ESPN'S MMA Live Will Air On ESPN 2 Starting May 6th
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 25, 2010 11:22 PM EDT
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It was reported a couple of days ago that the internet based show MMA Live would be making the transition to television, and now we finally have a date on when that will start. MMAJunkie with the news:
As a trial run in the month of May, the sports giant's weekly MMA show, "MMA Live," will expand from ESPN.com to an additional spot on ESPN2.
Sources close to the popular MMA news program shared with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) an aggressive month-long schedule that includes a May 6 cable-TV debut, a weekly spot on ESPN's No. 2 channel, and a couple major fight-week specials.
Beginning May 6, the weekly news show – hosted by Anik, UFC fighter Kenny Florian and Newark Star Ledger combat-sports reporter Franklin McNeil – airs in a normal 1 a.m. ET (10 p.m. ET) timeslot early on Thursday mornings.
So it appears that this will be a trial run in which the shows future will be based on the ratings it receives in the month of May. I've never heard any numbers about the number of views that the internet based show receives every week. However, I would have to think it does pretty well considering that ESPN will take a shot at airing it on television via ESPN2. I thought this was a move that ESPN should have done a long time ago, but I'll take what I can get in regards to them taking baby steps with the sport of MMA. Plus, watching this on TV has to be better than watching it via that small internet player.
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this is awesome news!
i tell my friend about it all the time but they dont want to take the time to watch it off the interent on a small screen, but i guarantee they will dvr it all the time and watch it on there flat screen!
bq.airs in a normal 1 a.m. ET (10 p.m. ET) timeslot early on Thursday mornings.
Is that supposed to be 10 p.m. PT, or am I missing something?
1 a.m. is not that great of a timeslot but better than nothing, I guess.
ya
their mistake..should be PT
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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 26, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice, considering I live on the west coat. I enjoy the show except for Franklin McNeil, he annoys me. I find him to have a very pompous attitude. I feel like he is always saying how close of good of friends he is with fighters, mainly Rashad and Rampage, just annoying.
Anik is fine, don’t know much of his background but he seems to know his role and does a good job with it.
Cool!
I’ll have to set the DVR to catch it. I haven’t ever actually seen it, and it’ll give me something to watch over lunch.
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how can u not have seen this :) jon anik & K-Flo is an awesome broadcast team!
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by RearNakedPoke on Mar 26, 2010 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions
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