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Thursday news and notes
By Zach Arnold | December 28, 2006
- MMA Weekly: UFC to HBO, WEC to The Versus Network (Versus is owned by Comcast)
- Atmore Advance: ‘Big Dream’ wins big (article about fighter Kerry Rothchild)
- Wave Magazine: Xtreme Training Center in San Jose
- Arizona Daily Star: Sierra Vista fighter (Don Frye) trains team in Tucson
- Los Angeles Times: Liddell is confident he’ll beat Ortiz
- Burning Spirit (Japanese): Josh Barnett teaches Mark Hunt new “croc head scissors” technique to use in Fedor fight
- Knoxville News Sentinel: Liddell vs. Ortiz preview
- Hall of Fame Magazine: Randy Couture – Natural Born Fighter
- The Huntsville Times: Extreme Combat VII at Von Braun Center Arena this Friday night
- Buddy TV: Kendall Grove interview
- MMA HQ: UFC 66 Preview
- UFC HP: Keith Jardine ready for a blue collar battle on Saturday
- MMA Ring Report: Mike Pyle signs three-fight deal with Showtime
- Eastside Boxing: Don’t ever tell me that boxing is a dying sport!
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The first thing I did was check if I have the “Versus” Station. I do. Which means I am happy.
The UFC has done 2 things with the HBO & VS deals. First, they have secured more television programming for Zuffa owned entities. Secondly, they have made it more difficult for their competition to get programming on cable TV. I know there are tons of channels today, however only a few will ever be in the market for MMA programming. The rest don’t go after the same demographic.
I just don’t see UFC doing a show on HBO. Jim Lampley still hates the sport of MMA, and if push came to shove, I think HBO would rather keep Lampley over bringing in what they would feel is an unknown product to their audience. Now if HBO did a UFC show, and had Lampley do the play-by-play, then IMO, someone at AOL Time Warner is pulling a very expensive practical joke.