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Liam McGeary has co-Main an Bellator England card before and it was a success. So your point is negated. English fans would tune in to see Liam McGeary because they have before. They would tune in to see Linton Vassell because they have before. English fans would tune in to see Paul Redmond and Norman Parke and Brett McDermott and for English fans those fighters would actually put on a higher level of MMA performances. And by that Bellator builds their brand of high level MMA and people will want to tune in the next time. Now next time English are going to expect some low level can to fight Aaron Chalmers and that lowers the brand of Bellator.
Looks like growth to me, regional events like last nights event (Chalmers was in his home town) are going to be on Chanel 5 and the main events are going on Sky Sports which also shows the Premiership.
Great deal by Coker to finally get proper UK TV deals.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/mma/201...artial-arts-sky-sports-ink-historic-deal/amp/