According to iFight365.com, ESPN are leading the way to getting hold of the UFC rights, and are close to announcing a deal. They face competition from Five, Bravo and Sky Sports.
More as it comes.
Current rights
The following is a list of all ESPN's current rights to broadcast in the UK:
English Premier League (46 games from 2009-10 season, 23 from 2010-13 seasons)
FA Cup (2 games per round + the final from 2010-11 season) Scottish Premier League (30 games a season until 2011-12) Major League Baseball National Hockey League NBA
NCAA College Football NCAA College Basketball Europa League
MLS (2009 only) German Bundesliga Portuguese Liga The Eredivisie Russian Premier League Italian Serie A Coppa Italia Italian Super Cup England Under-21's (Home Fixtures) Women's Super League (From 2011) UFC
French Rugby Championship Australian Football League Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters FIBA European Basketball Championships Guinness Premiership (43 games + final, 2010/11 - 2012/13) International Rugby Premiership Rugby 7s European Winter X Games IAAF World Indoor Athetlics
Caribbean T20 Cricket
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ESPN UK Blog is an unofficial source for all the latest information on the new ESPN channel which launched on August 3rd 2009, available on Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision, Tiscali TV and Top Up TV.
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- ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN Classic may be added tomorrow
- ESPN America will continue to broadcast
- Jon Champion and Kelly Cates confirmed
- More sports confirmed
- UFC news and commentators confirmed
- ESPN confirmed for Virgin Media, finally!
- More football in the bag
- SPL initial fixtures revealed
- ESPN America site incorrect
- Official site updated
- ESPN pricing confirmed for Virgin Media?
- SPL list out tomorrow
- ESPN now testing on Sky
- First presenter revealed
- UFC deal close
- SPL deal struck (Updated)
- ESPN favourites to win UFC rights
- ESPN to commission IMG Sports Media
- Official site updates
- August-November Premier League fixtures confirmed
- Details imminent?
- Major new information
- ESPN confirmed for Virgin Media
- ESPN fighting for Scotland World Cup Qualifier
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