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Old 01-07-2009, 00:21
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The sun article has direct quotes from the UK UFC president so it sounds promising.
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Old 01-07-2009, 00:32
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The sun article has direct quotes from the UK UFC president so it sounds promising.
funny, fighters only magazine had exactly the same exclusive apart from him not saying it was going to virgin 1, oh wait...

again not disputing it might end up on V!, but equally at the moment I'm expecting tape delayed bravo
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Old 01-07-2009, 01:05
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Just read that Kimbo Slice has signed up for UF season 10, filming has already started and due to air in spetember, thats a money earning signing for dana.

Kimbo is maybe lacking mma skills but has pure power on his side. maybe has learnt from his previous fight in the UFC.

what do you guys think........

its maybe old news but its the first I have read of it, plus I have been on holiday for 3 weeks....

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Old 01-07-2009, 10:09
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Just read that Kimbo Slice has signed up for UF season 10, filming has already started and due to air in spetember, thats a money earning signing for dana.

Kimbo is maybe lacking mma skills but has pure power on his side. maybe has learnt from his previous fight in the UFC.

what do you guys think........

its maybe old news but its the first I have read of it, plus I have been on holiday for 3 weeks....

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Yeah quite funny how Dana has always said Kimbo is a waste of time and would get smashed in the octogan only to sign him after a few fights in a rival organisation but hey!!!

Im more excited about seeing Rampage as a coach to be honest. I think its common knowledge that Rampage doesnt like to train himself so I wonder if this is going to come across to his fighters
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Old 01-07-2009, 21:32
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Yeah quite funny how Dana has always said Kimbo is a waste of time and would get smashed in the octogan only to sign him after a few fights in a rival organisation but hey!!!
White has always questioned Kimbo's ability and whether he has earned the right to be a big MMA star. After all, who has he fought?

However, White never said he couldn't fight in the UFC, but that he would have to prove himself worthy by, for example, going through TUF. He even said he would put on a Heavyweight season of TUF if Kimbo was interested. Kimbo, to his credit, is willing to take that risk -- perhaps he felt he had to after his big loss.

Anyway, it's going to be fun. Even though I'm sure they'll make us wait a few episodes to see Kimbo fight.
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Old 02-07-2009, 14:59
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Anyway, it's going to be fun. Even though I'm sure they'll make us wait a few episodes to see Kimbo fight.
There's a rumour going round that
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Not sure if it's true or not but the MMA forums & blogs do seem to get the news 1st 90% of the time.
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Old 04-07-2009, 16:57
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White has always questioned Kimbo's ability and whether he has earned the right to be a big MMA star. After all, who has he fought?

However, White never said he couldn't fight in the UFC, but that he would have to prove himself worthy by, for example, going through TUF. He even said he would put on a Heavyweight season of TUF if Kimbo was interested. Kimbo, to his credit, is willing to take that risk -- perhaps he felt he had to after his big loss.

Anyway, it's going to be fun. Even though I'm sure they'll make us wait a few episodes to see Kimbo fight.
In the interview that I am talking about White was asked about signing up Kimbo and he said that there was no chance as Kimbo was a back yard fighter with no skill and no chance of lasting in any official UFC fight. He said that he was just a phase that people were going through and he wasnt interested in it all. I will find the YouTube link now and get back to you.
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Old 05-07-2009, 16:11
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So it looks like we will get an announcement on the home of UFC in the UK next week, possibly Monday with 6 channels wanting it and 2 offers looking especially good!
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/g...ome/?gid=20915
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Old 05-07-2009, 16:16
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I cant find the link to the interview where Dana says that Kimbo has no skill etc but im still looking but for now here is the one where he says Kimbo would get murdered in the UFC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl9Fo04WKO4
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Old 05-07-2009, 16:18
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And here is one that he says Kimbo sucks, yet he signs him for TUF 10?? And you are trying to tell me its because Dana thinks Kimbo has skills and not for the pure hype and rating values?!?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BSscEpwij0
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Old 06-07-2009, 14:46
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Getting Kimbo in is just a publicity stunt to boost the ratings. I notice there a a couple of very experienced fighters in there too, maybe as an insurance policy to make sure Kimbo doesn't win.
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Old 07-07-2009, 10:11
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UK TV Deal

So Davies reckons that longterm UFC will be shown on either ESPN or Channel 5 but UFC 100 will be on V1 or bravo.
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Old 07-07-2009, 18:32
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UK TV Deal

So Davies reckons that longterm UFC will be shown on either ESPN or Channel 5 but UFC 100 will be on V1 or bravo.
It's a similar message today from Phil Lowe on iFight365...

Tuesday July 7, 2009 BY Phil Lowe

In a quick update on UFC programming in the UK, iFight365.com understands that an announcement is to be made at some point in the next 48 hours regarding UFC 100 this Saturday night and it could come as soon as later today.

As we have previously reported, several broadcasters have shown an interest in taking over the UFC’s UK television rights, including ESPN, Sky Sports and Bravo, while terrestrial broadcaster Five have also showed some interest.

Where and when UFC 100 will air in the UK is by far the single question we’ve been asked the most over the past few days. Although it is unconfirmed at time of writing, if I had to bet on who gets the rights long-term, my money would be on ESPN, who on Tuesday ESPN announced it will launch a new UK sports channel, called ESPN, on August 3.

The channel will show the 46 live Barclays Premier League football games for which it bought the rights that Setanta Sports lost last month before it went into administration, as well as airing some of the US sports which it owns rights to.

ESPN has reached an initial deal to have the channel shown on Sky at a cost of £9 per month (£12 per month if you don’t subscribe to Sky Sports), but is currently in talks with all UK pay-TV platforms about carrying the service.

An ESPN HD channel will launch on the same date at no additional cost.

UFC 100 will definitely air in the UK and as we speculated last week, even if Bravo miss out on television rights in the long-term, they may still broadcast UFC 100 to give another broadcaster (such as ESPN) time to get things together to provide UFC programming from August onwards.

If ESPN, for example, win the rights, they may not be in the position to stage a live broadcast right away. But we know from their recent purchase of Premier League football rights that they will be broadcasting live from next month when the new season starts, and UFC 101 could be shown live should they win the UFC deal.

But should Bravo be airing UFC 100, I would be surprised if the PPV airs live and suspect it would almost certainly be broadcast on a tape-delay basis.

As previously noted, Bravo is one of several channels owned by Virgin Media and currently up for sale. BSkyB, the parent company of Sky Sports (who we believe have shown interest in picking up the UFC rights - partly due to the HD content they could broadcast) are interested in purchasing the group of channels and have lodged a bid believed to be around £160million. Should that deal go through, it would speed up Bravo’s move to High Definition, with a Bravo HD giving UK fans the chance to see UFC (and TNA) shows in HD.

Virgin 1 - another channel owned by Virgin Media and also up for sale - could also be in the running for the UFC rights and could be an alternative to Bravo to air UFC 100 this weekend.

As soon as an announcement is made or we have further updates, we’ll post them here at iFight365.com, plus regardless of where UFC 100 airs this weekend, we’ll have live coverage here on the website as well.
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Old 09-07-2009, 10:03
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Just seen the Sky EPG - UFC 100 live on Setanta Ireland - but only available to Irish viewers.
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Old 09-07-2009, 13:58
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UFC 100 TO AIR LIVE IN UK

FANS CAN WATCH ON SKY CHANNEL 433 OR ON UFC.com





London, England – UFC 100, the biggest mixed martial arts event in history, will be televised live on multiple platforms in the United Kingdom this coming Saturday, July 11, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organisation has confirmed.



British UFC fans have two ways of experiencing the greatest night in mixed martial arts history live: on Sky Channel 433 and online at UFC.com. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the biggest fight night of the year completely free of charge.



As an exciting bonus to British fans, Sky Channel 433’s UFC 100 coverage will begin at 9pm, Saturday, as a 9-hour UFC marathon gets underway with all five episodes of the ‘UFC’s Top 100 Fights’.



This will be followed by the official ‘Countdown to UFC 100’ program which then leads into 3am, where the spotlight turns to Las Vegas, as the biggest MMA show of all time goes LIVE.



UK fight fans unable to join the televised action on Sky Channel 433 need not worry, though, for they can also catch every punch, kick and submission at UFC 100 by logging on to UFC.com.



Those fans are encouraged to log-on to UFC.com for details on how they can watch UFC 100 live online.



Included on the historic UFC 100 card are UFC Championship® battles between heavyweight juggernauts Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir and welterweight wrecking machines Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves.



Plus, Ultimate Fighter(R coaches collide as British superstar Michael ‘The Count Bisping and former PRIDE champion Dan Henderson throw-down in a middleweight showdown.



Beyond UFC 100, there are further exciting announcements in the pipeline for British UFC fans.
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Old 09-07-2009, 14:14
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So Virgin Media customers are out in the cold?

I'd rather not watch some poor streaming internet feed...

Hardly the best way to watch the biggest ever UFC event.
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Old 09-07-2009, 14:28
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Will channel 433 open up for me? I only subscribe to two sky mixes - variety and kids.
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Old 09-07-2009, 16:10
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Dont understand why UFC are doing it like this. Only thing I can think of is they were not happy with the price a network were willing to pay.
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Old 09-07-2009, 17:55
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Yes!

That's great news, free live and on my big TV.
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Old 09-07-2009, 19:11
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f*cksocks.
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Old 09-07-2009, 19:47
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Amen, brother.

I've just been on to Virgin Media. Apparently the Sky Sports channels cost £18.00 pm and the minimum contract length is 1 month.

Can anyone tell me with any authority whether subscibing to the Sky Sports channels would give me access to Sky Channel 433? Virgin CS seemed baffled by this question.

So many people, soooo pissed off.
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Old 09-07-2009, 19:49
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It might be broadcast in the clear - but I imagine if you are with Virgin they might block the channels.

You might get lucky - can you get BBC and other channels that are in the clear on Virgin?
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Old 09-07-2009, 20:30
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Virginmedia are tweeting that VM customers can watch it online so that would be no broadcast then for us
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Old 09-07-2009, 20:37
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Virginmedia are tweeting that VM customers can watch it online so that would be no broadcast then for us
This really is unbelievable. Do they seriously expect people to stay up til 6am to watch some crappy internet feed?

Whose fault is this; Virgin for under-bidding or The UFC for not understanding that they were about to screw the very fans who have made its franchise such a success?

Is it too late for something to be worked out... surely Virgin could also broadcast on a spare channel?

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Old 09-07-2009, 20:41
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You'd think it would be able, hopefully they will add the sky channel but I don't think it will
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