Dana White says UFC tv channel ‘makes sense’
Could the purchase of Strikeforce, including its fighters and extensive tape library, signal the coming of the UFC’s own television…
Could the purchase of Strikeforce, including its fighters and extensive tape library, signal the coming of the UFC’s own television channel? UFC president Dana White admits it certainly make sense.
“It’s a different world out there right now,” White told Mike Straka on this week’s new edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA.” “Going out and starting your own channel isn’t as easy it was six or seven years ago. It’s a lot tougher than it used to be.
“But does it make sense? Yeah, it makes sense.”
MMA fans have long salivated over the prospect of a 24-hour network dedicated to the broadcast of UFC programming. With the PRIDE, WEC, Strikeforce and EliteXC video libraries now under Zuffa’s control, it would seem there is now more than enough stockpiled footage to make that dream a reality.
White, himself, even spoke on the potential for a UFC channel in an October 2010 interview with Broadcasting & Cable.
“SportsBusiness Journal just came out with a survey asking big names in the industry which sport could start its own network, and four out of five said us,” White told Broadcasting & Cable. “They are right. I agree. That will happen within the next couple years.”