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UFC & Setanta

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    #122
    Hellsing
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Hellsing


    ESPN are launching a new subscription package in the UK and Ireland. They will have more or less the same material as Setanta had. According to the Telegraph this may include the UFC and World Championship Boxing.

    source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/5622256/ESPN-to-set-up-new-channel-for-live-Premier-League-matches.html


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    #123
    Devastator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    Fozzy wrote: »
    They never did that high a rating. That would be crazy. The ratings for live shows were impressive though, I think hovering around 40-60,000 for some recent shows. The Fight Night last weekend did in the mid-20 thousands



    millions of gromless folk watch a group of people secured inside a box.....some even watch live coverage of them sleeping throughout the night......250k doesn't seem too unrealistic :D


    Im not sure, but I did read that in an article last week.


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    #124
    davmol
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    Hellsing wrote: »
    ESPN are launching a new subscription package in the UK and Ireland. They will have more or less the same material as Setanta had. According to the Telegraph this may include the UFC and World Championship Boxing.

    source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/5622256/ESPN-to-set-up-new-channel-for-live-Premier-League-matches.html

    It wouldnt be such a large loss losing setanta if ESPN carried over the UFC events,bunceys boxing hour,Ultimate talk and any future TUF series,they were the main reasons i subscribed to setanta


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    #125
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    davmol wrote: »
    It wouldnt be such a large loss losing setanta if ESPN carried over the UFC events,bunceys boxing hour,Ultimate talk and any future TUF series,they were the main reasons i subscribed to setanta

    I doubt that you would see Ultimate Talk and Bunceys Boxing Hour. They were Setanta sports News productions.


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    #126
    davmol
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭davmol


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    I doubt that you would see Ultimate Talk and Bunceys Boxing Hour. They were Setanta sports News productions.

    I understand that,i was just wishing out loud.Id rather see buncey and Alan kerr having banter with eachother than a loud american spitting at me,then again who knows it might be a better broadcast.Also,Ultimate talk was more geared towards UK MMA and irish,like the bit they did on Tom egan i just hope a US station on ESPN would give a balanced coverage of MMA and not just from the US.time will tell I suppose


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    #127
    Devastator
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    on the boxing forum is a thread about some petition setup to save the Bunce's boxing hour :D


    Maybe (IF) ESPN do take over UFC coverage they will have something similar.....like ULTIMATE CHAT :p


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    #128
    rovert
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    Devastator wrote: »
    on the boxing forum is a thread about some petition setup to save the Bunce's boxing hour :D

    On a similar note poor James Richardson.

    With running UK so often as they do, having so many UK fighters and there seems to be another USA vs. UK TUF UFC does need localy based/focused programming.


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    #129
    Devastator
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    rovert wrote: »
    On a similar note poor James Richardson.



    the football 'pundit'? I never liked him, even when he was on channel 4 doing football italia. Wonder if any other broadcasters will see sense and snap up Craig Burley as commentator, he made sense(at times) and wasn't afraid to sit on the fence like 99.9% of other so-called experts. Easily better than an awful lot of the others out there.


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    #130
    T-K-O
    Registered Users Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    Just like I said weeks ago, Setanta today also blame the dodgy box


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    #131
    Fozzy
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    T-K-O wrote: »
    Just like I said weeks ago, Setanta today also blame the dodgy box

    Where did they say that? It's easier for them to blame outside factors than themselves though. Did they give figures to back up that point?


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    #132
    mailburner
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    soretoe wrote: »
    cheers devastator
    pphhhhhhheeewwwwww - roll on UFC100 party - and this time I don't have to feel sad for the loser (Randy last time)- I'll just shake my head and snigger at the rediculous money based choice Frank has made to get into a closed cage in a full pro rules mma fight with ....ahem....only Brock Lesnar - I hope he reads this and realises the folly of his ways and cries himself into a stupor and then blabbers down the phone to Dana "oh Dana pleee-hee-hee-eease release me from my Brock contract - I don't want to dieeeeee."
    aaaaahhhhaaahahahahahahahahahahaha ....muah....ha haa

    In case you've just started following the ufc


    http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=1024


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    #133
    Mellor
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    soretoe wrote:
    cheers devastator
    pphhhhhhheeewwwwww - roll on UFC100 party - and this time I don't have to feel sad for the loser (Randy last time)- I'll just shake my head and snigger at the rediculous money based choice Frank has made to get into a closed cage in a full pro rules mma fight with ....ahem....only Brock Lesnar - I hope he reads this and realises the folly of his ways and cries himself into a stupor and then blabbers down the phone to Dana "oh Dana pleee-hee-hee-eease release me from my Brock contract - I don't want to dieeeeee."
    aaaaahhhhaaahahahahahahahahahahaha ....muah....ha haa

    WWE fans lol



    On the plus side for me, Setanta are showing it overseas, its only Setanta ireland that are busto


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    #134
    Mossy Monk
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    Setanta show the UFC overseas?


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    #135
    Devastator
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    Mellor wrote: »

    On the plus side for me, Setanta are showing it overseas, its only Setanta ireland that are busto

    I think Setanta Ireland are still in business, its the UK part of the compant that went bust.
    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    Setanta show the UFC overseas?


    :confused: I thought(from everything I've read) that the UFC had cancelled its deal with setanta hours before setanta switched off.


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    #136
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    According to the UFC website Setanta only ever showed their events to the UK and Ireland.


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    #137
    Fozzy
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    The only other countries Setanta broadcast to are the US, Canada and Australia I thought. And all of those will have the next UFC show on PPV, Australia on a day's delay


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    #138
    gimmick
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    My buddy says Setanta 1 is still on air in Ireland (in addition to Setanta Ireland). I assume he is wrong?

    Anyone any idea if this is the case.


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    #139
    bret69
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭bret69


    gimmick wrote: »
    My buddy says Setanta 1 is still on air in Ireland (in addition to Setanta Ireland). I assume he is wrong?

    Anyone any idea if this is the case.

    Yeah SS 1 is still on the air in addition to SS Ireland. No idea what the story is there though...


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    #140
    cmb.
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    Fozzy wrote: »
    The only other countries Setanta broadcast to are the US, Canada and Australia I thought. And all of those will have the next UFC show on PPV, Australia on a day's delay

    each territory has its own tv rights real as far as setanta go - but they are not on setanta in those countries - us canada and australia all pay for ufc ppvs - unless they are in the military (through the armed forces network - then they get just about any major us ppv event for free)


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    #141
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,302 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Fozzy wrote: »
    The only other countries Setanta broadcast to are the US, Canada and Australia I thought. And all of those will have the next UFC show on PPV, Australia on a day's delay

    Australia isn't on a delay. It's shown live.


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    #142
    Fozzy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    Mellor wrote: »
    Australia isn't on a delay. It's shown live.

    Not for UFC 100. The PPV provider is showing a boxing match at that time. I can't remember the guy's name, but he's the biggest Australian boxing star and it's a title fight. So they're showing UFC 100 on the 13th, 14th and 15th


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    #143
    Jason Mc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭Jason Mc


    quick update pls, where can one view the fights?


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    #144
    Fozzy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭Fozzy


    Jason Mc wrote: »
    quick update pls, where can one view the fights?

    Nowhere legally yet


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    #145
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    They would want to hurry up and announce it.


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    #146
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Im hearing Bravo, ESPN, SKY and Channel 5 are interested.


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    #147
    gimmick
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    Channel 5 would be a disaster. Sky does not carry that, does it?


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    #148
    rovert
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    unknown13 wrote: »
    Im hearing Bravo, ESPN, SKY and Channel 5 are interested.

    But Channel 5 isnt in the running.


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    #149
    mirwillbeback
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭mirwillbeback


    They really need to get this done, I'm starting to wonder are we gonna miss out. Would be a disaster.


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    #150
    rovert
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    mirwillbeback wrote: »
    They really need to get this done, I'm starting to wonder are we gonna miss out. Would be a disaster.

    We wont at worst UFC 100 will be shown on Bravo as a once off. It wont be like 2003.


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    #151
    Sean Quagmire
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    It would be shocking if it didnt make it onto the Tele. Jesus the timing is too perfect for this to happen at ufc 100 :rolleyes:

    I never watch events on-line live, but Im sure there are sites streaming this? the quality would be rubbish no doubt though


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