Bad news for UK fans, ESPN Will Not Show Event Live In UK

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/5/2/2993880/ufc-on-fox-3-espn-will-not-show-event-live-in-uk
Bad news for fans in the UK, as the ESPN premium subscription sports network will not be showing the UFC On Fox 3 event, headlined by Nate Diaz taking on Jim Miller in a potential Number #1 contenders bout for the Lightweight title.

At least, ESPN will not be showing the fight card live, possibly due to a program scheduling conflict. ESPN will however broadcast the event on tape delay Sunday night at 10:30 PM GMT.

However, if you simply can't wait that long and have to get a live UFC fix, fear not: UFC.TV will be live streaming the event in the UK for free. Simply create an account (at no expense) if you haven't one already, and sign in to watch on Saturday night.

UFC.TV allows you to watch from different camera angles, have different audio feeds including from the Red or Blue corner, pause and even rewind the action. You can now even interact while watching, with the Enhanced Viewing experience allowing you to score the rounds how you see fit and compare your judging skills with the rest of the UFC.TV audience. You can even check on twitter discussion of the event, or join the UFC.TV chat room without leaving the page.

Oh well, atleast you still get to see it for free.

Kinda shitty that I don't get to see it live, that's the whole reason I PAY for that channel, but at least it's on the next day that's better than nothing.

Is this ESPN acting up because the UFC is actively looking for a new UK deal ? Sky Sports is said to be cutting back on it's boxing budget I wonder if that's a sign of the UFC moving to there.