long term plans in order.
I don't see how it can get worse...
Thank it currently is…
4 fights over a 2 hour broadcast is HORRIBLE.
Heck, its worse on tape delay on spike whene you get a full set of commercials inbetween rounds…
Great News
Couldn’t be more excited about Spike moving the UFC for more Manswers and 1000 Ways to Die!!!! You have to think Spike’s days may be numbered
in its current format?
absolutely
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
good point.
Bellator is worthy, and i hope the exposure on Spike grows them a bit. I think it will. I know i will be more excited watching Bellator in HD
Think Fox might have a word or two in regards to some form of network personal conduct policy?
As in Dana’s mouth, Rogan’s mouth, their PR handling, etc. This may help legitimize things in more ways than one.
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by James Brady on Aug 16, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Just hope they change the Gladiator intro. Doubt it though.
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by xFenixKnightx on Aug 16, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a good point… wonder if Fox will handle production, or if the UFC was able to maintain control over production.
From what I understand
The UFC has been hard headed about making sure they stay in charge of production of all of their events.
At least that’s what I remember hearing back in the day.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm wondering
Will fighters that get PPV cuts try to avoid fighting on FOX or is there THAT much money by appearing on network TV?
Surely they will work out some sort of replacement compensation for those whose contracts specify PPV points…
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by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 4:06 AM EDT up reply actions
have to think this will drastically raise fighters advertising pay
and make every single fighter in zuffa whose not getting ppv cuts wanna fight on the 4 fox cards
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Incoming MMA themed episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland Show and Glee
Chuck will dance once more!
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 1:58 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Dude, I'd be ALL for that.
The more adbundance of people who like something just because they see it a lot, the better.
Yes, it’s fun having people who know what they are talking about being the majority of the fanbase…but the millions of dumbass casuals, we need that.
Imagine getting a house full of people who don’t know sh!t about skillsets and matchups…and talking some of them into betting you on the fights.
More often then not any of us would be well versed enough to win.
I won five bucks off of a guy who thought Hardy would beat GSP. Also made some on Kim over Sadollah and Hathaway over Sanchez.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Aug 16, 2011 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Excited. I’ve been waiting for this news to come for too damn long.
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Aug 16, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
With the move from Spike to FOX.....
The UFC is going from ashy to classy
by morganc on Aug 16, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
There's the good (exposure), the bad(possible FOX announcing team?) and here's the ugly
Just imagine this wearing fingerless gloves, shadowboxing in the corner of your TV before/after commercial breaks
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I like the transformers
Now imagine a commentary trio of Joe Buck, Goldberg, and Rogan. Ugh
Awe
I like the robot. =(
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by xFenixKnightx on Aug 16, 2011 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I fucking hate this robot.
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by Earl Montclair on Aug 16, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
But
What if his name was Edwin?
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Awesome news
The fight I’d put on the fist FOX card would be a Brock vs. Carwin rematch
"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong." - 1 Corinthians 16:13
will fox keep rogan?
fear factors coming back making rogan officially an nbc employee again
why would they let the face of an nbc tv show get airtime on their network
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
He has been talking about retiring soon lately anyway
Good excuse to go and keep things tight with Zuffa
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Zuffa would definitely rather have him come with him to the Network though.
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But if he wants real money the obvious choice is to go to NBC for FF
Then inevitably he will have his own sitcom on NBC, considering they’re hurting for programming.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
They would have to be hurting BAD to give Joe Rogan his own sitcom in 2011.
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Have seen NBC's lineup lately?
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
They run shows like Community and Parks and Rec. A Joe Rogan show about hog watching and smoking weed would seem a little out of place. Plus, people would see the ads and say “The dude from Fear Factor has his own show now? Didn’t that show come out in Clinton’s presidency or something?”
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They need more lowest common denominator programming
He fits right in with that. I’m not saying it’s likely, just that he should push for it.
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe Rogan is never going to do his own sitcom
He doesn’t seem like that type of guy. Maybe limited to his NewsRadio character but that’s it.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
They probably taped everything they needed to tape.
Or by 2012 they’ll have taped everything. UFC will obviously want to keep Rogan.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Wait...what's this? .....yep
Boner.
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by Suffocate on Aug 16, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I like to sing-ah, about the moon-ah and the June-ah and the Spring-ah, I like to sing-ah.
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You bastard!
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
I forgot he's with FOX.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
If this is true, this brightens up an otherwise shitty day
Stupid thieving scumbags trying to break into my bank account this morning. Motherfuckers.
lol I’m in your bank account stealin yur monies! LOL
Damn dude… that sucks. At least it sounds like they didn’t get anything…
by Suffocate on Aug 16, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, caught it in time.
They logged into my account, tried to pay a bunch of prepaid Visas with it. Luckily, I check my account daily, and I work for the financial institution that my account is with, so Corporate Security was on it like white on rice. They called me, froze the account until I could fix things. The payments to the visas could be cancelled since I caught it same day, so I went and cancelled them. Saved a bunch of money. Looks like my home computer probably has a virus/malware. I’ll have to get a program to give it a good clean. It’s a MAC, so I never bothered too much in the past, but I guess I will be more careful now.
no mention of if the deal is exclusive
UFC could possibly still reach deals with other channels
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I'll wait for an official announcement from the horse's mouth
before I jump up and down. Officially.
im very excited to see what DFW says
and if lorenzo offically becomes the face of the UFC like ive been speculating for some time
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I was thinking the same thing
They had a deal with both spike tv and versus before. I am hoping they are able to show 4 more fight nights shows on another nework such as versus, especially if they re name it to nbc sports. Wouldnt that be great if they would show 4 more ppv events on nbc also.. wow.
new MMA judges
Simon, Paula and Randy will be way better MMA judges than Morse-Jarman, Trowbridge and Peoples.
by Ben Bauman on Aug 16, 2011 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Up to 4 events on FOX, eh?
I’m expecting all of those cards to be akin to the Spike UK cards.
But who cares? SO LONG SPIKE!
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
[Update 2:20 p.m. ET] An anonymous Fox source confirms the deal to Heavy.com.
Who could it be?
Me > Ben Henderson
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by Krimson on Aug 16, 2011 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Fox, the trashiest network
Are you guys ready for the nu metal to be taken up to 11?
Robots fighting graphics?
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Robotic graphics?
But we already have UFC Undisputed?
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Mark Coleman is being brought back as a model
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They're gonna copy SF and use Undisputed to show us how the fight will go down
ON FOX MMA SUNDAY
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Great news for our favorite sport
and this is a real shot for MMA to become a mainstream sport.
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So here's my biggest skepticism
The UFC controls their product and pretty much chooses to continue “as they were” and put weak headliners on FOX that would be a step above the Fight Night shows. No major title fights other than possibly the 135, 145, and 155ers (who don’t sell well), and lots of TUF fodder filling up the main card.
But if it’s live, with proper pre-fight and post-fight build-up, it’s all good.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
If they don't give a network top quality product
They won’t be on that network for long.
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Well will they push the envelope?
Use their mid-tier non-PPV draws like Edgar, Maynard, Bisping, etc. to headline these shows so that guys like GSP can remain on the big PPV shows?
I’m not really too knowledgeable on network TV but would it benefit the UFC to put guys like Anderson Silva on their FOX shows?
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
This is pretty unprecedented ground
But I would be shocked if they didn’t have Jones on early and often to continue pushing his brand onto the mainstream.
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Jones would be a hell of a push, as well as Aldo.
Not a ton of name recognition (yet) but very fan pleasing fight styles.
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Would you like Freys with that?
Yep, and Overeem too if/when he signs.
If they are looking at the medium run picture, they should absolutely stack these cards with a mix of exciting up-and-coming guys, exciting veterans, and “name” veterans to serve up to the others.
This is the time to draw more casuals in to build the sport, and I think that means exciting fighters of all varieties!
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by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 4:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Furthermore
Could the UFC use this deal to get guys like Rory MacDonald and Alex Gustafsson and Phil Davis significant air time? Because this is the biggest issue to me.
Building new stars is a must.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
I mean they should
But look at their Pay Per View cards lately. They haven’t really invested in the future well. They hid Jones on VS until his number one contender’s fight while they ran a third Bj/Hughes fight (which I was stoked for admittedly)
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free cards on Fox
is a much much bigger deal than free cards on Versus or free cards on Spike.
You will see lots of “exciting” fighters (aka no jon fitch types) and relevant matches as well. Fox isn’t paying 90 mill a year for Hardy/Lytle
You will see lots of "exciting" fighters (aka no jon fitch types) and relevant matches as well. Fox isn’t paying 90 mill a year for Hardy/Lytle
But they’ll be lucky if they get someone that puts as good a show on as Lytle can…
Heck… UFC Versus 5 had TON of good fights that I’d be happy to introduce my skeptical friends to MMA.
Amir/Ludwig was an entertaining stand up fight.
Benson was a f’n monster against Miller
Lytle/Hardy was pretty decent as well.
i think gsp will headline a card
by choice, he wants to build his own brand and seriously what better way is there
and gatorade and underarmour sponsors on his shorts on network tv with lets say 8-9 million watching (slightly optimistic but not out of the realm of possibility) would be worth a pretty penny
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
The last thing FOX viewers want
Is some foreigner who barely speaks English.
CHAEL SONNEN TIME!
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Need military people as well
So Stann will get in there. Tim Kennedy too.
Jacob Volkmann should get a lot of air time as well if we want to go back to the Republican stance.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Yeah,
I think GSP needs to get on Fox for his business plan. I feel like the UFC will put Jones on the first Fox show though.
If GSP does get on Fox though, he has to realize the pressure that’s going to be put on him. It won’t be enough to win, he’s going to have to win convincingly. He can’t repeat the Shields fight, and that’s a lot of pressure. It’ll be interesting to see how more eye balls changes the dynamic of the sport.
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if he fights like he did against bj or alves hes golden
ground fighting can be good fighting, we just need to see gsp try to win instead of try not to lose
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Yeah
If he beats a dude into a living death we’ll be fine. First Koscheck fight, something like that.
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and jones-rashad on fox sounds absolutely amazing
i dont think jon jones is capable of being boring, and the shit talk leading up will be epic if jones can hire a few good writers or spend a month or two at the chael sonnen school for shit talk
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Jones could become the ultimate accidental heal on network.
It would be awesome. Like Lebron James this season, and that was great fucking TV.
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Heal?
Who is he healing? Evans after he is on the brink of death?
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Evans is going to drop his ass
I’m serious on this one.
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Drop what?
Jones will show Evans how top control works.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Rashad is going to show Jones why you should respect your mentors.
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I wish the fight was happening now
I’d do a sig and avatar bet.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
You know why it's not happening now?
Because Jones ducked his ass.
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by Neil Manich on Aug 16, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
BLAME DIEGO SANCHEZ
For rolling into Evans’ knee.
Oh how fun it would be to do a “what if” on that.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
You don't face off against a dude you have legit beef with center ring,
and then opt to get elective surgery.
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and then
opt out of said surgery a month later.
and then totally fuck up that guy when you finally fight
its gonna happen, shad’s getting stanky legged again
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
i dunno about gettin stanky legged again
i’d say broken skulled
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My first line was "you don't"
So you just said Shad was going to win. OH FUCK BURNED.
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doesnt matter
shads getting beat down
phil davis, machida, or gustaffson will be the hardest fight for jones. shad and page got nothing for him
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I just don't see how Phil Davis can offer something Shad can't
No striking to set up his takedowns.
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his upside
right now he has nothing for either jones or rashad, if davis’ ceiling is as high as i’m predicting it to be he’ll be a very very hard fight for jones down the road
you gotta remember, when rashad was davis’ age he was decisioning sam hoger. davis is green as hell and just beat lil nog. skys the limit for him
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Jason Brilz arguably beat Lil Nog
Nog was the ultimate best style match up for a guy like Davis.
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Jones still has a lot to prove
Rashad has beaten Forrest, Chuck, and Rampage convincingly. Obviously smart money is on Jones, but Shad is getting slept on.
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Both fighters win with wrestling...
Jones seems to be in a league of his own there. Plus he is bigger. I foresee him taking Evans down and beating him up.
Of course Evans could clip him, but I don’t think he will have an easy time getting inside.
Rashad is a great fighter. Maybe even the #2 LHW in the world right now.
But he isn’t beating Jon Jones.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
by duck on Aug 16, 2011 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm tempted to ask if you have a PayPal account to make a wager
I could use a few hundred dollars for making a wager that’s up there with the sun rising in the East.
Seriously? Rashad drop Jones on his ass? Not seeing it.
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Oh what great news!
Does TUF move to Fox as well or does Spike own the rights to it?
by Johnnynumber5 on Aug 16, 2011 3:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Did anyone catch what Dana said at the press conference?
He laughed and made a comment about how the WSJ reported that they bought G4…
Sounds like it’s far from official
Huge milestone for the ufc
one more step for conquering MMA.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
by Charles Awad on Aug 16, 2011 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
call me stupid
i have no idea what the second logo is
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Golden Glory
stupid
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 16, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
From John Ourand of Sports Business Journal
Fox will have a 1pm press conference Thurs with Hill, Freer, Shanks, Landgraf for “one of the biggest announcements in Fox Sports history.”
JOE BUCK VS TIM MCCARVER HEADLINING UFC 141!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Curt Menefee vs. Pam Oliver set for Men vs. Women Superfight
BLACK ON BLACK CRIME!
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
I kinda want to see Terry Bradshaw on the UFC
It would be an epic trainwreck.
Better than Bob Costas on NBC. You’re excited for UFC 155? FEEL THESE NIPPLES!
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
by SSreporters on Aug 16, 2011 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Other than Fox News I’m a pretty big fan of all of their programming.
by Johnnynumber5 on Aug 16, 2011 3:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
A little bit disappointed they dropped America's Most Wanted though
But now it just makes it even easier to hold Saturday night events.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
This will be the new Saturday Nights Main Event
I've got something to say; it better to burn out than to fade away!!!
Is it really funny Mayhem, please tell me its funny.
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by dandeman on Aug 16, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
YES I love FX Fox programming kinda meh but whatever NO MORE SPIKE!!!!
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Final UFC event on Spike: TUF 14 Finale headlined by Bisping vs. Miller
Thanks for everything, Spike…..but you had to go.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
its not you its me......
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
by milk72 on Aug 16, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fantastic news
So we are going to get 4 major events on Spike a year, and FX, which is a much more awesome and well known channel then Spike or Versus, is going to be the home of the countdown shows, The Ultimate Fighter, and the Fight Nights?
Awesome Awesome stuff.
I’ve been pondering about how much harm it might have been doing to have the free events split up between Spike and Versus.
This is just plain good stuff all around I think.
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Dana White won't confirm the rumors yet
because he is waiting to let it slip casually over my thai’s with Ariel Helwani in his private French Chateau.
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haha. I remember how big of a slap to the face
Dana’s announcement of the SF purchase with Ariel was. Do you think he makes that same mistake again? I mean, this is pretty fucking big.
he'll be on sportscenter at 6
not making that mistake again
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If Josh Gross was going to break the story
And Dana had a chance to piss in his tea he would, but he doesn’t because it’s already leaked.
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Dana is famous for saying....
“What they said.”
^^^^
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
by DayGeaux on Aug 16, 2011 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Spike, do you ever consider YOU might be the reason for non-growth
switching the air times all over the place, doing your crappy all of the place promos that are like a blitzkrieg of flashing colors and fight footage. Showing countdown shows at like midnight and crap like that.
Plus, other then the UFC programming and Star Wars re-runs…and the occasional episode of Deadliest Warrior…your channel sucks, Manswers, 1000 Ways to Die etc etc…they have their niche appeal, but just that.
Spike, you aren’t made to bring in the big ratings.
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what do you want them to say
we suck and our channel has no reason to exist anymore
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by milk72 on Aug 16, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good point
But they need the UFC more then the UFC needs them, for sure.
Fox, FX, and PPV being the outlets over Spike, Versus, and PPV will RULE.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Spike TV the future home of ProElite
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
or Bellator
I could see it happening.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Bellator has an existing deal with MTV2
ProElite seems like a better fit
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by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Very true
I was just making the viacom connection I suppose
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Spike Executive:
“The UFC told me they wanted Anderson Silva money.”
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Why was the UFC unable to get as good of ratings on any channel other than Spike?
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By any channel, do you mean Versus?
Well, the first two Versus cards were quite solid ratings wise. But the first was the biggest, they declined in value across the 2nd and 3rd events and the 4th ultimately got stung bag by injuries and dropouts.
But even with that said, from UFC on Versus 3 to 4 to 5, the ratings have improved over the last event…I expect the same to happen with UFC on Versus 6.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
The UFC tried to use VS to turn Jones into a star
It didn’t really work and now they have to rebuild from the ground up.
It’s obviously good that the UFC is moving on up. Growth is on it’s way. But it’s also true that Zuffa’s product has stagnated along with Spike, and Fox is taking a real chance here. Good chance it pays off, also a chance it doesn’t.
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Really hoping
That Zuffa gave up a little bit of ground on production control with this deal. It would be great to see some positive changes.
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As for Jones,
I always thought it would make much more sense for both building Jones up and for getting better numbers on free cards to have him fight just before the main event on a Lesnar or GSP card and put some “name” guys to main event the free cards.
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Death before dishonor, drinks before lunch.
Never send sheep to kill a wolf.
by The American Ronin on Aug 17, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Because nobody I know,
save the rabid hardcores, has even heard of Versus. My best friend, my girlfriend, my buddies back in NY… every time there’s a good fight card on versus, it’s the same Goddamn thing.
“Dude! Bendo is elbowing Jim Miller’s face into a Goddamn soup! You gotta see this!”
“Hell yeah! What channel?”
“Versus.”
“…I don’t think I get that channel.”
“Time Warner, right? You get it.”
“I’m looking… can’t find it. Oh well. Back to NCIS reruns.”
All because it’s not a well-known channel, people assume they don’t have it and put ZERO effort into looking for it. Now if it was on FX, they would have known already that they had it, and would have gone straight to the right channel and gone HOLY FUCK WHEN DID JESUS BOY POP A RAGE BONER.
This is a huge win for the UFC.
by Paulo Filho's Psychiatrist on Aug 17, 2011 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Wondering if this means Bellator on Spike is inevitable
And whether there will be a reality show of sorts to fill the TUF void. Spike doesn’t have a lot going for it all of a sudden. This is a huge loss for them.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
the weekly tournament format is way better than any reality show
they should keep it going as it is
just get rid of the goddamn grey mats. they seriously look terrible
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
by milk72 on Aug 16, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No kidding on the mats
I’ve got a feeling Spike won’t be pleased with the lack of jizzy sushi, though.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
by Charles Awad on Aug 16, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
thats very true
jizzy sushi and people pissing on each others beds basically is exactly what spikes going for, but a bellator reality show sounds like a fucking disaster in the making
and bellator needs either the pride white, or the WEC blue. those are easily the best mat colors
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I personally LOVE blue gloves
Watching Pride and WEC fights with their blue gloves…I find it very appealing visually.
But blue also happens to be a color I greatly prefer in general.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Showtime has decided not to exercise it’s option to extend strikeforce programming on its network.
Zuffa will now enter negotiations with spike to air fight night type cards with championship level Female MMA giving spike 3 choices as a label for the live content: Pride, WEC or Strikeforce. also a new series of best of pride, and a new clip show of strikeforce will be offered.
In return zuffa will want fair market value for the programming plus continued exposure for UFC ppv’s.
Ultimately, Spike will either continue working with the largest MMA organization in the world or bring over bellator who’s inches away from going out of business.
Oh shit yeah.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
Holy shit the Twitter whining.
How can anyone not be excited about this?
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 3:54 PM EDT reply actions
I'm dying for it to happen
I don’t watch any other sport…and I find conversations about them to be boring.
The more people who are talking about MMA, even if they suck at it, the better.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i just wanna be able to talk to people about mma
literally i have like 3 friends who follow the sport and one of them still thinks brock lesnar and chuck liddell are champions
i only give a fuck about the new york giants and mixed martial arts, when more people care about something it makes it way more fun. watching sports with a bunch of screaming people beats watching by yourself anyday
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Totally with you
I don’t have any friends who follow MMA. Just a couple buddy’s who’ll come over and drink when I buy the fights.
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i just wanna be able to talk to people about mma
Fucking tell me about it. None of my friends are into MMA, and they only watch it when I beg them to through bribery (eg: I’ll hold a big BBQ and have people over. Free food. All they have to do is watch the PPV with me…) I’ve only got a couple guys I talk to about MMA on a regular basis. The one guy said to me, “I train UFC…” and the other guy said to me when he heard Fedor got signed by Strikeforce, “Holy shit! Did you hear? Fedor is gonna fight in the UFC!” /Facepalm.
I think that's true of all of us
Or we wouldn’t be here all day.
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So you’re saying this Fox move will eventually lead to the death of BE.
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And as a result the death of Tim Burke
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I shall live on in the hearts and minds of liquor store and bar owners all across this great land.
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This is when you give an empowering speech with the star spangled banner and the american flag in the background
Me > Ben Henderson
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So?
The North remembers...
Would you like Freys with that?
by iiowyn on Aug 16, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Canadians can be patriotic too ya know. No offense to y’all, but I’d rather try to make love to a porcupine than do anything with your anthem and flag in the background.
Unless it’s an American porcupine.
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I don't believe you
Even Canadians love ’Murica
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by Chris Hall on Aug 16, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
You’d be surprised how acrimonious the feelings towards you guys can be up here sometimes.
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No
we tend to feel the same way.
But on the other hand….USA USA!!!
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I don’t even get FX, so they changes little for me. Still be watching it on Sportsnet most of the time.
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FX is a solid channel
and I’m pretty sure this is a reply fail.
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Well, you must have quite a thing for porcupines.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Please no
I love this place
If it weren’t for BE, I’d talk about movies all damn day.
Now I do that half of the day.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
9-5 it's BE time.
The rest is staring at the wall at home, pretending to care about what my girlfriend is saying.
by pud333 on Aug 16, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
If anything, I think it would have the opposite effect
A broader audience will only result in BE getting more eccentric and esoteric… a bigger pool of fandom will only make the hardcore harder.
Check out smartfootball.com or footballstudyhall.com sometime… football had legions of screaming fans, but the people that are really into it are in a class by themselves.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Aug 16, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Sadly yes, my friend just moved back in towna dn he’s taking BJJ so he now understands MMA now. He also has a big screen tv.
My other friend is back in town from Richmond and he knows boxing in and out….lately…it hasn’t been so lonely in both sports.
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exactly how the hell do i convert my friends? I have a casual family who will come over when i tell them to order a PPV with me
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You don't.
I’ve been trying for years to do that. Nothing works. Eventually they will get it or they won’t. At some point a lightbulb will go off in their head. Hopefully that day comes.
people just dont like to be fans of niche sports
if the sports mainstream, everyone will just about follow it to an extent
for example i have an understanding of baseball even though i fucking hate the sport simply because i dont wanna be left out of every single conversation that involves the sport
fox will put mma on the biggest platform its ever seen, and more people will care. its that simple
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
More people will
care for sure. I just have some personal reservations about just how big MMA can be, due to it being a combat sport. I just think there is a natural ceiling to it that other sports don’t have, due to the violence and the fact that some people just dislike violence, no matter what. I mean, they can handle small doses of it in a Hockey fight or something, but 3 hours of it? I guess we’ll see soon enough.
My best friend and I are the only ones that follow it really close
Then I have one or two that are at least fans of the sport and have a good sense of whats going on when.
Then there are the one or two that just randomly want to watch ‘the fights’ every now and then.
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by Chris Groves on Aug 16, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
They need to get the fuck over it in short order
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
people are mad?
what?
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
The UFC onFox is a trashy spray tanned douche bags dream.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol
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Time for me to go buy some tan in a can
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Aug 16, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a joke that is largely true
The UFC and Fox are both aimed at douchebags.
I admit that I like things that douchebags also like.
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by Neil Manich on Aug 16, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's the biggest philosophical struggle of our life.
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i like douchey stuff too
i like to think if you dont act like a douchebag its ok
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What small sized shirt to wear? Or whether to do your chest or your biceps today?
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Watch the form bro, make sure you don’t pop wood.
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Yeah, but you only work out your glamour muscles, and you know it.
by pud333 on Aug 16, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I don't work out any muscle I can't shave
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i really had to think about that statement
its so true though
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Douchebags do tend to "like things that douchebags like."
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by Richard Wade on Aug 20, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not exclusively their dream.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
He's wrong enough.
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by Richard Wade on Aug 20, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Just think
Strikeforce is a promotion based on Showtime…their first CBS card averaged like 5 million or something right?
Just think what a big card from the UFC with some of the UFC’s bigger name guys could do.
The UFC has that name recognition.
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They should do noticeably better but I wouldn’t get too excited that we’ll see Lesnar, GSP, or Silva on network tv. They’re still a ppv company, and even with the money they’re making they aren’t going to risk that business by giving away too good of free cards. I expect to see some really cool #1 contender matches – such as Carwin vs JDS – but I don’t know if those matches really move the needle that much.
This deal is big by I can only see it being a real game-changer iIf the UFC changes the way they promote but that’s asking a lot.
1st show will probably have a title shot involved
with one of their bigger stars. You know, just to make a big first impression. The ones thereafter, I agree, will probably be more on the level you are saying.
For comparison:
- WWE gets $70 million a year from both their channels,
- HBO boxing’s annual budget is $45 million and was $70 million a couple years ago
- NHL signed a 10-year $2 bil deal.
So its enough to get some decent bouts booked but then again last year they made $200 million plus so it can’t compete with that.
They made 200 mil over how many shows though?
This is four network shows and free cards on FX
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15 ppvs. 600,000 buys per event. $15 million per event in sales.
The $90 million will be for 4 network events, the TUF series, several Fight Night and Ultimate Fighter finales, and tall the other programming. Not shabby but no comparison. The best thing for us that could happen is the ppv sales start plummeting and they turn to tv as their major medium. But then how do they cover their debt?
It’s 90 million for 4 network shows, an undetermined amount of free cards, all their subsidiary shows (including TUF) all the fight footage (after the end of 2012)…there’s a helluva lot more to it than just the live cards.
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HBO boxing's budget dropped nearly 50% in a few years?
god damn, thats not good
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Him versus Henderson would be a great way to kick it off and build Jones into a major ppv attraction. But by then he’ll have faced Rashad and already be drawing at least 500,000 ppvs a title fight if he retains the belt so do they lose those millions just to gain exposure?
500,000 pay per views isn't cool
You know what’s cool, a billion pay per views.
Seriously though, they put a little extra investment on Bones, maybe lose a little money putting him on TV in the short term, and maybe they finally create a star that sells a million plus in the post GSP world.
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I agree with you but I wonder if they’ll go along with the long term thinking and instead focus on the fact that they’re losing over $10 million giving him away for free.
You never know with these guys.
Seriously, sometimes I think they’re making all the right moves. But then they pull a WTF out of nowhere. I guess we’ll find out soon enough what they are thinking.
Go with them sticking it to all the people who said no to them so far.
The North remembers...
Would you like Freys with that?
This would be my bet if I were a betting man.
I don’t put it past Dana and crew to have a “fuck y’all, all y’all” show.
does anyone think a major network deal with help with sanctioning in resistant states such as New York?
I don’t think so. It’ll give access for a wider audience but as far as NY it’s really up to who runs things. They still think it’s an inhumane sport despite the scientific stats and allow boxing and somehow won’t take under consideration the revenue they could generate. I don’t think a network deal would help
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unless theres alot of public pressure
no chance, someone in NY is spending alot of money to keep mma out. I’m not entirely sure who or what is directly behind the whole thing
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Good year for me.
Game of Thrones on HBO and now UFC on network TV. I can now talk to people I know about this stuff!
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by iiowyn on Aug 16, 2011 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
so pumped for season 2
but i have many questions and potential problems, how often will they feature the dragons, and how will they handle the blackwater?
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
The second book is great
Tho a bit heavier on the magic, interesting to see how they’ll pull it off.
And fuck HBO for taking that show of On Demand
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Well GRRM is writing the blackwater episode, and he has a fair bit of television experience so I am hoping that works out well. The wolves are supposed to be CGI this time so hopefully they will be featured more, especially as they plan on showing more of Robb’s story than they did in the books due to lack of a PoV character with him.
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Would you like Freys with that?
very excited about all that
the theon storyline in general should be pretty awesome, that character really grew on me
and i’m praying the blackwater is done well, that battle alone deserves a massive budget
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Little did I know I would end up rooting for Jaime Lannister and Theon Greyjoy…
Well played Mr. Martin.
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Would you like Freys with that?
Only because he kills everyone else
bar steward
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Jon Snow is my horse in the race. Also now Wyman Manderly.
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Would you like Freys with that?
Quit it
I haven’t gotten that far in the books yet
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Fair enough, and apologies.
The bad side for more exposure to my favorite series is having to watch what I say to avoid spoiling people.
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Would you like Freys with that?
No big
You guys didn’t do much more than hint at what’s going to happen. I just didn’t want to see something that would spoil the last 1/4 of the second book for me.
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To be fair
even if you somehow found out everything that was going to happen, nothing would really be spoiled. They’re THAT good.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 17, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
True
It wouldn’t have stopped me from reading the books for a second
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I'd argue that if someone told you what happened in book 3, it'd spoil it.
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by Richard Wade on Aug 20, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Jon Snow is my horse in the race.
you and me both brother. Somehow…
Reading them again starting from the first book, already dreading what’s about to happen and I’m only 153 into it.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
At first I started watching Game of Thrones
because so many fucking guys here kept posting GIFs of the show. By about episode 3, I was hooked.
1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.
by Chris Barton on Aug 16, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's called Speed Stick, it's not expensive.
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First season is back on demand on Comcast right now, rewatched all ten episodes in the last two days, now back to book three.
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
DVR?
Or is it back On Demand?
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Back On Demand, at least here just outside of Minneapolis, don’t know if that’s a wide thing for HBO across all platforms.
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you for that
You just made my day
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Book 3?
Please let us know how you feel about it.
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Would you like Freys with that?
I'm around a third of the way through
Seems like the last half of book 2 is where shit begins hitting the fan, and then it keeps hitting the fan, and then it gets even more out of control in book 3, and I can’t wait to see what else can go wrong for everyone the rest of the way
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
a Hulu deal would be brilliant. i refuse to get cable, and i can’t wait for the xbox streaming for ufc content.
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 16, 2011 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
Hopefully Someone else springs up to jump onto Spike TV
" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "
I don't see anyone else doing very well on Spike
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I imagine Bellator would do better there than they are doing at MTV2
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Even the UFC brand wasn't pulling very good numbers on Spike
I just don’t see Bellator, who very few people outside of us and its fighters’ families even know about, doing well there. Honestly, with the UFC gone I see no reason to ever tune to that channel ever again.
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This kind of confirms my suspicion why Zuffa paid a shit-ton and risked an anti-trust investigation to purchase Strikeforce.
Do you really think SF could have gone to Spike tho?
I mean, from what I understand, showtime was paying the salaries of all the key fighters on their roster. Spike can’t afford to do that.
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Nah, SF didn’t pay salaries to anyone but Fedor.
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No?
I thought they paid Hendo too. And thought maybe Diaz as well.
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That's cool
I make stuff up sometimes
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I do too. Two of my four posts tonight will be complete BS. Guess which two!
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by Tim Burke on Aug 16, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"UFC 145 GSP v Silva"
“And Fedor signed to BAMMA.”
Don’t make it so easy
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I would have guessed “Kimbo Slice and James Toney to face off for alternate spot in SF Grand Prix.”
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by Scabby Knuckle on Aug 16, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Easily. They would have stayed on Showtime, just like UFC runs ppv, but the syndicated programming Coker was discussing plus highlight clips and a few cards could have been put on Spike.
Now that void will be there again
Perfect opportunity for Pro Elite to carve their niche.
" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "
No no no
They just needed more fighters. And if you believe the narrative here SF was fucked.
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SF is going to live on past March 2012. I’m telling y’all.
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I wonder how Showtime feels about that
Because SF doesn’t really have many fighters of value anymore:
Fedor, Nick Diaz, Overeem, Henderson (basically), Coenan, Gina, Cyborg
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Re-branded to Challengers-like shows all the time.
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this wouldn’t be the worst idea ever.
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by Chad Raynard on Aug 16, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the idea
A promotion specifically for developing prospects. I’d also like to see them roll over fighters who need to pick up a couple wins. Kendall Grove strikes me as someone who would have done well with a shift like that.
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It makes sense for Zuffa/Forza
They’re only half of the equation.
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Thanks for correcting me.
On a related note, do you notice how many followed our resident shill in blaming Coker for the Grand Prix’s collapse but ignore the fact that Overeem confirmed he had a champions clause and was good for a couple more fights? So obvious what is going on.
Overeem will fight in the UFC before the UFC is on Fox
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If I was a betting man I’d wager his next fight will be on ppv and probably against the winner of Cain/JDS.
Dark horse opponent is Brock Lesnar.
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by Neil Manich on Aug 16, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like the way you think
I’m going to keep my eye on you.
by John Nash on Aug 16, 2011 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Best part of that movie.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
i dont see dana giving into that demand
alistairs gonna have to beat someone first
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Mir makes a lot of sense
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He does
Not a lot for him to do at the moment (other than fight Schaub, I suppose)
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 16, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
What street is that?
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Sesame Street
Naw actually HH, the nostradamus of MMA
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
Neat
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i like that street
thats an amazing fight
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"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
were gonna need a bigger cage.
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by gspmademegay on Aug 16, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
And add two more chefs to the horse meat that has to be cooked to serve these two cave men.
I've got something to say; it better to burn out than to fade away!!!
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did i miss when the first shows should air?
i tried to change my username to 'big country fit' but the system wouldnt let me.
Need more details to have an opinion on what this means for Zuffa, but if there is one big winner here, it’s Bellator. Their value as a TV property and as an MMA company just went up.
I disagree
Spike is not a great platform. At least not any more so than MTV2. I really doubt if they get a Spike deal they do numbers significantly better than they’re doing now.
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I have to disagree with you there
Spike is a much better platform for Bellator to pull respectable numbers than MTV2. For starters, it’s in a lot more homes, and because of the UFC’s longtime presence fans of Spike know MMA. If they’re smart and move back to a live weekday timeslot they can easily double or triple the viewers they get on MTV2.
by Jamie Penick on Aug 16, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
You may be right
Spike does have a larger potential viewership and better channel placement on cable line-ups. Which could have an impact. Their problem is, and always will be, is that people don’t watch MMA. They watch UFC.
Strikeforce obviously had the same problem, tho they came up in a completely different free agent climate. At the time there were enough high level fighters for them to sign to fill out the top of their rosters. Bellator does not have that luxury after the merger.
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Most of the time I am a rather quiet fellow, who likes to read about Philosophy, Mathematics and History, but like most people I also have a deep appreciation of sex and violence... - John Danaher
And Spkie's in HD in a lot more homes than MTV2, yes?
Does MTV2 even do HD?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It’s better than MTV2, but just being on spike doesn’t mean it will succeed. TNA isn’t coming close to what WWE was getting on spike, and that was when spike was called the Nashville network.
Spike would be a positive for Bellator, but expecting Bellator to automatically turn into the UFC by switching channels is a silly idea.
They stand to gain more
But for now, the UFC appears to be the big winner. Bellator has their work cut out for them, but it could mean big things.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
by Charles Awad on Aug 16, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Who knows what adjustments UFC will be making under this new deal? Meanwhile Bellator goes from a company with no real path forward to suddenly being the most developed MMA property outside of Zuffa, with a huge gap in their parent network’s programming needing to be filled.
To be fair, I think by the same measure we’re assuming they’re both moving to Spike and being prominently featured, neither of which is a certainty. I think it’s most likely that the UFC hammered out a pretty damn good deal, having waited this long, and that Bellator WILL in fact be on Spike and get a pretty excellent push.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
by Charles Awad on Aug 16, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m told Spike executives are already attending Bellator events with an eye towards what they can offer to help in a potential transition to their channel. Sounds pretty serious to me.
Zuffa probably did pretty well in the end too, but the way they worded that part about the license fee is troubling.
“Bidding had gone as high as $90M per year”
Why the past tense? Did FOX have the high bid? I just need a little bit more information here. Wasn’t the initially reported asking price prorated out to be like $180M per year?
yeah , I thought the ufc was asking for way more money from spike?
Maybe the ufc jumped on this deal before it went away.?
Yeah, that does seem strange
However— it’s very possible (and I’ve read some things that allude to this) that the UFC made concessions for certain luxuries. Control of production, ability to promote PPVs and other details are all valuable to them in some profound way.
I’ll be interested to hear more about this, hopefully Thursday at the press conference.
Remember all those folks that said WEC lightweights simply wouldn't be able to hang in the UFC? Yeah.......
by Charles Awad on Aug 16, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree about their value going up, and it would make me glad to see them and their fighters get greater exposure. At the same time I have to wonder if the financial backers see themselves poised in a year or two for a lucrative buyout by Zuffa. Without a premium cable or network deal of their own, Bellator’s overall revenue stream looks a bit limited. Bellator’s investors might look at the Strikeforce buyout as a model for a nice return on their investment if Zuffa comes sniffing around. I’d hate to see them sell out, because I love what they’ve done in a short amount of time and I’m a total sucker for the tournament format.
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by Scabby Knuckle on Aug 16, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Good observations. I didn’t just mean their value as a TV property… the value of their assets is up too, unquestionably. With the UFC/Fox deal down, we’re left with the most chaotic scenario possible: Spike, Versus, and Showtime all being potential suitors for Bellator, ProElite, M-1, and whatever other darkhorse brands are out there. Will Zuffa try to offer another program in that space like Strikeforce? Beloved ex-BEtard mmalogic thinks so.
I wonder if this is an exclusive deal with Fox?
Wouldnt be great if they were able to have 4 other fights on another newtwork such as NBC?
I couldn’t see fox or nbc going for that. They would be PISSED.if one drew an smudge bit more viewers and would probably get pissy with the ufc.
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by Bobillarious on Aug 17, 2011 12:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well the deal with spike wasnt exclusive
they were able to show 4 other live events to a different cable company.(verus) I wonder if there is some kind of clause allowing them to show at least 4 other live events with another cable or network channel?
Glad that this has finally happened. I've known for a while about negotiations through some a source..
A+ job, UFC. A+ job.
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*through a source
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. - Albert Camus
I also totally knew about this through a source. Totally.
by Pyrgz Krum on Aug 17, 2011 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This is so bittersweet for me.
I’m happy that the UFC got a network deal, and that there will be events live on FOX, but apparently the apartment where i will be living in for the next year doesn’t have FX.
I was already pissed because i love It’s always sunny in philly, the league, archer, Justified, etc but i could always watch those episodes on the interweb the day after that, but now live UFC events?
Aww hell no! I’m going to sufffer so much :(
When does the deal kick in? I’m assuming not until 2012 right?
Oh
I don’t understand how a cable provider doesn’t have FX. You should complain to somebody lol.
Saw this on SI home page
http://m.si.com/news/tr/tr/detail/4089652
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You need a bigger sig
Perhaps you should add a chapter or two of War and Peace
by Steve4192 on Aug 17, 2011 6:51 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
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