Versus And WEC To Sign Multi-Year Deal
March 31, 2009 by Scott Wharton
Filed under MMA-UFC
Cable television’s Versus has played host to the WEC since it’s inception in to T.V. in 2007. The Sports Business Journal is reporting that Versus and WEC are close to signing a multi-year deal to continue airing the popular MMA events. The original contract with Versus was for only three events but when the events drew huge rating for the channel, 15 more events were scheduled and the contract was extended.
Under the new contract, it is rumored that it will last for more than two years. It’s even rumored that Versus will have some rights to air preliminary fights, but not live. I would rather watch the preliminary fights live, but I’ll watch them on a re-aired show later on. It’s always cool to see some of the up and coming fighters in the pre-lim fights.
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