And Thales Leites. And Noguiera. And Gonzaga. And Ricardo Almeida. And BJ Penn.

Mir isn't really an elite black belt. He's a black belt, but that's about it. He's only just top 3 jiu jitsu in the HW division and that's because Werdum has left.

He's pretty well rounded but certainly not the wizard on the ground that he's being hyped up to be. I don't think he will submit Brock again, given that he's supposed to be a purple belt now. That said, if Mir strikes like he did against Nog, it will be a very interesting fight.

rang sky last night, doesn't sound like sky sports are in the market for the ufc

In the HW division, I'd say Noguiera us a better submission specialist than Mir. The UFC need to bring back top HW's seeing as they have lost some top talent. HW division is argably the weakest division in the UFC roster. LHW is the best I would imagine.

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... UK-TV.html

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... UK-TV.html

Great news!

Interesting to note that when they fought Nog had loads of opportunity to get it to the ground and didn't. If anything Mir (IMO) is under rated on the ground, IIRC he graded black in BJJ twice under different schools. Before his accident Mir was smashing through everything, i think he will beat Lesner again although it will be a massivley different style of fight.

As for Damian Maia....there is a reason Anderson Silva was scared of going to ground with him, it would have been over inside a round. He takes BJJ to a different level.

this is a really daft question but with the time diffrence between here and nevarda will that mean that ufc 100 will start at 6 am our time on sat?

Yippee !!!

I think its 3am GMT

3am on Virgin1?

Grief!

Sorry Virgin aint got it.

UFC 100, the biggest mixed martial arts event in history, will be televised live on multiple platforms in the United Kingdom this coming Saturday, July 11, the Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) organisation has confirmed.

British UFC fans have two ways of experiencing the greatest night in mixed martial arts history live: on Sky Channel 433 and online at UFC.com. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the biggest fight night of the year completely free of charge.

As an exciting bonus to British fans, Sky Channel 433’s UFC 100 coverage will begin at 9pm, Saturday, as a 9-hour UFC marathon gets underway with all five episodes of the ‘UFC’s Top 100 Fights’.

This will be followed by the official ‘Countdown to UFC 100’ program which then leads into 3am, where the spotlight turns to Las Vegas, as the biggest MMA show of all time goes LIVE.

UK fight fans unable to join the televised action on Sky Channel 433 need not worry, though, for they can also catch every punch, kick and submission at UFC 100 by logging on to UFC.com.

Those fans are encouraged to log-on to UFC.com for details on how they can watch UFC 100 live online.

Looking forward to this.

Just checked channel 433 out and it's called racing world and has nothing about the UFC on that channel.

Its scheduled to be on seanta ireland on 430???

Is it possible to email Sky and ask them about it?

This is the news from UFC.com

Sky just probably aint updated the listings yet

uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21058

uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=21058

I hope thats just the case.

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Ok this looks a very good package by the UFC if it is true.

9 hours of the UFC could be a little bit of overkill though!

how much will it cost to watch on channel 433? anyone know?

It will be free

and when is this free weekend?

Tomorrow sir!

Top of this page has all the info