UFC 103 Pre-lims To Air Free On Spike
Posted by on 08.21.2009
The UFC counters Mayweather PPV with some free fights...
Next month's UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort PPV will be in direct competition with boxing's Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, and UFC have teamed up with Spike to give their show an extra promotional push. For the first time the UFC will air a two hour broadcast of their PPV's preliminary fights, live and commercial-free. UFC 103 also features more fights than any other card in company history, as they currently have 13 fights scheduled for the card. No word yet on which fights will be broadcast on Spike.
Main Card Bouts:
Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort
Junior dos Santos vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
Mike Swick vs. Martin Kampmann
Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca
Preliminary Bouts:
Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
Dan Lauzon vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster
Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal
Jason Brilz vs. Eliot Marshall
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
Robert Emerson vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
Jim Miller vs. TBA*
*Miller's original opponent, Thiago Tavares, recently pulled out of the fight with an injury and a replacement has not been named.
Posted By: Todd Vote (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM
haha fucking brilliant. I also love how compliant Spike TV always is. Their complicity in UFC programming hijinks I think is a reason UFC will remain loyal to them.
Posted By: BK (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM
win win situation
Posted By: zam (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 11:01 AM
that is a very smart move, just like affliction did with HDNET......the UFC should do this with all of their PPVs
Posted By: El_pollo_loco (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Awsome sad though Tavares is injured but its still a stacked card
Posted By: Guest#7864 (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 11:16 AM
When the UFC competes with other organizations, the fans win. And we win big
Posted By: GeeSpotter (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM
fuck yea, go Dana. UFC continues to give the fans what we want. With any luck this could become a regular thing.
Posted By: stronelis (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM
if this happens ill just watch this till the fmm fight on hbo ;\ its the day after my birthday and im looking fwd to seeing fmm win so i can post here :|
Posted By: reveal (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 12:58 PM
They better show the Tomasz Drwal fight !!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: 69247 (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 01:59 PM
i love it, but hey should have been doing this all along
Posted By: wolf137 (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 03:16 PM
yes! its about time, i've been saying they should do this for years!
Posted By: buddha (Guest) on August 21, 2009 at 03:35 PM
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