Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 13 Finale Facebook video streams all six preliminary card fights on June 4
Do you "like" the UFC on Facebook?
If so, you'll be entitled to a free stream of all six of the preliminary card fights at the upcoming Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 13 Finale on June 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The promotion brought word of the good news via its official Twitter account.
This is the third consecutive event UFC has offered each and every fight on the card, starting with the mega-show that was UFC 129: "St. Pierre vs. Shields" in Toronto.
And while no announcement has been made to say this will be the norm from here on out, it certainly appears as though the free Facebook preliminary stream isn't going away anytime soon.
Who's complaining, right?
The TUF 13 Facebook "Prelims" special will feature a bevy of interesting match-ups.
Josh Grispi and George Roop will square off in a big rebound fight for both men. "The Fluke" coming off a crushing loss to Dustin Poirier in which he surrendered his number one contendership to Jose Aldo's 145-pound title after a three round, 15 minute beating.
That was just the second loss of the 22-year old's career, snapping a 10 fight winning streak.
This is essentially a must-win fight for George Roop, who's 11-7-1 record doesn't exactly inspire confidence in his employment status with the world's largest fight promotion.
The Team Tompkins product has bounced around from lightweight to featherweight to bantamweight and right back up to 145-pounds. His debut in the UFC lasted all of a minute and a half, as he fell to the heavy hands of current division title challenger Mark Hominick.
Will a loss send Roop to the unemployment line? Or perhaps to yet another weight class?
In lightweight action, Jeremy Stephens will sling leather against Danny Downes. "Lil Heathen" retired Marcus Davis from the Octagon when he airmailed the New England native back to "Vacationland" via third round knockout at UFC 125 earlier this year.
The highlight-reel stoppage bumped him back into the win column after a close split decision loss to Melvin Guillard at UFC 119 to close out his 2010 fight campaign.
Downes, a product of the famed Roufusport gym up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently made headlines for taking a fight outside the Octagon, despite being under contract to the UFC.
It was a major risk but one the stand-up specialist felt was well worth taking.
It paid off when he submitted Tory Bogguess via triangle in the very first round on May 6. His reward is a potential main card bout against longtime veteran Jeremy Stephens.
Time to make some noise.
Also on tap for the "Prelims" special, will be a bantamweight brouhaha pitting Scott Jorgensen vs. Ken Stone.
Jorgensen tried to upend division champion Dominick Cruz, throwing his "Young Guns" at "The Dominator" in five rounds of rapid fire at WEC 53 but failing to pierce the champion's armor.
It was the Boise banger's first defeat since a June 2009 split decision loss to Antonio Banuelos and snapped a five-fight winning streak.
Can he reload and finish the rolling Stone?
The American Top Team (ATT) standout made his Zuffa debut against Eddie Wineland at the WEC's final show in Dec. 2010. Unfortunately Stone was dropped into the annals of highlight reel history when Wineland stiffened him with a fight-ending slam.
A loss on June 4 could be his last under the banner of the world's largest fight promotion.
Other match-ups on the preliminary card include Reuben Duran vs. Francisco Rivera, Justin Edwards vs. Clay Harvison and Shamar Bailey vs. Ryan McGillivray.
TUF 13 Finale will feature a main event of Anthony Ferguson and Ramsey Nijem aiming to win the six-figure contract with UFC as well as ultimate TUF bragging rights.
In addition, Anthony Pettis will take on Clay Guida in a fight with serious ramifications to the 155-pound title picture.
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does anyone else have problems with the FB feed?
Mine is always choppy, blurry and it bogs the shit out of my computer.
I don’t have problem streaming other stuff….is it a bandwidth/server overload problem on their end, or is it me?
Any suggestions?
"A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard."
-Bruce Lee
by Scottidog on Jun 3, 2011 10:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I watch it at my friends house and here is what I found:
In my one friend’s room it is unwatchable, constantly buffers, is slow, choppy and blurry. I thought it’s UFC’s/Facebook’s fault the first time around.
Then next event I tried same computer, same result. So I was like fuck it, let’s try the other computer, which is newer and faster. We went to the other room (same internet connection, same router) and it worked perfectly on the other computer and we watched it there every event now.
So my experience is: It’s not the stream’s fault, it’s the computer. Silverlight really seems to be hard on the CPU. The bandwidth/server are definitely never overloaded, but it might seem that way if the computer can’t handle it.
Fedor.
Thanks free
I appreciate your input :)
"A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard."
-Bruce Lee
by Scottidog on Jun 3, 2011 10:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And try Chrome.
Forget Dolce, people should really look into this Story diet; all you have to do is cut out Alves’ balls from your meals. Really helps you shed the blind nuthugging weight during fight pick time!!! Tibau for FW
My personal feeling is
that the day I need to change my browser or upgrade my 3yr old pc in order to watch a couple free fights on FB will be a very dark day indeed. But call me old school.
"In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!"
Also try a different browser, I find Firefox works better than Internet Explorer.
I think these Facebook fights are the best thing to happen to my MMA experience I can imagine.
Gives me 5 hours of MMA time instead of 2-3 normally. Amazing.
Fedor.
yeah ive been finding them awesome since using my newer work laptop instead of my 3 year old perso one....
And it is amazing… last week i was almost disappointed by the SPIKE prelims not being shown on the usual channel here in Australia – but someone mentioned UFC.TV and their streaming is pretty amazing also – you can actually pause and rewind there too… makes the decision easier if i ever have to stream a PPV because i dont have cable – its seriously a viable option to pay for because its like a full media player
Firefox works fine for me my bro keeps telling me chrome is better but im used to firefox and it works way better than IE for anything embedded or Flash type content
Making sammich’s, fetching beers, and making him look good in pools and bets……being Cali’s bitch really is as great as it sounds…now I know why Jay loves it so much.
Future Money Pool winner, Cali Bones.
Pro sig bet record: 1-3-0
l uninstalled silverlight then reinstalled next time i went to watch...
it worked better that time… maybe give it a shot….
Making sammich’s, fetching beers, and making him look good in pools and bets……being Cali’s bitch really is as great as it sounds…now I know why Jay loves it so much.
Future Money Pool winner, Cali Bones.
Pro sig bet record: 1-3-0
you can find it in add/remove programs like any other app
Making sammich’s, fetching beers, and making him look good in pools and bets……being Cali’s bitch really is as great as it sounds…now I know why Jay loves it so much.
Future Money Pool winner, Cali Bones.
Pro sig bet record: 1-3-0
They're putting Lil' Heathen on the prelims? Against a striker?!
This does not compute.
Forget Dolce, people should really look into this Story diet; all you have to do is cut out Alves’ balls from your meals. Really helps you shed the blind nuthugging weight during fight pick time!!! Tibau for FW
yeah - they really should not be but they gotta show the fighters from the show on the final i guss...
Making sammich’s, fetching beers, and making him look good in pools and bets……being Cali’s bitch really is as great as it sounds…now I know why Jay loves it so much.
Future Money Pool winner, Cali Bones.
Pro sig bet record: 1-3-0
Roop has the most ridiculous looking "mean mug" i've ever seen....
he needs to take a lesson from Diego or something……when George tries to look tough, i ain’t buyin it……..
Greatest P4P in the world.........Cain Velasquez. Know it, learn it, live it.
Official Sig Bet Record: 5-1-2. Who's got next?
I aint buyin
Diego’s either. He tries too hard. He’s gonna strain an eyebrow muscle one of these days.
Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave.
But that's the beauty of Diego's.......
and his mean mug is just a portion of his entire pre-fight routine……which is probably the most entertaining in all of MMA. Come on man, yout can’t bag on Diego’s mug!! It’s just something about Roop that doesn’t fit…..
Greatest P4P in the world.........Cain Velasquez. Know it, learn it, live it.
Official Sig Bet Record: 5-1-2. Who's got next?
Guys in telling you. Watch the Reuben Duran fight tomorrow. He’s the new see I’m telling ya. Thu guy trains like a beast he’s my boy. 1st round KO. I’m calling it!
by JCVD jr on Jun 4, 2011 3:38 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Wondering the same
5 or 6 PM maybe. Its usually a good thing to include the time the event starts when advertising an event.
I like rope, it hurts to pick against him
damn u mania pool!
Wrestling doesn't beat Jiu-Jitsu, Judges do
what time do they start on facebook?
RESTORE THE ROAR 2011 DETROIT LIONS <----- best D-line in football
Just went to the UFC page
6:30 EST.
Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked over your grave.
Josh Grispi is gonna kill his ass!!!
Conditioning, Striking, Wrestling and BJJ
AMMA:4-1-1
by CharactersAnalysis on Jun 4, 2011 7:07 PM EDT reply actions
didn't quite turn out that way
very impressive performance by roop! A lot of people were hating on him after the loss to hominick but he went out and picked apart a solid competitor in grispi

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