Absolutely HUGE UFC 103 Announcement
 

Wow, check this.

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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(255, 208, 164) rgb(133, 109, 86) rgb(133, 109, 86) rgb(255, 208, 164); border-width: 1px;"> "The "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort" pay-per-view card is going toe-to-toe with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez HBO pay-per-view event on Sept. 19. "

"The UFC is known for its creative marketing and counter-programming tactics and it looks like the MMA giant has come up with a good plan to beef up awareness for UFC 103."

"The UFC will air a two-hour telecast of the UFC 103 undercard commercial free on Spike TV as a lead in for the UFC 103 main card on pay-per-view, according to a source at the UFC." </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(255, 208, 164) rgb(133, 109, 86) rgb(133, 109, 86) rgb(255, 208, 164); border-width: 1px;"> - Efrain Escudero (11-0) -165 vs. Cole Miller (15-3) +135
- Jim Miller (14-2) vs. Thiago Tavares (14-3)
- Dan Lauzon (12-2) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (9-1)
- Paul Daley (21-8-2) vs. Brian Foster (10-3)
- Drew McFedries (8-5) vs. Tomasz Drwal (16-2-1)
- Jason Brilz (17-1) vs. Eliot Marshall (7-1)
- Vladimir Matyushenko (22-4) vs. Igor Pokrajac (21-5)
- Robert Emerson (9-7) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (11-4) </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
This is so fucking awesome it's not even funny.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

Yeah, that's fuckin AMAZING

Now that is fucking awesome. Guess what I will be doing.

How wise is it to go against one of the biggest PPV's of the year?

Mayweather vs Marquez, easy. Seems a bit gay to do something like this.

They'll only be airing a couple of fights on spike...I believe it's only a 1 hour show (commercial free) as well. Efrain V Cole Miller and McFedries V Drwal are the two i've heard about.

pretty sweet

I'll be watching Mayweather v Marquez. Not a hard choice.

So based on the straw poll from TPWW members (which lets face it, is better than actual facts)

Boxing > MMA

On this occasion

Now, what if it were that UFC 100 card show against it, what would you of done then?

It's kinda sad as the 103 card is pretty fucking awesome (imo)

GSP, Randy, Silva?

The numbers won't lie. We'll see who pulls in the most ppv buys. Im guessing Mayweather..but the 103 headliner isn't a huge showstopper either.

Yea ufc should have moved the randy nog fight up a month to take on mayweather

Mayweather vs. Marquez, easy.

Don't see why there's a need to play the two off each other to be honest.

This is going to really show how everyone feels about boxing now. People think boxing is dead, but I have a feeling that this will be closer in buys then people think.

I won't be watching either because my school doesn't have PPV offers, I would probably watch UFC, but I would be checking what is going on in the Mayweather Marquez fight online or something.

not a boxing fan at all. never was

Same.

am i right in thinking ufc ppv's are cheaper than boxing ones? could make a difference.

In Australia UFC PPV's cost $40, while boxing can be anywhere from $50 to $90 I believe...

I like watching both, don't really see why they're played off against each other. They're two different sports, most other sports manage not to schedule their big events against each other so more people can see them, never mind go out of their way to do so. Dana White is a bit of a cock and this makes UFC seem cheap if it's a deliberate ploy. Boxing isn't in the best of shape these days but it's not going to go away because increasing numbers of people are switching on to a different sport as well.

Fuck Floyd Mayweather

that is all I have to add.

This, except for the being a fan of boxing bit. I'll watch the occasional match if it's really fast paced or there is some storied rivalry to it, but otherwise not too interested.

This too, actually. It's like Good gave him so much talent that there's no room for manners too.