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Just watched the TUF finale

FUCKING GET IN, WILKS! Damarcus pissed me off with his cockiness during the show and the way he took a dislike to Wilks for no reason, the muppet :LOL:

Well done Pearson as well, very close fight that one and I thought Winner would've got the decision from how I saw it.
 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/ufc/2508674/UFC-100-will-air-live-on-UK-TV.html

FANS of mixed martial arts in the UK have been boosted by the news UFC 100 will definitely air live on July 11.

Speculation has mounted that the event would be screened on Bravo on tape delay following Setanta's collapse last week.

But we can reveal the main card from the Mandalay Bay spectacular will be broadcast in its entirety as it happens.

We understand Virgin 1 is favourite to screen the extravaganza — which looks set to be the biggest event in MMA history.

Speaking exclusively to SunSport, the UFC's UK president, Marshall Zelaznik said: "I'd like to guarantee our loyal British and Irish fans that UFC 100 will be LIVE on television over here.

"You won't have to wait to see the biggest event in UFC history. UFC 100 will be live in the UK."

The showpiece sees Brock Lesnar clash with Frank Mir in a heavyweight title unification bout in the main event.

Welterweight star Georges St Pierre also puts his title on the line against rising Brazilian star Thiago Alves, while Britain's biggest MMA fighter Michael Bisping pits his wits against legendary American middleweight Dan Henderson.

In a further boost, it is claimed SIX TV channels are battling it out for the rights to screen fight cards following Setanta's demise.

Zelaznik added: "We've got some very exciting options on the table and I expect to be able to make an annoucement by Monday."

ESPN are said to have lodged a huge bid to become the new home of the UFC in the UK and are the frontrunners to seal a long-term contract with the promotion — probably starting with UFC 101 in August.

But they face a challenge from Five, who are keen on bringing MMA to a mainstream audience.

Although Five cannot match ESPN's financial clout, the lure of terrestrial television may help swing them the deal in favour of their subscription-based rivals.

Sky Sports are also in the running, even though they lost out to Setanta two years ago.

Bravo are also interested in screening live fights, but Virgin 1 would seem a better fit if an agreement with ESPN or Five cannot be reached.

Insiders at Virgin 1 were reportedly amazed at the viewing figures season nine of The Ultimate Fighter produced considering the minimal advertising spend the show received.

Over 380,000 people watched the TUF 9 finale on the channel earlier this month and the UFC are said to be delighted with those figures.
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I'd still rather watch in 720p though :)

After watching TUF solidly for the last two days, I can't wait for UFC 100! Hope Bisping smacks Henderson around a bit, especially after reading Bisping saying that the editing for the show was rubbish and purposefully showed Bisping as the bad guy when Henderson and the producers were in the wrong.
 
I think UFC will do a deal where they can leave anytime in the future if a big powerhouse like Sky or ESPN come along.
 
Mixed Martial Artist community, Bloody Elbow, suggests that UFC's overlords are threatening to ban fighters from their cash cow fighting series if they dare work with EA's upcoming MMA game, as opposed to THQ's official, commercially and critically acclaimed franchise, UFC Undisputed:

This disheartening bit of news first came from Golden Boy at the UG

"I hear that all mma managers were informed that if any of their clients not currently under contract with the UFC..... sign to be a part of the EA game.......the will forever be banned for fighting in the UFC."

Sounds like a simple rumor right? Albeit from a pretty reputable source, but then later in the forum post, MMA Uber agent Ken Pavia of MMAAgents.com says this.

"It's true. And they told me want the word out."
 
Radiation said:
Mixed Martial Artist community, Bloody Elbow, suggests that UFC's overlords are threatening to ban fighters from their cash cow fighting series if they dare work with EA's upcoming MMA game, as opposed to THQ's official, commercially and critically acclaimed franchise, UFC Undisputed:

This disheartening bit of news first came from Golden Boy at the UG

"I hear that all mma managers were informed that if any of their clients not currently under contract with the UFC..... sign to be a part of the EA game.......the will forever be banned for fighting in the UFC."

Sounds like a simple rumor right? Albeit from a pretty reputable source, but then later in the forum post, MMA Uber agent Ken Pavia of MMAAgents.com says this.

"It's true. And they told me want the word out."
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Yeah I read about this earlier. Its shocking and Dana White again shows the world what a fcuking idiot he really is.

UFC would never blacklist anyone for real but if this is true they are just using scare tactics. Hope all the fighters tell UFC to go fcuk themselves!!

Dana in the past has said stuff like this before. He once said he wouldnt use any fighters who were in the IFL but he done a 360 once the IFL collapsed.
 
So what's this Kimbo Slice like then? He's going to be in the TUF 10 house and people are expecting all the other fighters to want a piece of him?
 
He awful fighter apart from lucky punch its all he has he was renound for fighting bums in streetfights on youtube before he went into mma.

If he hasnt improved then he will get his ass handed on plate within UFC. His last fight he was KO in 15 seconds in Elite XC by Seth Petruzelli who is a ex UFC reject.

YouTube - Kimbo Slice Get Knocked Out
 
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Can't wait till UFC 100 what a card

Watching UFC with beers and your mates is fucking awesome, come on Bisping!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Doubt I'll be watching it live, probably watch it on the Sunday morning.

I watched the Guida v Sanchez fight from the TUF 10 finale last night ...

Woah! Blood everywhere, frantic pace and that really was a war that people keep saying their fights will be!
 
Coopz said:
Can't wait till UFC 100 what a card

Watching UFC with beers and your mates is fucking awesome, come on Bisping!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fcuk bisping. All about Dan Henderson for me.

PLAYING WITH ANTITRUST FIRE

By Ben Miller

Randy Couture may not be explicitly saying it in mainstream sports media interviews the way he was two and a half years ago, but it’s clear none the less that UFC continues to see itself as an MMA version of NASCAR. Just as the France family openly recruits drivers from competing organizations, demands exclusivity of their contracted drivers and plays an aggressive hand in setting the rules for driver sponsorships, Dana White and the Fertitta family does the same for fighters.

In both cases the organization has become bigger than the sport. There are far more NASCAR/UFC fans than auto racing/MMA fans in the United States. And in both cases the success of the organization has generated bad will among competitors, ex-employees, some media elites and people who just tend to be contrarian in nature.

An occasional cry among these critics is the accusation of monopolistic practices. While words like, “monopoly” and “predatory” are rarely heard (unless you’re watching video of McMahon’s anti-Turner crusade from the mid-90’s), euphemisms like, “built-in advantage” and “control” relay a similar message. The message is that a lot of people in and around MMA think that UFC is too powerful and that the sport (or at least the fighters) would be better off if there were more than one organization that the public regarded as major league.

My opinion on whether UFC’s dominance is good for fighters aside, the report in the July 6, 2009 Wrestling Observer Newsletter on UFC’s recent move to charge vendors a $100,000 maintenance fee every six months for the right to sponsor fighters has to be seen as a negative. It can be argued that instituting this requirement is fair. After all, the UFC name is what gives fighters life in collecting video game royalties, appearance fees and the like. But it can also be argued is that this is another shot aimed directly at UFC’s competitors, with the idea being that if a vendor has $200,000 in sunk costs per year sponsoring UFC fighters, that vendor is paying less per fighter if they exclusively sponsor UFC rather than divvying up money between UFC, Strikeforce, Affliction and whoever else comes along.

This is where things get tricky. Antitrust law -- at least in the United States -- tends to be kind to large companies as long as they stay positive. For example, the dolts in Europe may fine Intel or Apple because they make great processors or great jukebox software that dominates the market, but American regulators tend to let great companies make great products and claim great market share. In the United States the problems tend to arise only after the big boys go on attack.

As anyone who remembers the live Spike TV special that went head-to-head with Affliction’s first pay-per-view event a year ago knows, UFC has never been afraid to go on the attack. But with this sponsorship change and the rumored threats against fighters who might appear in a competing MMA video game from Electronic Arts (authors of the successful “Madden” NFL video game series), UFC may be playing with antitrust fire.

Over the last year a couple of things have happened that may have ripened the environment for increased antitrust scrutiny: one of UFC’s competitors folded and a Democratic administration entered the White House.

While Strikeforce gobbled up some of the market share formerly held by EliteXC, it has now been nine months since an MMA event aired on CBS. Affliction continues to operate, but with Trilogy being their third event and so many fighters being signed to three fight contracts, their future is uncertain.

As it concerns the Obama administration, releasing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hounds on UFC is almost certainly not on their radar. But the fact is that Democratic administrations have historically had quicker antitrust trigger fingers. Witness Microsoft’s troubles with the law in the 90’s. That type of attack simply didn’t happen (for bettor or for worse) under the Bush administration.

Sports organizations in general tend to be pretty safe from antitrust scrutiny. In baseball, basketball and elsewhere there are sports organizations that unreasonably restrain trade, produce artificial scarcities of product, create high barriers to entry and fix prices for both consumers and employees. But in all of those cases, the potential political backlash against an aggressive politician or bureaucrat should they mess with the beloved NFL, NBA, et. al. has always kept the FTC at bay. The question for UFC is whether they have generated enough goodwill to be able to play by their own rules or whether people start viewing these moves as monopolistic hubris that deserves the attention of Uncle Sam.
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Bisping here too, the Wolfslair is only about 10 mins from where I used to live as well so gotta support the guy who trains locally :D
 
Hmm that's not bad actually. If his chin is strong enough to take a few Hendo punches then Bisping could win IMO.
 
i think hendo could take bisping down and keep him down

bisping has to keep his distance and play it safe, picking him off

either way i can't see this being a good fight, simply because of the styles..

i hope i am proven wrong, after all only takes one clean shot to change the safe games of both fighters
 
Henderson's age is a big factor

Bisping's cardio is brilliant so if he sets a fast pace Henderson will tire. Also Bisping has improved leaps and bounds since he moved weight class and his takedown defense is good even if he does get taken down he wont be down long

He said he's looking to KO him as well so here's hoping

Roll on Saturday night!!!!!!!!
 
Bisping did against Leben and there is a title shot at stake this time as well so it does look likely

Saying that Bisping said he is better than Henderson in every aspect so if that's the case he has nothing to be scared of :)
 
UFC 100 will air live in the UK, the UFC have confirmed it :). What channel we still don't know
 
It looks like the winner of the Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson bout at UFC 100 will get a title shot against Anderson Silva. "My manager has spoken with the UFC, and apparently the word on the street is I do get a title shot (with a win)," Bisping told MMAjunkie.com Radio.

The fight would presumably take place at UFC 105 in Manchester, England. Obviously that would work out well if Bisping beats Henderson, since Manchester is just 35 miles away from his hometown of Liverpool.

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I'd rather see Bisping take on Silva than Henderson again.

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Here's Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir talking about their first meeting at UFC 81. Lesnar is obviously still upset with referee Steve Mazzagatti, and takes his anger out on an unsuspecting door.
YouTube - Brock Lesnar Gets Angry and Breaks Door
 
Ruddy Manchester?! Grrr. I might go to it, have to see if I have the company fuel card and a few holiday days spare! Will it be around December time?
 
Coopz said:
Watching this has got me even more fired up for saturday night, there are gonna be some awesome fights!!!

UFC 100 Countdown

http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/08/ufc-100-countdown-show
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Nice countdown show, cheers for the share.



I really hope the full event is on Bravo or another non-PPV channel :PRAY:

EDIT: Out of the big three matchups who do you want to win?

For me:

Mir v Lesnar
GSP v Alves
Bisping v Henderson

As much as I enjoy watching Lesnar fight, he's a fucking prick to everyone. Mir is humble, a nice-guy and thoroughly deserves everything he's achieved after overcoming the motorbike accident.
 
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Yeah, Lesnar's a prick. He's one of those guys you'd love to see lose. But lets face it, he's a f*ckin' beast of an athlete. If he trains in the right way, he's gonna be unstoppable in a few years.
 
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