Ufc next saturday

[byronkincaid]

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21058

[Scottish Dave]

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21058

Channel 433 is 'Racing World' and ive checked the planner and all it says at 3am Sunday is 'Progammes start on Monday.....'

I hope they just haven't updated it yet, cos a 9 hour Marathon show from 9pm on that channel would be amazing!

Here is the announccement for the Setanta Ireland screening, it also mentions a 9 hour Marathon session too, but that ain't on the SKY Planner yet:
http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21060


So basically, 3 places to watch it:

1/ Setanta Ireland - Channel 430
2/ Racing World - Channel 433 (please not this isn't on their Planner as yet)
3/ Online @ uk.ufc.com

Looks like if you have anything apart from Sky, you'll be stuck behind your monitor!

[scotty2hatty]

So basically u had to have setanta before it went bust to be able to watch UFC 100?

how else did you watch the UFC if you didn't have setanta before?

I've always watched it on Setanta, that wasn't the point. This is UFC 100, there has been major hype so new fans will have been attracted to the sport - so the new fans may not have Setanta, they would have to fork out for it just to watch this.

[scotty2hatty]

British UFC fans have two ways of experiencing the greatest night in mixed martial arts history live: on Sky Channel 433 and online at UK.UFC.com. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the biggest fight night of the year completely free of charge.

Is this Racing World (433) usually a free channel? So even if you didn't have Setanta before you will get this for free, right?

[Scottish Dave]

British UFC fans have two ways of experiencing the greatest night in mixed martial arts history live: on Sky Channel 433 and online at UK.UFC.com. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the biggest fight night of the year completely free of charge.

Is this Racing World (433) usually a free channel? So even if you didn't have Setanta before you will get this for free, right?

Not sure if its free or not, the channel is off till 11pm tonight, when ill switch it on and see if ive got it or not.

There are a lot of people really pissed off with the UFC over this, since they gave it to sky with no other cable provider able to show it.

can anyone remember if Racing World was part of the Setanta 12 channel package?

[stereoman]

The Wikipedia entry on Setanta says Racing World was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setanta_Sports

Setanta can't be bothered updating their EPG but we'll have to see at 9pm BST what's actually available. Free-to-air and I don't care.

[scotty2hatty]

I'm led to believe it's going to be free, even if you didn't have the Setanta package.

[Boba Fett]

Its gonna stream live on uk.ufc.tv anyway

[scotty2hatty]

Its gonna stream live on uk.ufc.tv anyway

46" TV > 17" laptop

[Scottish Dave]

Just recieved an Email saying people in the UK have THREE ways to watch

Setanta Ireland Channel 430 - You only get this if you have Sky TV and still have the setanta package!
Racing World Channel 433 - You only get this if you have Sky TV, Still not sure if its free or not
uk.ufc.com - Free to all, but unsure how the stream will be with millions tuning in!

on a plus note, Setanta Ireland and Racing world have updated their TV Planner and yes it doesn start at 9pm!!!

TV Guide is as follows: (Setanta Ireland and Racing world are showing slighty different episodes at different times, but its all the same episodes)

Setanta Ireland:

9pm - UFC Top Fights EP1
10pm - UFC Top Fights EP1
11pm - UFC Top Fights EP1
12am - UFC Top Fights EP1
1am - UFC Top Fights EP1
2am - UFC 100 The Countdown
3am - UFC 100 - LIVE!

Racing world has the countdown on at 9pm and the Top Fights on after that till 3am

[Scottish Dave]

Racing World Channel 433 - You only get this if you have Sky TV, Still not sure if its free or not It will be free to all sky subscribers

Not to worry guys, this confirms it: (From TheSun.co.uk)

UFC 100 will air LIVE and FREE on Sky channel 433, the mixed martial arts promotion have confirmed.
SunSport can exclusively reveal the biggest show in MMA history will also be available to watch on UFC.com.

For fans wanting to see the Las Vegas spectacular on TV, Sky channel 433 — formerly the Racing World network — will effectively become a UFC station for nine hours only.

And viewers will be able to catch all the action from the biggest fight night of the year completely free of charge.

As an exciting bonus for British fans, Sky channel 433's coverage will begin at 9pm on Saturday with all five episodes of the UFC's Top 100 Fights.

They will be followed by the official Countdown to UFC 100 programme, taking you up to 3am when the spotlight switches to Las Vegas.

Anyone without a Sky subscription need not worry as every punch, kick and submission will be shown on the UFC's official website.

For details on how to watch the event live online, simply visit UFC.com.

[Boba Fett]

sick, just spent all day watching the countdown  lol

[Scottish Dave]

sick, just spent all day watching the countdown  lol

its only on for an hour, how did it take you all day!

[GreekStein]

I cancelled my setanta direct debit like a week ago. I hope I'll get it tonight!

[Scottish Dave]

I cancelled my setanta direct debit like a week ago. I hope I'll get it tonight!

Don't worry, i cancelled mine 2 weeks ago, and i still receive both channels!

WHERE IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOUR UFC FANTASY INVITE???