Report: UFC and ESPN Reach Deal for UK Broadcasts Starting With UFC 101

Found July 29, 2009 on MMAFrenzy:

The UFC and ESPN have reportedly reached an agreement to air UFC events on ESPN in the UK beginning with UFC 101 on August 8, The Sun is reporting. ESPN's UK channel launches on August 3, with UFC 101, headlined by BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, likely to be one of the first major events broadcast on the network.

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