Its been a nerve wracking weight for British fight fans but the UFC announced yesterday that ESPN, their primary broadcast partner in the UK, has picked up the rights to show the current season of The Ultimate Fighter. British fans will get to see the first two episodes of Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos starting from 10pm tonight on the premium sports station. This does however appear to be a setback for the UFC that has previously tried to avoid including the first-run showings of The Ultimate Fighter in its deal with ESPN, hoping instead to use the rights to build links with bigger broadcasters such as the network Five and the dominant pay sports broadcaster Sky Sports.
About Will Cooling
A Comics Nexus original, Will Cooling has written about comics since 2004 despite the best efforts of the industry to kill his love of the medium. He now spends much of his time over at Inside Fights where he gets to see muscle-bound men beat each up without retcons and summer crossovers.
