zuffa wont admit it but it was a mistake to leave spike tv for fox...

that open the door for bellator to go to spike on 2013.....and here is some info from my friend frontrowbrian....

FrontRowBrian ‏@FrontRowBrian
Other good thing about spike was if UFC wanted to cut a network or premium cable deal, they were allowed to. With fox, it's exclusive.

FrontRowBrian ‏@FrontRowBrian
Fox sports 1 also will have 40 MLB games a year and a sports center type show. UFC way down priority list.

FrontRowBrian ‏@FrontRowBrian
UFC will be moving to fox sports 1 which is speed TV. So they traded 100 homes on spike for 82 million+have 2 compete w/NASCAR+college fb

FrontRowBrian ‏@FrontRowBrian
Mainstream is wrong goal. There's nothing mainstream abt 2 half naked guys locked in a cage trying 2 hurt other 4 amusement of drunken crowd

FrontRowBrian ‏@FrontRowBrian
Something to be said about being big fish small pond. Spike was essentially the UFC channel. Now UFC just a little side project for fox

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I wonder where in the hell he gets all this, but i hope this one is true.

Also, about Eddie, i agree, he should reconsider it and come back.

Wolfman wrote:I wonder where in the hell he gets all this, but i hope this one is true.

Also, about Eddie, i agree, he should reconsider it and come back.

bro i dont know but this guy has called the 3 zuffa cancellations weeks before their announcements, he

said that showtime offer to save the card, by zuffa doing cormier vs werdum and jacare vs larkin and that

zuffa refused....so personally i dont know who he is but he is very accurate with his info...

MR.WILLIE wrote:people dont know but we well see a huge grouth on bellator from next year on.....babalu, king mo, minakov, all the russian guys, they have made some mistakes like not re-signing tyson nam, but thats part of the bussiness, they need to re-sign eddie alvarez and not let him walk like they did with lombard....but spike tv will be huge for them...

Bellator has the potential to become #1 in NA. They have Viacom, Spike and a growing list of world class fighters, all Bellator needs now is the support from the casual mma fans.

That´s where the Global-MMA hype machine steps in.

In zoofa's eyes, FOX is the door into mainstream acceptance. In FOX's eyes, zoofa is the bastard of the litter.

I only watch fox for Family guy....giggity goo..

I guess the move to FOX made sense, since the channel is widely available but in my opinion, I think the growth of MMA (as long as UFC is the torch bearer of NA, at least) has plateaued. FOX still gets gain from it as it probably reaches demographics they sorely needed by the UFC really isn't gaining anything new from the move.

Sonatine wrote:In zoofa's eyes, FOX is the door into mainstream acceptance. In FOX's eyes, zoofa is the bastard of the litter.

Zuffa doesnt need to admit to anything, its written clearly in their decrease in viewership.