Programming alert: Special 'UFC Unleashed' precedes March 24 final 'Primetime' episode on Spike TV
by Jesse Holland on Mar 23, 2010 11:11 AM EDT
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Spike TV announced today a special presentation of "UFC Unleashed" to serve as the lead-in to the final episode of "UFC Primetime" tomorrow night (March 24) beginning at 9 p.m. ET on the television cable network.
The special will include four action-packed fights never-before-seen on television including two recent undercard bouts from the UFC on Versus event held this past Sunday night in Denver.
The special "UFC Unleashed" fight card includes:
155 lbs.: Clay Guida vs. Shannon Gugerty (UFC on Versus)
265 lbs.: Brendan Schaub vs. Chase Gormley (UFC on Versus)
155 lbs.: Jeremy Stephens vs. Justin Buchholz (UFN 19)
155 lbs.: Dennis Siver vs. Paul Kelly (UFC 105)
Don't forget to stay tuned immediately following "Unleashed" for the final episode of "UFC Primetime" featuring the final 30 minutes of hype from the promotion's three-part series featuring an in-depth look at the upcoming UFC 111 welterweight title fight between current champion Georges St. Pierre and number one contender Dan Hardy.
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Ye ask and Ye shall receive
Good on you UFC brass.
No Mazz No Problem - Awesome Job by Herb Dean and Josh Rosenthal ref'ing UFC on Versus. That is the benchmak to move forward on. Standing O.
yep...very cool
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by McArthur... on Mar 23, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
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by xquisitewretch on Mar 23, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, props to Dana for doing this
I think everyone wanted to see the Guida and Schaub fights, so I am looking forward to this show. With all the upcoming PPVs, I’ll take all the free fights I can get!
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wanna see that guida fight but i hav no T.V., tough luck..
For what profit is it to man if he gains the world , and loses his own soul?
- Matthew 16:26
Interesting....
….I understand that the UFC owns the rights to all their fights and can show them at will, but I wonder how it makes the people at Versus feel to have part of their show airing on Spike? Anyone with a little more business sense then me want to weigh in?
My guess is it is in the contract that Zuffa owns all the rights to the video, not Versus.
If so, Zuffa can show the fights wherever they want. I am also guessing that the contract with Spike for ‘UFC Unleashed’ has a "new fights’ clause that says thay cannot just reproduce all old footage, but add undercards or main card fights at their discretion.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
I dont know how it works
But Versus didn’t even show the fights so they have no rights to the footage.
by Gambling Pat on Mar 23, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct me if I'm wrong.
I believe that part of the contracts with networks and what not is that Zuffa handles all aspects of the production. They bring the camera crews, the audio crews, editors, all that. because of this, all of their shows keep the same format, the same effects, animations, and captions on screen. Also, when you watch their network shows the credits read: “Executive Producer – Lorenzo Fertitta, Frank Fertitta, UFC President Dana White.” They own and retain all rights to the footage because they shot it.
Usually in a situation like this, Versus would pay the UFC to show their fights, and therefore get sponsorship through commercials, and a large viewer base (1.24 million I believe). They don’t have rights for any of the fights, or any of the footage, only exclusivity on the original broadcast, and perhaps subsequent replays.
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