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will the ufc every be fully recognized by shows like sportscentre/espn?

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#1 ·
im an avid sportscentre watcher and every once in awhile they'll show a couple highlights if something happened in the ufc the night before.

but do you ever think it'll get the time of day that hockey/baseball/football gets highlight wise?
 
#2 ·
just like everything else, its all about what most people watch... if it gets as popular as any sport, then of course there will be coverage.. or if theres another hockey lock-out :mad: :mad: ... i heard they were so out of ideas that they started to cover fooball and darts tournaments lol.
 
#4 ·
Split said:
just like everything else, its all about what most people watch... if it gets as popular as any sport, then of course there will be coverage.. or if theres another hockey lock-out :mad: :mad: ... i heard they were so out of ideas that they started to cover fooball and darts tournaments lol.
lol, they had extreme rock paper scissor tournaments!:laugh:
 
#7 ·
they will show highlites ....but espn (TSN in Canada) show so much poker,darts and bowling it is a joke...can not believe that people watch that stuff on tv...and the worst thing is they get huge ratings with poker...i though these were sports stations....poker is not a sport it is luck ,luck luck...if I get the best cards and go all in every time i can not lose...i mean i like poker with the guys once a month but come on attempting to say its a sport...how much athletic ability do you need to throw chips in the middle of the table...maybe a little tendonitis from playing so much or big butt itis from eating nachos while playing
 
#10 ·
i just thought of something else... say ESPN does begin to cover MMA... well, will they only cover the UFC, ignoring PRIDE and other events? i don't expect them to cover all the smaller shows around, it'd be impossible, but if they ever report on the UFC, they better as hell cover PRIDE. otherswise you know they are just getting paid to talk about "MMA/UFC"!
 
#11 ·
ramcalgaryr said:
they will show highlites ....but espn (TSN in Canada) show so much poker,darts and bowling it is a joke...can not believe that people watch that stuff on tv...and the worst thing is they get huge ratings with poker...i though these were sports stations....poker is not a sport it is luck ,luck luck...if I get the best cards and go all in every time i can not lose...i mean i like poker with the guys once a month but come on attempting to say its a sport...how much athletic ability do you need to throw chips in the middle of the table...maybe a little tendonitis from playing so much or big butt itis from eating nachos while playing
if its all luck why are the same people winning?
 
#14 ·
moldy said:
They cover it pretty well considering the have 4 times the amount of games in hockey or baseball as they do in mma. They've had mma personalities on OTR and shows like that so it is getting better.
Yeah, they also did a few Pride shows on Best Damn...
Best knockout - Mirko- Igor
Best fight - Mirko - Nogueria

THere was another thing, not sure what.
 
#15 ·
Who need Espn really they show bowling and poker tournemant since when those became sport seriously. I dont know what u got on digital cable in USA since im canada but here we got The Fight Network 24/7 of people getting their face kick or punch.. Randy couture is invole in this channel as a commentor and Trigg to. :p and for ythe late viewer u got Honey werslting and the real cat fight :cheeky4:
 
#17 ·
I dont know about the US but i doubt in UK it will ever be showed on our sports shows like Grandstand because people would write and phone in complainign about how violent it is and how kids are doing it to eachother at school. Its all about the public views on a sport and how many followers it has.
 
#18 ·
i agree with you, but it's just amazing that in America, you have so many kids playing football in the yard, breaking legs, getting hurt... yet that's ok simply because it's a pro sport! (of course, only because sponsors endorse it)...

it's so hypocritical... people are ok with "team" violence, just not "one on one" violence. for some reason, that's worse...
 
#19 ·
pt447 said:
i agree with you, but it's just amazing that in America, you have so many kids playing football in the yard, breaking legs, getting hurt... yet that's ok simply because it's a pro sport! (of course, only because sponsors endorse it)...

it's so hypocritical... people are ok with "team" violence, just not "one on one" violence. for some reason, that's worse...
In hockey, dropping the gloves is a hit on sportcenter where as a figthing sport is not at all represented. "It s good all fashioned hockey" is the answer they give you...They are still punching each other in the head, no matter how old fashioned it is.
 
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#22 ·
I think the IFL stands a better chance at getting coverage before the UFC. Look at the difference in how they are broadcast. While I don't think the shit matters, I just see the IFL getting first dibs based on what I mentioned alone. Unless anyone else has something to add? :dunno:
 
#24 ·
asskicker said:
Well since UFC has already been on ESPN a few times and IFL hasnt, i dont see IFL getting on there before UFC. Especially since theres about 20x more people who know UFC than IFL.
Yeah and that 20 percent are probably the fly-by-nighters. The casual fan...if you will.

Hardcore fight fans Know the IFL.

The IFL has more of an NBA, NFL, MLB type of feel to it when I see it and it's easier to imagine them getting coverage over the UFC with it's WWEish image.
 
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