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doublesuited
10-06-2007, 03:57 PM
HBO calls off deal with UFC
LAS VEGAS – UFC president Dana White insists his company eventually will reach an agreement with HBO Sports to broadcast several mixed martial arts fight cards per year, even though HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg released a statement Friday saying the deal is dead in the water.
The UFC and HBO have been talking for more than a year and White publicly has said several times he believed a deal with HBO would be completed before long.
The UFC went as far as looking to stage a card in Portland, Ore., in December that would have served as a kickoff for the HBO series. White said a show in Montreal also was discussed.
But on Friday, Greenburg said the network had decided against going forward with the UFC.
The sides had been locked in a battle over control of the production of the telecasts. The UFC produces its broadcasts on Spike TV and on pay-per-view, and wanted to continue to do so on HBO. But HBO insisted on control of the broadcast.
"After lots of discussion, it became apparent that the business model doesn't make sense for either one of us," Greenburg said in his statement. "So, we've agreed to go our separate ways. You never know what the future holds. We have enormous respect and admiration for the executives we dealt with at the UFC. We wish them well."
White isn't bothered by Greenburg's statement and said he doesn't believe it ends the possibility of a deal.
"We'll come to a deal with HBO, I'm 100 percent confident of that," White said. "Ross is probably pretty happy now, but we'll get a deal done with them. Believe me, we will. They want the deal, I want the deal – and when two sides want the deal, it gets done.
"There's a lot of stuff to this and these things take time. Deals are never easy to get done. They take a lot longer than I'd like."
:happy :happy :happy
Get that gay shit off TV!
tampa
10-06-2007, 04:03 PM
ufc is a fad
Geraldo R.
10-06-2007, 04:04 PM
Bizarre, shameless display of hope on White's part. Most would choose not to make a statement after negotiations have ended.
jonesjrp4p1
10-06-2007, 04:04 PM
Good, I don't wanna see 2 gay guys on top of eachother.
:good
Tito Time
10-06-2007, 04:05 PM
Yes!
PH|LLA
10-06-2007, 04:06 PM
theres a ufc forum for these kinds of topics
rydersonthestorm
10-06-2007, 04:08 PM
Ufc isn't a fad and it's a good sport, it's idiots like half of you theat give any sport a bad name.
Goose
10-06-2007, 04:09 PM
mixed martial arts is great, but it should be more on free channels like spike so that more people could tune in
allenko1
10-06-2007, 05:09 PM
Late...
Zakman
10-06-2007, 05:13 PM
ufc is a fad
And one, it would appear, whose star in fading!!
Thank goodness the "Network of Champions" didn't sully itself with this low-rent WWF knock off!! :nod
The SWEET SCIENCE is gonna kick this ass of this passingh fad, you watch! UFC will be long GONE, and boxing will still be here! :yep
:happy :party :happy :party :happy :party :happy
Beebs
10-06-2007, 05:17 PM
Yea, instead I guess Zuffa will have to settle with their two basic cable multi year prime time deals, that will really hurt them :roll:
rydersonthestorm
10-06-2007, 05:20 PM
In regards to the basic principal of mma it has been around longer than boxing, so you idiots comparing it to wwe should learn abit more before you talk shit.
Keep this shit off the boxing forum. Too many boxing fans get all butt hurt and cry to the mods like little girls when fight fans (all fighting sports) weigh in..
BoardBULLY
10-06-2007, 05:26 PM
In regards to the basic principal of mma it has been around longer than boxing, so you idiots comparing it to wwe should learn abit more before you talk shit.
there is no link between modern mma and pankratia.. Shit boxing was around at that time too but we only talk real history. like boxing has been around for 120 years because it has a direct link with modern boxing
box03
10-06-2007, 05:34 PM
Im glad they were unable to strike a deal, that was part of the reason I canceled my showtime subscription and I let them know about it. UFC is lame, I guess it its ok to watch when nothing else is on.
there is no link between modern mma and pankratia.. Shit boxing was around at that time too but we only talk real history. like boxing has been around for 120 years because it has a direct link with modern boxing
What are you talking about? There IS a huge link between the two as far as what really goes on. Pankratia being from right around 650 bc.. For christ sakes, wiki Pankratia if you have to.
Tencount85
10-06-2007, 06:00 PM
UFC is alright too. I like any kind of controlled violence...but why are these threads popping up on a BOXING forum?
radianttwilight
10-06-2007, 06:06 PM
At least in the UFC there aren't guys like Briggs getting title shots...
:patsch
box03
10-06-2007, 06:14 PM
At least in the UFC there aren't guys like Briggs getting title shots...
:patsch UFC is gay, most of them punch like 12 yearold girls. There punching technique is horrible, if they came into my gym and started hitting the bag, they would get laughed at.
1punch1nder
10-06-2007, 06:17 PM
good
Bluenose
10-06-2007, 06:20 PM
I'm actually pretty ashamed of some of the posts contained within this thread and I still cannot understand why people need to ridicule and mock the other while trying to proclaim that their favourite out of the two (Whichever that may be) is the greatest thing since live's bread.
I love and respect both Sports and there is no denying Mixed Martial Arts have came a long way these past few years.
In regards to the UFC though they need to make some changes to make it more credible but the basics are they.
Plus they need Fedor Emelianenko. The guy is a beast who would destroy anyone who gets in his way.
KobeIsGod
10-06-2007, 06:21 PM
good
seconded: boxing > wwe > televised poker > televised hunting > ufc
Beebs
10-06-2007, 06:22 PM
UFC is gay, most of them punch like 12 yearold girls. There punching technique is horrible, if they came into my gym and started hitting the bag, they would get laughed at.
And then they would drop you on your head and stomp a hole through your skull.
Lock this faggot thread.
box03
10-06-2007, 06:25 PM
And then they would drop you on your head and stomp a hole through your skull.
Lock this faggot thread. I would beat most of them in a boxing match, obviously not in the ufc. You are a keyboard warrior that would never talk to somebody like that on the streets cause you would get laid out, so you come on here act tough cause thats the only place you can do it.
Beebs
10-06-2007, 06:38 PM
I would beat most of them in a boxing match, obviously not in the ufc. You are a keyboard warrior that would never talk to somebody like that on the streets cause you would get laid out, so you come on here act tough cause thats the only place you can do it.
lol you say you would laugh at profesional athletes, who would kick the shit out of you, and I'm the keyboard warrior.
box03
10-06-2007, 06:42 PM
lol you say you would laugh at profesional athletes, who would kick the shit out of you, and I'm the keyboard warrior. I never said I would, but the people at my gym definitely would. They might be good other things, but from what I seen boxing isnt one them.
This just shows how ignorant most of you are, the reason they couldn't pan out a deal is because HBO wants control of alot of things just like they control when Wlad will be fighting next. We can't see Wlad fight any time soon because HBO says so!!. So Dana White doesn't want this to happen to MMA like alot of bullshit has happened to boxing.He has learned from boxings mistakes.
1punch1nder
10-06-2007, 07:15 PM
This just shows how ignorant most of you are, the reason they couldn't pan out a deal is because HBO wants control of alot of things just like they control when Wlad will be fighting next. We can't see Wlad fight any time soon because HBO says so!!. So Dana White doesn't want this to happen to MMA like alot of bullshit has happened to boxing.He has learned from boxings mistakes.
you work for HBO?
nervousxtian
10-06-2007, 07:34 PM
Dana White is a dipshit anyhow. HBO wants to control the product shown on their network, understandable.
As long as that retard Joe Rogan is commentating I'm not paying for no PPV's.
He Hate Me
10-06-2007, 07:52 PM
Thank god hbo did the right thing. If ufc was carried under the hbo umbrella it would give it more credibility than it deserves, the executives at hbo got it right this time in my opinion.
cardstars
10-06-2007, 08:03 PM
I'm actually pretty ashamed of some of the posts contained within this thread and I still cannot understand why people need to ridicule and mock the other while trying to proclaim that their favourite out of the two (Whichever that may be) is the greatest thing since live's bread.
I love and respect both Sports and there is no denying Mixed Martial Arts have came a long way these past few years.
In regards to the UFC though they need to make some changes to make it more credible but the basics are they.
Plus they need Fedor Emelianenko. The guy is a beast who would destroy anyone who gets in his way.
:good
This just shows how ignorant most of you are, the reason they couldn't pan out a deal is because HBO wants control of alot of things just like they control when Wlad will be fighting next. We can't see Wlad fight any time soon because HBO says so!!. So Dana White doesn't want this to happen to MMA like alot of bullshit has happened to boxing.He has learned from boxings mistakes.
But even Fedor said that Dana White wants to controll Pride thats why he bought it.
He whated to change the Pride rules.
HE TRIED TO CONTROL WHEN AND WHERE FEDOR FOUGHT!
Fedor said, Nobody Tells Me Who or Where I Can Fight!
PRIDE is on an whole other level in comprasion to ufc!
Besides the point, dana white is a jackass.
He always say this fight is the greatest match-up, this fighter is the greastest fighter, boxing is nothing.
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