Spike TV To Rebroadcast UFC 86 and UFC 87 in October
Spike TV has announced that they will be rebroadcasting the UFC 86 and UFC 87 pay-per-views in October, leading up to Spike’s live broadcast of UFC 89 on October 18th:
Spike TV will present an “Octoberfest†of UFC programming with rebroadcasts of UFC 86 on Saturday, October 4 at 9:00pm ET/PT, featuring a light heavyweight championship bout between Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin, and UFC 87, headlined by Georges St. Pierre’s first defense of the welterweight title in a matchup with Jon Fitch, on Saturday, October 11 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The special telecasts will lead up to Spike’s presentation of UFC 89 from Birmingham, England on Saturday, October 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT.
The July 4th weekend title fight at UFC 86 between “The Ultimate Fighter 7†coaches, UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage†Jackson and top contender Forrest Griffin, featured plenty of fireworks. For the first time on cable, UFC fans will get a chance to witness the five-round war which completed Griffin’s four-year journey from Georgia police officer to UFC champion. The telecast of the entire live fight card will also feature outstanding performances by “The Ultimate Fighter†alums Joe “Daddy†Stevenson and Josh Koscheck.
At UFC 87, Georges St. Pierre defended his welterweight title against rising star Jon Fitch, cementing his position as one of the best fighters in the world. However, it was Brock Lesner’s first dominating performance in the Octagon in front of his hometown Minneapolis fans against veteran Heath Herring that left the crowd abuzz. Unfortunately for the Minnesota faithful, local product and lightweight contender, Roger Huerta, lost a hard-fought decision to Kenny Florian in a battle of two of the lightweight division’s elite performers.
Spike TV heads across the Atlantic Ocean for the third time to telecast a UFC fight card, with middleweights “The Ultimate Fighter 3†champ Michael Bisping and “The Ultimate Fighter 1†standout Chris Leben headlining on Saturday, October 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT (same-day tape delay) from The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. UFC 89 will also include two action-packed co-feature bouts with four of the top contenders in the light heavyweight division. Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva, both undefeated, will square off in the Octagon, with the winner on the cusp of a title shot. “The Ultimate Fighter 2†alum Keith Jardine, looking to rebound from a loss to Wanderlai Silva, takes on veteran Brandon “The Truth†Vera, who is 1-0 since moving down in weight class.
The UFC 86 rebroadcast will air opposite of EliteXC: Heat on CBS, which features Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock, Jake Shields vs. Paul Daley, Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold, and Benji Radach vs. Murilo “Ninja†Rua.
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I’m going to quit ordering ppv. You can see every fight on unleashed or in their entirety months later. I used to order every month, but now i’m just going to go to the bar and watch.
The best thing to do is get a group together at someone’s house and split the price of the ppv. I used to go to the bars to watch, but then you still end up spending close to the same amount of money, granted you get food and drink plus the fight. What I never understood was when people would come in, and get a table for like 20 people, why not just go to someone’s house and bring your own drinks, especially when it comes to a bar that charges a 5 dollar cover. The other problem with the bar is, I went to one when there was a boxing wankfest…sorry match on and had to pay $10 cover for myself and my wife, then they only played the audio from the boxing until it was over.
*$10 per person*
Just remember to collect the money before the PPV starts. After a dozen or so beers it seems even the best of friends forget to chip in!
Yeah, the bar I go to doesn’t have a cover for fight nights. If I get there at 9, i’ll just drink a beer an hour so I can drive home, so it only costs me like $10. My buddies and I usually take turns having the ppv at eachother’s houses, but like the Lidell/Evans card nobody else wanted to watch it so I ended up going to the bar.
The bars here that don’t have a cover are packed out by 8:30 (est), and 25% of the seats you have to look at 19″ tvs hanging from the ceiling. The one that does have a cover gets packed by 9:20, but you still have a better chance at a seat, and you definitely get to see the big screen.
plus bars get packed with ppl and its really hard to pay attention sometimes..stay home and watch it with your buddies and get smashed lol
how much is a ppv over there?we get them live over in the uk on setanta sports,which is £10($18)a month for a multi sports package!a think thats great value for money,just hard stayin up til 3 in the mornin to watch!
Hey Glasgow,
Our PPV is $45 and $55 for the HD version and when the UFC is in Europe i have to watch it at noon, hard to drink beer at noon you know what i mean.
Cheers
Gav,
Looks like you get a pretty good deal, besides the 3 am thing, but then I suppose you could DVR and record it. When I buy the PPV I go ahead and record it, which is a good thing because the last PPV I had people come over, and they didn’t even get here until after the fights had started.
I don’t care how much they cost, I buy every single PPV card the UFC has. Of course they are going to put something up against Elite XC. I do want to see the Shields / Daley fight though.
Hey Mike,
I’ve never had a problem drinking beer at noon. Have you ever been to an NFL game? The tailgating starts at 7:00 am here in Pittsburgh.
cheers mike,its even harder stayin sober enough to watch at 3!think $45 is fair,ad be happy paying that.
I quit getting them a while ago unless we get a group together to pitch in. Check the ufc site for results that night and get the dvd off netflix after a couple months. You can find sites to download a lot of the fights really quickly too.
no kidding .why buy it when you can see it for free a la rebroadcast
they better hope nobody catches on hahaha otherwise they will lose half the PPV $$$
nice i missed UFC 86
Wasn’t the 11th when Affliction was supposed to have their second event?
Yeah, their event was supposed to be on the 11th but was postponed.