Yesterday the UFC announced the partnership between them and Fox Sports. They announced that the first event would be on November 12, but it was only rumored that it would take place in Anaheim, California. Today UFC Officials announced that the card will in fact take place in Anaheim and will feature a featherweight bout between Pablo Garza and Dustin Poirer on the under card.
Joe Rogan was unable to make the trip to Brazil for UFC 134 due to film obligations for the return of the NBC show Fear Factor.
To take Joe's place is none other than UFC Featherweight contender Kenny Florian. Florian will take a step back from his training camp for his Featherweight Title fight against Jose Aldo at UFC 136 to make the trip to Brazil.
It was reported today by TMZ that Jason "Mayhem" Miller was arrested last week after he allegedly put his sister in a headlock and refused to let her go.
Georges St-Pierre was in attendance for todays special press conference in Los Angeles. He spoke with MMAWeekly.com about the press conference itself and what the broadcast deal between Fox Sports and the UFC means.
Novemeber 12, 1993 in Denver, Colorado was the birthmark of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event live on pay per view and the event was a one night tournament with Royce Gracie emerging victorious. On November 12, 2011 in Anaheim, California another historic moment for the UFC will be taking place.
Yesterday on Brock Lesnar's twitter account they sent out a tweet stating,
An update on Brock is about to drop ... pay attention & be a follower of this account tomorrow morning for the news! RT RT RT #brocklesnar
All i can say is "Wow". The television show that brought the sport to where it is today will now go LIVE! It launched the careers of Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Diego Sanchez, Rashad Evans and many many more.
Los Angeles – Today, Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC), the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization and No. 1 Pay-Per-View event provider in the world, finds its perfect media match in FOX, the No. 1 television network in the country. FOX Sports Media Group, the umbrella entity representing FOX Networks Group’s wide array of sports platforms, has reached a multi-year, multi-media rights agreement with Zuffa, LLC, owner of the UFC brand.
Earlier this week there were reports that the UFC has signed a deal with Fox Sports and this morning in mear minutes there will be a press conference to announce that deal. It seems as if Spike TV has stepped ahead of the UFC and made this statement.
Many believe that this press conference will unveil the deal which was rumored earlier this between the UFC and Fox Sports. The press conference will be held Thursday in Los Angeles.
