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UPDATED: UFC 103 Undercard To Be Televised On Spike TV

The news comes courtesy of Keep Punching Blog at OCRegister.com:

The "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort" pay-per-view card is going toe-to-toe with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez HBO pay-per-view event on Sept. 19.

The UFC is known for its creative marketing and counter-programming tactics and it looks like the MMA giant has come up with a good plan to beef up awareness for UFC 103.

The UFC will air a two-hour telecast of the UFC 103 undercard commercial free on Spike TV as a lead in for the UFC 103 main card on pay-per-view, according to a source at the UFC.


The undercard bouts are as follows:

Preliminary Bouts:
- Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
- Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez
- Dan Lauzon vs. Rafaello Oliveira
- Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster
- Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal
- Jason Brilz  vs. Eliot Marshall
- Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
- Robert Emerson vs. Rafael Dos Anjos

So we'll get two hours of COMMERCIAL free fights before the PPV begins?  Dun Dun Ta Da Dun!

HT: Bloodyelbow

[Note by Kelvin Hunt, 08/21/09 3:07 PM EDT ]via f4wonline.com:

UFC and Spike TV will be officially announcing later today a one-hour commercial free special showing live undercard matches from UFC 103.

The first time airing live undercad matches of a PPV is to combat the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez match from Las Vegas that is also on PPV against the UFC show, headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort.

The special will be one hour, not two as is being reported in some places, and will be based around TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero against Cole Miller.  The other match scheduled is Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal. 

BOO.  However, at least we get to see two fights instead of none.  Also, the McFedries/Drwal is a for sure KO within the first round, so we might actually get to see 3 fights or so.

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This is great. We get to see the whole fight card. Great move by the UFC

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by MMAvalor on Aug 20, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Also

Thank you PBF…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 20, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Outstanding

They should do this more often. It would definitly help generate interest in a wider variety of fighters and thus sell more PPVs/Tickets.

by villin on Aug 21, 2009 3:46 AM EDT reply actions  

Awesome news! Fan-friendly move by Zuffa.

by Rich Wyatt on Aug 21, 2009 6:17 AM EDT reply actions  

Awesome, simply awesome.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Aug 21, 2009 7:17 AM EDT reply actions  

Free UFC fights never hurt anyone...

aside from the competition.
Will any of you guys be writing a piece making the case as to why these fights shouldn’t be free? ;)

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by _Felix_ on Aug 21, 2009 7:55 AM EDT reply actions  

Matt probably will :)

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 21, 2009 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was after my piece about how I dislike puppies, rainbows and joyous occasions.

by Rich Wyatt on Aug 21, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

lol

rainbows and joyous occasions…ewww.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 21, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, screw being happy

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by _Felix_ on Aug 21, 2009 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha…Can’t wait for this September show, man. It keeps looking better.

by Rich Wyatt on Aug 21, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

This goes with what I’ve said before: the UFC has formidable weapon readily available in the form of their undercard fights.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Aug 21, 2009 7:59 AM EDT reply actions  

Im looking forward in seeing Semtex Daley KNOCK MOTHERFUCKERS OUT

by The Bronzeville Bully on Aug 21, 2009 9:40 AM EDT reply actions  

Ha.

I’m still watching Mayweather and Marquez.

by Jamar Nubar on Aug 21, 2009 6:06 PM EDT reply actions  

You’ll be dvring this…stop fronting!

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 21, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jamar, I’ll save you the trouble. Floyd by decision. There will be flurries that are partially blocked by Mayweather, who will then circle off and display a masterful use of distance and footwork. Rinse, wash, repeat. The undercard, though, has some parity.

by Rich Wyatt on Aug 21, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

It’s actually one of the best boxing undercards I’ve ever seen. I’ll be DVR’ing it and watching it after the UFC.

by Rich Wyatt on Aug 21, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

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