UFC 100 -which channel?

[Nigel]

Anyone know which channel has won the rights to screen UFC100

[krazylegz]

Nothing confirmed yet m8....here is a quote from the net



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.

Phil Lowe

[JamieKoll]

Although Setanta has gone under, I believe that UFC 100 is still planned to be aired live at 3am on Sunday morning, on their 1 remaining channel - Setanta Ireland (Sky #430). Which is BS in my opinion, and will hopefully be aired on either Virgin1 or Bravo. Personally I hope none of the subscription channels get (ESPN or Sky Sports), as non-sports subsriber, my votes go to Virgin1, Bravo or C5!!!!