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11-30-2011, 01:21 AM
UFC 140 features four-bout preliminary broadcast on ION Television
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Nov 29, 2011
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With Spike TV set to air its Video Game Awards on Dec. 10, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has again turned to ION Television.
MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with UFC officials that a total of four contest from December's UFC 140 card will air on ION Television. The broadcast was first reported by HeavyMMA.com.
Bouts scheduled for the special include Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski, Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou, Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi and Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson.
UFC 140 takes place Dec. 10 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The event boasts a total of 12 fights, including a light-heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and ex-titleholder Lyoto Machida.
UFC officials confirmed the special marks the promotion's final broadcast on ION Television before starting an exclusive partnership with the FOX family in 2012.
The company also has one more "UFC Prelims" special slated for Spike TV. The longtime partner of the UFC airs a one-hour special from UFC 141, which takes place on Dec. 30.
ION Television, which was launched in 1998 as PAX TV, was rebranded as Ion Television in 2007. The channel was also known as i from 2005 to 2007. ION Television also aired preliminary bouts from UFC 125 and UFC 127.
UFC 140's remaining three contest are expected to stream on Facebook, but an official announcement has yet to be made.
With the new broadcast plans, the UFC 140 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida (for light-heavyweight title)
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
Brian Ebersole vs. Claude Patrick
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
PRELIMINARY CARD (ION TV)
Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)*
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke
* - Not officially announced
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Nov 29, 2011
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With Spike TV set to air its Video Game Awards on Dec. 10, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has again turned to ION Television.
MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with UFC officials that a total of four contest from December's UFC 140 card will air on ION Television. The broadcast was first reported by HeavyMMA.com.
Bouts scheduled for the special include Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski, Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou, Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi and Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson.
UFC 140 takes place Dec. 10 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The event boasts a total of 12 fights, including a light-heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and ex-titleholder Lyoto Machida.
UFC officials confirmed the special marks the promotion's final broadcast on ION Television before starting an exclusive partnership with the FOX family in 2012.
The company also has one more "UFC Prelims" special slated for Spike TV. The longtime partner of the UFC airs a one-hour special from UFC 141, which takes place on Dec. 30.
ION Television, which was launched in 1998 as PAX TV, was rebranded as Ion Television in 2007. The channel was also known as i from 2005 to 2007. ION Television also aired preliminary bouts from UFC 125 and UFC 127.
UFC 140's remaining three contest are expected to stream on Facebook, but an official announcement has yet to be made.
With the new broadcast plans, the UFC 140 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida (for light-heavyweight title)
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
Brian Ebersole vs. Claude Patrick
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
PRELIMINARY CARD (ION TV)
Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)*
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke
* - Not officially announced