I hate how they seem to have employed a team of uneducated people to run the BT Sport service in the UK.
This new deal with BT Sport was supposed to be a breath of fresh air for broadcasting in the UK but nothing has changed, not even this "exclusive UFC demand" functions properly - it takes them 4-5 days to upload a replay of Ultimate Fighter onto the Online player.
They don't re-upload any Prelims from any PPV or fight night shows, which often has great fights.
Programming is terrible, recently they've done a broadcast dedicated to Anthony Pettis and according to the shows writers:
"A profile of American fighter Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis, who has defended his title of UFC Lightweight Champion on a number of occasions since it merged with the WEC crown in 2011"
Mate e e e, people say the BT Sport was going to help with mainstream and attract new fans, Viacom recently signed Channel Five in the UK and Cage Warriors will be on Channel Four, yet to watch the UFC today nothing has actually changed since the ESPN deal as you "have to own the BT Sport package" and you will still need to record the live shows (at 3am in morning usually) to be able to watch shows in the UK, so nothing whatsoever has been improved since the ESPN days as I had to record all shows back then.
..and for those suggesting I get Fight Pass, for UK people that includes literally just Fight Pass events and Ultimate Fighter shows, Ultimate Fighter which is aired on Free TV in America right? and Fight Pass events that have just a 4-fight main card, that worth paying for each month?
In the UK we don't get any Fox Sports, Fox or PPV shows on Fight Pass for Broadcast restriction reasons, can't even pay for the PPV replays until a month or so after it's happened because of:
"Due to broadcast restrictions, this video is not available in your region. Please check your local listings for viewing information.
This event is currently blacked out in UK"
Sorry for the epic rant but for the last 5 months I've hated having to watch replays of events I know the results of, can't the UFC just offer fans worldwide a Online Player that allows everyone to watch event/show/fight I couldn't care about the money.
At the end of the day it makes no difference cause I'm paying
This new deal with BT Sport was supposed to be a breath of fresh air for broadcasting in the UK but nothing has changed, not even this "exclusive UFC demand" functions properly - it takes them 4-5 days to upload a replay of Ultimate Fighter onto the Online player.
They don't re-upload any Prelims from any PPV or fight night shows, which often has great fights.
Programming is terrible, recently they've done a broadcast dedicated to Anthony Pettis and according to the shows writers:
"A profile of American fighter Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis, who has defended his title of UFC Lightweight Champion on a number of occasions since it merged with the WEC crown in 2011"
Mate e e e, people say the BT Sport was going to help with mainstream and attract new fans, Viacom recently signed Channel Five in the UK and Cage Warriors will be on Channel Four, yet to watch the UFC today nothing has actually changed since the ESPN deal as you "have to own the BT Sport package" and you will still need to record the live shows (at 3am in morning usually) to be able to watch shows in the UK, so nothing whatsoever has been improved since the ESPN days as I had to record all shows back then.
..and for those suggesting I get Fight Pass, for UK people that includes literally just Fight Pass events and Ultimate Fighter shows, Ultimate Fighter which is aired on Free TV in America right? and Fight Pass events that have just a 4-fight main card, that worth paying for each month?
In the UK we don't get any Fox Sports, Fox or PPV shows on Fight Pass for Broadcast restriction reasons, can't even pay for the PPV replays until a month or so after it's happened because of:
"Due to broadcast restrictions, this video is not available in your region. Please check your local listings for viewing information.
This event is currently blacked out in UK"
Sorry for the epic rant but for the last 5 months I've hated having to watch replays of events I know the results of, can't the UFC just offer fans worldwide a Online Player that allows everyone to watch event/show/fight I couldn't care about the money.
At the end of the day it makes no difference cause I'm paying