Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) may have a bunch of new Canadian subscribers to its Fight Pass digital network this weekend.
That's because the UFC Fight Night 50 event, which is set to go down on Fri., Sept. 5, 2014, at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., will no longer air on television across Canada because of scheduling conflicts with WWE programming and a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game.
Joe Ferraro tweets:
Looks like Friday's #UFC event is Fight Pass Only. I can only assume that Blue Jays and long tie WWE product will not be bumped. Sorry folks
— Joe Ferraro (@ShowdownJoe) September 2, 2014
UFC Fight Night 50, which airs on FOX Sports 1 stateside, is being held on a Friday instead of its usual Saturday slot, preventing UFC from getting its product aired on television to north of the United States border.
So, too, is Bellator 123: "Curran vs. Pitbull 2," which takes place the same night as UFC Fight Night 50 just few miles up the road at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. And despite what you may think, UFC didn't book a Friday event on a remote American Indian reservation to go toe-to-toe against the Viacom-owned company.
That would just be cutting off the nose to spite the face, right?
UFC Fight Night 50 will feature a main event fight between Gegard Mousasi and Jacare Souza. In the co-headlining act, Alistair Overeem battles Ben Rothwell in heavyweight action.
To see the rest of the amazing UFC Fight Night 50 line up click here.