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[thumper]

Has anyone seen this information? When does HBO Officially begin producing UFC?

I thought (assumed) it would be a 'right now' type of thing but that apparantly isn't the case. Joe Rogan said on his blog that he's going back to England in September to do another UFC.

What's the real deal? Anyone know?

Here's the link to his page. the statement is in between the second and third pic on the post, and here's what he says:

I think we’re going over to London sometime around September for another UFC, so I’m going to try to get there a few days early and schedule some more shows.

URL: http://blog.joerogan.net

[Ramma]

Originally Posted by thumper

Has anyone seen this information? When does HBO Officially begin producing UFC?

I thought (assumed) it would be a 'right now' type of thing but that apparantly isn't the case. Joe Rogan said on his blog that he's going back to England in September to do another UFC.

What's the real deal? Anyone know?

Here's the link to his page. the statement is in between the second and third pic on the post, and here's what he says:



URL: http://blog.joerogan.net

White said nothing is signed, but claims it will be this summer.. that is the last I heard of it

[thumper]

Ahh, ok I misunderstood.

Thanks for the update.

[smoogy]

The deal could be in trouble given the latest news.

Originally Posted by Sam Caplan @ Fiveouncesofpain.com

Head of HBO takes leave

Chris Albretch, HBO's chief executive, is taking a leave of absence in order to take control of his issues with alcohol following an arrest this weekend in Las Vegas.

For more info, check out:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070508/D8P0FOLO0.html

Why is this important? Well, the head of HBO Sports, Seth Greenburg, is not a fan of mixed martial arts. The biggest push in the company to do a deal with the UFC was coming from Albrecht. Sans Albrecht, who knows if this deal gets done now.

[Dat Dude]

Originally Posted by thumper

Has anyone seen this information? When does HBO Officially begin producing UFC?

I thought (assumed) it would be a 'right now' type of thing but that apparantly isn't the case. Joe Rogan said on his blog that he's going back to England in September to do another UFC.

What's the real deal?

My understanding of the situation is that the deal hasn't been signed yet but Dana is saying that UFC will be on HBO this summer. As far as production goes, I'm pretty sure HBO will only handle production(commentators, post fight interviewers, and show presentation) of the shows airing on there network , so UFC will still be producing its own shows on Spike TV/PPV with Goldberg and Rogan doing the commentary.

[Bullock]

The UFC doesn't need HBO IMO. It would help greatly, but they don't need it.

The UFC needs to get onto major network TV.

Once it is on one of the big networks shit is really going to go crazy.

[Dat Dude]

Originally Posted by Bullock[TTR]

The UFC doesn't need HBO IMO. It would help greatly, but they don't need it.

The UFC needs to get onto major network TV.

Once it is on one of the big networks shit is really going to go crazy.

I Agree