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Distribution Feud at Center of Versus/DirecTV Dispute
The Versus/DirecTV feud continues to anger WEC fans along with fans of the NHL as a rumored "pricing" dispute has taken Versus off DirecTV's network as of August 31st, leaving MMA and hockey fans with...
Versus Denies Report It Engaged in Preliminary Talks With Bellator
Yesterday in an article about the WEC, I linked to a report by Jonathan Snowden at Heavy.com. In that report, Snowden claimed the following: The Versus network, home to the WEC, was so...
Zuffa Still Toeing the Line on Versus vs. DirecTV
UFC President Dana White sticks to reconciliation argument: On the same day DirecTV pulled the plug on Versus, rival satellite television provider DISH Network made Versus available as a free preview...
Versus off of DirecTV
With the August 31 deadline having passed Versus has been removed from DirecTV. The LATimes wrote about the reason for the dispute between the satellite giant and the sports network last w...
WEC Says Versus-DirecTV Spat Nothing to Do With WEC 43 Postponement
That's the company line, anyway, but the statements are very odd: Michael David Smith: Why was this card postponed? Peter Dropick: Injury to Ben Henderson. He was injured, went to the doctors and th...
Did the WEC Postpone WEC 43 Because of Versus' Dispute With DirecTV?
Dave Meltzer is suspicious: Dave Meltzer: "I think that what happened is is that they that they don’t want to do that show on September 2nd if DirecTV pulls them on September 1st. So, they&rsqu...
DirecTV to Drop Versus, WEC?
This story has flown under the radar (except on hockey blogs), but yes, Versus and DirecTV are having a spat. The existing deal between DirecTV and Versus expires after August 31st and the parties are...
WEC Re-Ups With Versus
I suppose Zuffa must be happy with their WEC exposure on Versus, but the really excellent news is the ability to get WEC essentially on demand now online. It's about time: Versus is about to sign a...
Thoughts on WEC 38
I'll start with the main event. Most of the title bout between Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone was exciting and fun to watch. Cerrone displayed relentless determination and Varner was im...
Video of the Day: WEC 34
A great new promo of Faber vs Pulver, June 1st on Versus. The televised card includes: Urijah Faber 20-1-0 Vs. Jens Pulver 22-8-1 Yoshiro Maeda 22-4-2 Vs. Miguel Angel Torres 33-1-0 Chuck...
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