According to Dave Meltzer over at WrestlingObserver.com the UFC is still having a hard time negotiating a deal with HBO to carry UFC events. There has been much speculation on how the UFC would broadcast UFC 70 in Manchester, England; would it be on a tape-delayed PPV, would HBO broadcast it?
Well it appears now that the event may end up being broadcast for free on SpikeTV. Nothing is finalized yet, but it appears that things may be heading in that direction.
If this is the case, the fight card couldn’t be better to show on cable television. With a fight card lineup including Mirko Cro Cop, Michael Bisping, Andre Arlovski, Fabricio Werdum, Ryoto Machida, Forrest Griffin, Assuerio Silva, Dennis Siver, and on-and-on the list goes. I for one would love to see UFC 70 for free on Spike. Of course, if it is going to be shown live it would be on around 2pm EST in the states, but who cares?
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YO THAT WOULD BE TIGHT
I can’t imagine that happening. I don’t quite understand why the PPV could not be set up.
HBO needs to get their mind right, nobody cares about de la hoya vs mayweather, they need to recognize that mma is the future and get on the band wagon.
Whether its on Spike, HBO or PPV, I just hope its not tape delayed. I would atleast have the option to watch it live.
sh*it i hope it goes on either hbo or spike i have hbo and spike so it would be better than spending forty bucks and i also agree that boxing is a sport of the past mma is the future plus its much more entertaining
alright i want to make a patition to mmaweekly and say that dan henderson needs to be 1 on the 185 pound weight limit its killing me seeing linland number one if not 1 at least higher than 5 does any one else agree with me
I absolutely 100% agree with you Richard. I actually can’t wait for Fedor to demolish Lindland.
My question is….doesn’t a PPV event bring in a much larger amount of revenue than an HBO broadcast? especially for this type of fight card? Or is it just that HBO is a guaranteed contract due to it’s current paying subscribers and overall reach to a larger demographic of viewers? if someone could elaborate, much appreciated.
Hello HB..who?
Let HBO continue to lose with boxing…..
Let Spike totally control all UFC fights that are not PPV. “SCREW HBO” & Showtime.
SPIKE RULES!
thanks amir i just think straight up dan showed a lot of heart he faught his azz off and koed wandy not to not be 1 at 185 is ridiculous
i know it must seem im hating on linland on the henderson thing but i got to give the guy props hes about to fight the top fighter in the world and hillbilly it aint liddel buddy
ive never been a lindland fan, i dont know how anyone thinks he has a chance to win.. but the way this year has been going! nothing would surprise me. Like if fedor came in with a huge pot belly smoking a cigar..
Here is the rumored fight card…
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Michael Bisping vs. Elvis Sinosic
Dennis Siver vs. Jess Liaudin
Alessio Sakara vs. Victor Valimaki
Andrei Arlovski vs. Fabricio Werdum
Ryoto Machida vs.Forrest Griffin
Dennis Siver vs. Jess Liaudin
Cheick Kongo vs. Assuerio Silva
David Lee vs. TBA
alright guys i have to tell u guys this story i was on my girlfriends myspace to see if they had a ufc chat and the do so i was in there talking with some guy for like an hour about mma he knew his stuff so i didnt think anything weird cuz we were talking so long this whole hour was nothing but mma then all of the sudden the fu*cker sent me an email saying that he was playing with himself cuz it turned him on when a girl knows mma .i forgot that i was on my girlfriends myspace and never told him i was a guy.DAMN I FEEL SO ***
YES! that is ***’in funny! LOL
Why am I not surprised?
I’ll believe it when I see it. I can’t imagine them (UFC) giving up all the revinue generated from PPV television.
But no matter. I hope it is and I agree. I hope it isn’t tape delayed.
brian come on bro let us dream a little
Not a big Lindland fan either. Never impressed me in the UFC, Fedor should take care of him nicely, unless Lindland hangs on to him for dear life like usual.
Linland?……What a waste.
mmaweekly is this big mma site and in my eyes they are making a huge mistake by him still being num 1 in 185
@ Amir
What’s this about Fedor fighting in the UFC?? Did I get something wrong?
Someone answer this please…
Thanks
nah brian, its on bodog. I dont think anyone is dealing with Fedor, and in Russia??? dam. but who knows, its been a crazy year, imagine if lindland won?? then what?
The only way Dana will get Fedor to fight in an UFC fight is to hold it in Russia. Fedor reserves to fight outside his contract while in Russia.
@ Brian…
Didn’t mean to confuse anything, I was saying that when Lindland was in the UFC back in the days, I was not impressed by him. Of course, that was several years ago and the word is that he has improved his BJJ a lot, but I still think he should not be ranked anywhere near that high in the world.
BTW, speaking of UFC 70 and Matt Lindland…
This guy that Arlovski is fighting (Fabricio Werdum) is no joke. He has fought and beaten some of the current top fighters in Pride (“little” Emilanenko, Overeem, Nogueira, and Lindland). I wasn’t even paying enough attention to that fight until I realized he’s yet another Pride guy that was just brought in w/o much publicity.
I’m alos looking forward to seeing Machida again.
OK. Got it. Thanks…
I can’t wait until the day that Fedor fights some of the UFC guys. Of course I used to say that with Cro Cop and now the day has finally come! UFC 70 will be one for the record books…
at one point Hughes said he would meet lindland halfway at 190 or something, too bad that never went down.
Lindland vs Tanner or what?
Happen to catch “Austin Powers International Man of Mystery” on TV…did anybody know that Dr. Evil’s little Japanese henchman “Random Task” was played by Joe Son who fought in the UFC and lost to Keith Hackney in UFC 4: Revenge of The Warriors?
just an intersting nugget of info I thought I’d throwe out there.
haha coincidence, i just watched cradle to the grave, get to see tito kick chucks ***. Then Jet li beats up, chuck, tito, randy, vernon white and van arsdale all at the same time LOL.
Who ive always wanted to see fight for real was bolo yeung.. that guys a beast! he look like he could whoop some serious ***!
i just read that fabricio used to be cro crops bjj teacher
i also just read that it will be for free hahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
brian
Just hope it’s LIVE!
i know this is totally off topic but i had to share this with everyone. last night my brother-in-law and i went to the school of hardknocks (team tompkin gym) to see some muay thai fights. i cost $15 and we got to see about 12 or so fights. is cool as hell there is some kids comming up right now that have some serious talent. there was a bunch of fighter from another gym called simai muay thai (sorry if i got it wrong i’m not 100% sure of the name)there from toronto and damn those boys can go. it was fun to go and watch a bunch of fight in a little tiny gym with way to many people packed in there and big stars like mark hominick and sam stout reffing matches and tompkins announcing the fights. cool stuff man!!!!
@ Richard,
yes that is true, Cro Cop and Werdum trained a lot together…Fabricio
would exchange his knowledge of BJJ and Crop Cop would teach him striking and kickboxing.
@ R.J.
Speaking of Mark Hominick, whatever happened to that guy? he is a top class kickboxer. The UFC should bring him back, now is the perfect time since he is such a skilled striker and the sport is being dominated by so many wrestlers. I saw his win over Jorge Gurgel (the guy who trains Rich Franklin) and Jorge was desperately trying to take Mark down and could not. The crowd got upset and I guess the UFC did too, but I prefer to watch striking over BJJ or G&P anyday. Shows how much things have changed even in the lst year or so.
Hominick beat Yves Edwards too btw… I would love to see him take his 2-0 UFC record against Kenny Florian.
Bad News guys:
Looks like a tape delay….read this \/
http://www.nbcsports.com/ufc/1207362/detail.html
whats wrong about a tape delay i just wont touch my computer until i see the matches for my self its better than paying forty bucks
So who is andrei arlovski fighting on this fight card and how long before him and cro cop meet?
@TODD,
Arlovski is schedule to fight Fabricio Werdum
TODD THE PITBUL IS GONNA WIN THAT ONE
OH ok thanks, someone said on here that fabricio has fought some good opponents and he should be a good opponent for arlovski, pat, have you seen fabricio fight, because i havnt,
ok so i just watched this guy fabricio fight alexander e. and he choked him out, is he a submission specialist or is he a striker because he took alexander down and eventually got that choke.so should arlovski be worried, im about to watch the one when he fought overeem.
Fabrico is a submission fighter but he cam strike also. BJJ is his speciality though.
TODD EVERYONE ON HERE IS COUNTING OUT THE PITBUL BUT I KNOW HE WILL PULL IT OFF
Well i just got done watching the fights of werdum he looks pretty good actually, but i like arlovski i think he is cool, and i want to see him rise to the top again and hopefully get to prove himself by fighting the top fighters and becoming one of the best, i hope it is a good fight, does arlovski have good submission defense?
IVE PRETTY MUCH SEEN MOST OF HIS FIGHTS TODD AND I HONESTLY DUNNO HE HAS GOOD TAKE DOWN DEFENSE AND HE IS SUPER STONG … HE WAS MOVING MARCIO CRUZ AROUND WITH HIS STRENGTH
Yea he was bullying him around like cruz was little boy!!! Man i hope he gets to fight cro cop, when do you think that will happen? And what would he need to do to meet cro cop. Do you think the path to the belt is through cro cop?