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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 UK.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 UK.UFC.com.
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.
Its unknown what further contracts ESPN have bought following the departure of Setanta, ESPN are to charge 9-13 odd quid for the new channel which when there is no football will need to be filled in with other sports other than sports that are normaly broadcast on the regular ESPN channels already on SKY as there is little intrest shown for north Americian sports such as college football & baseball this subscription channel will have to bring sports of a UK or European intrest such as UFC to get subscriber interested or it will fail due to the lack of subscribers for the new service.......
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