Bobfoc Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Is that the end of UFC on BT Sport now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 On 9 December 2018 at 23:07, Cymbols said: Cage Warriors 100 was excellent. 10 fights, 10 finishes. Welsh lad won the world title in Wales as well, and the place went mental. Watched the UFC main card this morning as well, couple of fun fights on there as well. Max Holloway is quality. UFC main card was incredible. Marreta is a fucking sledgehammer. Gunni / Cowboy was all kinds of fun (the core strength and pain tolerance to just turn into someone's body lock when they have your back!) and that ending was a goddamn horror movie. Probably bloodier than a murder scene. Valentina can lift. Joanna is just way too small for her, but might be way too big for strawweight now. Max Holloway is the god of violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 09/12/2018 at 15:40, Bobfoc said: Is that the end of UFC on BT Sport now? Sounds like it is now staying on BT mate. Chatter is that Eleven couldn’t find a carrier for the PPVs and are also in a spot of bother. Wasn’t hugely fussed so long as I kept my Cage Warriors (at least, the ones I don’t go to), but having UFC still is quite nice. Here’s a snap from Cage Warriors 100 btw, took my mum as a birthday present, seats were still quite inexpensive but hella good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 That's good news. There are enough paid sports services as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Full details on the UK TV dealings from the Observer newsletter: Quote Eleven Sports, which just signed a multi-year rights deal with UFC in the U.K., has lost the deal and the company is reported as being in trouble. It has been confirmed that UFC has pulled out of its deal with Eleven based on a clause in the contract, and is expected to stay with BT Sports, which had the rights to UFC that were expiring at the end of this year. Eleven is partially owned by IMG, which is part of Endeavor, the parent company of UFC. The Telegraph reported that Eleven is at risk of shutting down in the U.K. after only four months in the game. The story claimed massive money losses and failure to break through with distribution and make pay-TV deal with Sky, Virgin and BT are the culprits. It also noted that UFC had already pulled out of its exclusive deal that was supposed to start in January, and that was another blow to Eleven. The UFC deal had clauses in it that required Eleven to be carried by Sky, Virgin and BT. Sky and BT saw Eleven as a rival and refused to allow them to be distributed on their platforms, while talks with Virgin fell apart last month. UFC at press time is in negotiations for a new multi-year deal with BT, which is said to be close t finalized and they are hopeful it will be done and official imminently. I did wonder why I could never find it on my Sky box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 It has now been confirmed that UFC is staying on BT Sport through 2019 “and beyond.” Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 to 5 Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 Who ever saw eleven sport failing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Guess which Light Heavyweight has been found with steroid metabolites in his system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cymbols said: Guess which Light Heavyweight has been found with steroid metabolites in his system? USADA believe it was traces from before. I don't quite get how the chemistry of this kinda thing works though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Crazy thing is, Tom Lawlor has the exact same amount of the exact same thing in his system. USADA gave him two years. And if it was still in his system from before, shouldn’t it have shown up in previous tests? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMM Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 They’re moving the show to a different fucking state because one of their fights tested positive and instead of banning him they’re going somewhere that will allow the fight to go ahead. This without telling any fighters on the card it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbols Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Gustafsson is apparently in the middle of a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon and still doesn’t know about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 I'd be really annoyed if I'd bought tickets to the show and they announce they're moving it to another state just a week before it takes place. I'd imagine you'd get a refund, but it's still a big shame if you'd been looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Using the UFC/USADA logic, if he's got enough still in his system for it to be flagged in a drug test, then surely he's got enough of it in his system to be still receiving a benefit from it and therefore should still be under suspension until such time that he isn't and if that's the rest of his life, so be it. It's also complete bollocks, half-life of Turinabol is less than two months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draevyn Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Bobfoc said: I'd be really annoyed if I'd bought tickets to the show and they announce they're moving it to another state just a week before it takes place. I'd imagine you'd get a refund, but it's still a big shame if you'd been looking forward to it. From what I've read people are getting refunds from the UFC in terms of their tickets but those who have booked hotel rooms and other shit are still out a lot of money. People are definitely not happy with this at all and I don't blame them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 There's a BBC headline entitled "Jon Jones: I'm the comeback story people want". He really doesn't have a clue does he, unless he's just completely trolling, but I genuinely think he believes he is a hero in all of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 11 hours ago, Chris2K said: There's a BBC headline entitled "Jon Jones: I'm the comeback story people want". He really doesn't have a clue does he, unless he's just completely trolling, but I genuinely think he believes he is a hero in all of this. What do you expect him to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar hendershow Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 My only real thoughts on this debacle with UFC 232 is that it's another bit of evidence that Dana got the company in bed with the right people so that they're immune from criticism. ESPN and Fox would probably be the only two who would really make how low they've sunk a story and instead they're both sidesing it and letting UFC get away with screwing thousands of attendees out of money. Instead of also calling into question a lot of their legitimacy as a sport they're just acting like this is a normal sports thing. It's pretty frustrating to watch from that perspective, knowing UFC can keep doing this stuff with little actual ramifications in the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanDMan Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Benjamin said: What do you expect him to say? To actually show some self awareness for once in his life? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 23 minutes ago, SeanDMan said: To actually show some self awareness for once in his life? From the timestamp. What a cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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