With the UFC’s move to an online platform to allow for fans to watch every single fight from around the world live, a fan’s only way to see the six card prelim card for UFC in London this Saturday is by subscribing to the service. With two of the four Nordic fighters on the prelim card, it’s time to try the new service to see Ilir Latifi and Mats Nilsson since it is the only way to see them live.
UFC’s Fight Pass was launched in December to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand but now is available throughout wold. The service is $9.99 a month for the access. “Netflix for the fight fan” describes the online service by UFC’s Lorenzo Fertitta
Here is a description of the service as described on the UFC website:
UFC Fight Pass is a digital subscription service which gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, original and behind the scenes content not available anywhere else, and unprecedented access to the biggest mixed martial arts fight library in the world.
UFC Fight Pass is similar to other streaming services in that it enables fans to select what they want to watch from a vast library of content. Just as other services give subscribers access to a library of movies and TV shows, UFC Fight Pass will give fans access to many hundreds of hours of fights, events and programs from Zuffa’s vast fight library on an on-demand basis.
UFC Fight Pass also gives fans access to live and exclusive UFC events and fights.
What do I get for my monthly subscription?
UFC Fight Pass will give subscribers access to a minimum of 10 UFC Fight Night events in 2014, streamed live from around the world. UFC Fight Pass will also be the place to see exclusive, live UFC Fight Pass Prelims™ the opening contests of all UFC Pay-Per-View events and televised cards.
The digital service will also showcase the greatest fights in the history of mixed martial arts, including:
• The UFC fight library, dating back to UFC 1 in 1993 and including the never-repeated events and fights
• The library of fights from the legendary PRIDE FC organization
• The library of the ground-breaking WEC organization
• The library of the iconic Strikeforce organization
• The Affliction Entertainment events
• The World Fighting Alliance library
• The EliteXC library
There will also be special categories curated every month such as:
• UFC president Dana White’s favorite fights
• The greatest KOs in UFC and MMA history
• The greatest fights in UFC and MMA history
• The entire lineage of the UFC world championships
• Greatest grudge matches
• Greatest comebacks
• The list goes on…
Additionally, there will be original and newly created content including:
• Exclusive backstage access during UFC events
• Exclusive content from UFC president Dana White
• Brand new documentaries on the UFC, MMA and the sport’s biggest stars
• Exclusive interviews with the biggest stars in the UFC
• Fitness and nutrition advise from UFC fighters and trainers
• International editions of The Ultimate Fighter including TUF China and TUF Brazil: Team Wanderlei vs Team Sonnen
As well as archived, historical UFC and MMA television programing including:
• The Ultimate Fighter
• The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil
• The Ultimate Fight: The Smashes
• UFC Countdown
• UFC Primetime
• UFC All Access
• UFC Wired
• UFC Unleashed
• WEC Wreckage
Check out UFC Fight Pass at – www.ufc.tv/page/fightpass
Fight Card
Many countries are offering the main card on TV, including Sweden with Alexander Gustafsson on the main card and Gunnar Nelson in Iceland, who is also on the main card.
MAIN CARD (Television depending on country and UFC Fight Pass for all countries)
21:00 Stockholm / 22:00 Helsinki
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jimi Manuwa
Melvin Guillard vs. Michael Johnson
Brad Pickett vs. Neil Seery
Omari Akhmedov vs. Gunnar Nelson
PRELIMINARY CARD (ONLY ON UFC Fight Pass)
18:30 Stockholm / 19:30 Helsinki
Cyrille Diabate vs. Ilir Latifi
Luke Barnatt vs. Mats Nilsson
Brad Scott vs. Claudio Henrique da Silva
Roland Delorme vs. Davey Grant
Igor Araujo vs. Danny Mitchell
Louis Gaudinot vs. Phil Harris
