After making an appearance on ION television, using live streams at UFC.com, and yesterday’s announcement that the UFC would stream two prelim bouts on FaceBook for this Saturday’s UFC: Figth for the Troops 2 event, the promotion is heading back to Spike TV for next months UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort show.The “UFC Prelims” special, first reported by MMAjunkie.com, will feature two bouts showcasing fights between lightweights Donald Cerrone (13-3) vs. Paul Kelly (11-3) and featherweights Chad Mendes (9-0) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (12-8-1).
The “UFC Prelims” show will begin one hour before the pay-per-view and should begin at 9PM EST (6PM PST).
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort will take place on Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will feature a middleweight title bout between champion Anderson Silva versus challenger Vitor Belfort.
MMAjunkie.com noted that despite the UFC and Spike TV’s long partnership both sides have yet to finalize a broadcast deal for anything past 2011.
SPIKE has really stepped up to the plate for MMA. Their coverage of the sport has made them my favorite channel and the Cerrone Vs Kelly fight was one of the best of the night. I’ve been a subscriber to DISH Network for years (as of recently I’m now employed by them as well) and I absolutely love watching all the MMA coverage on SPIKE in high definition. The clarity is superb, which is important for all sports and the fact that DISH offers their HD Free for Life for qualifying customers with any of their America’s Top Packages you can’t go wrong.
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