Spike TV's latest "UFC Prelims" special is slated for Saturday's UFC 119 event, but another one-hour preliminary-card broadcast has been added to the schedule. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with a source close to the event that November's UFC 123 event also will get a two-bout "UFC Prelims" special prior to the night's pay-per-view main-card broadcast.
However, December's UFC 124 event won't.
UFC 123 takes place Nov. 20 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit. No specific fights have been chosen for the "UFC Prelims" special, which precedes the night's main card on PPV. However, leading candidates include officially announced bouts of Dennis Hallman vs. Karo Parisyan, Maiquel Falcao vs. Gerald Harris and Nik Lentz vs. Tyson Griffin. Previously reported but currently unofficial fights of Matt Brown vs. Rory MacDonald and Paul Kelly vs. Gabe Ruediger are also possibilities.
UFC 124, meanwhile, won't get a "UFC Prelims" broadcast. The Dec. 11 event takes places at Montreal's Bell Centre, and with a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and top contender Josh Koscheck, could be one of the year's biggest events. However, it also coincides with the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, which airs the same night on Spike TV.
The UFC and Spike TV contracted 10 "UFC Prelims" specials for 2010. This weekend's UFC 119 special is the year's eighth, next month's UFC 121 broadcast is the ninth, and UFC 123 will be the 10th.
The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103, when the UFC went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The specials proved effective enough at generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the organization's longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular offering.
Ratings have ranged from 1.1 million viewers (UFC 118) to a series high 1.7 million with February's UFC 109 event.
For the latest on UFC 123 and UFC 124, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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