Spike TV counters EliteXC-CBS with Liddell homage

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  1. Celtic Fan

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>On the night Elite Xtreme Combat makes it network television debut on CBS, Spike TV and the UFC will counter with a night-long broadcast schedule of Chuck Liddell programming.

    "EliteXC: PRIMETIME" airs from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT, and Spike TV's homage to Liddell begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT and runs for three hours.

    The night includes the premiere of "Ultimate Iceman: Chuck Liddell," an hour-long documentary that chronicles the career of the UFC's former light heavyweight champion both in and out of the cage.

    Spike TV will follow with a "Liddell vs. Silva: UFC Unleashed Special Edition" that includes Liddell's December 2007 main-event fight with Wanderlei Silva. It'll be the first time the UFC 79 fight airs on cable TV.

    The night actually kicks off with "Ultimate Knockouts 4," which features Liddell's most memorable bouts.

    CBS, meanwhile, will run its first "Saturday Night Fights" event the same night. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and James Thompson headline the event, and EliteXC middleweight champ Robbie Lawler defends his title against Scott Smith.</div>
    sooo if the live fight on CBS is kinda sucking.. go watch Chuck drop someone on Spike!!

    a good night for FREE MMA [​IMG]
     
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    When your flipping back and forth, you might miss Kimbo knockin someone out.
     
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    Isn't it time for the UFC to try and market a new franchise poster boy? Liddell's career is winding down. Shouldn't they be promotiong Anderson Silva, Rampage, or Forrest?
     
  4. Celtic Fan

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    probably, but I think this is an older documentary ready to go.
    that and the PPV buys for any Iceman event is huge so he's still popular.

    besides Kimbo is only one fight and hardly the best one.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    dangit Speeds, I hit edit rather than reply.. sorry.
    was something like "I'll be watching PRIMETIME, Chuck's highlights have been played to death"

    right?
     
  6. Celtic Fan

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    but it's still a good backup if one of the fights turns into lay and pray or there's a lot of commercials due to early stoppages [​IMG]

    chances are Wand vs Chuck will be the best fight on free TV that night anyways [​IMG]
     
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    Just kind of a nice little addition to the night.

    Icing on the cake.
     

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