Balls.ie will be at UFC Fight Night 76, but if you're not lucky enough to have secured a ticket to join us at the 3Arena on October 24th, then there's some good news for you regarding the coverage of the event.
UFC Vice President and General Manager of EMEA James Elliot today announced that the event will be aired live on '3e', allowing everyone in Ireland to see the event. Furthermore, the preliminary fights will be streamed on UFC Fight Pass and will be free to anyone in the UK and Ireland.
Elliot confirmed that Setanta Ireland will also be airing the event live, and cited the incredible demand for ticekts as the reason for allowing the event to be aired for free:
The demand for the UFC’s return to the 3Arena in Dublin has been unprecedented, and we wanted to ensure all our fans would have the opportunity to see the action live. By providing access across three fantastic platforms – Setanta Sports, 3e and UFC Fight Pass – we are ensuring maximum exposure of what will be an unmissable event for fight fans.
It's shaping up to be a great night in the 3Arena, in case you weren't aware, here is the full card of fights:
MAIN CARD (3e/Setanta Ireland, 8 p.m.)
Joseph Duffy vs. Dustin Poirier
Stipe Miocic vs. Ben Rothwell
Nicolas Dalby vs. Darren Till
Paddy Holohan vs. Louis Smolka
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4:45 p.m.)
Reza Madadi vs. Norman Parke
Mickael Lebout vs. Stevie Ray
Jon Delos Reyes vs. Neil Seery
Scott Askham vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Ericka Almeida vs. Aisling Daly
Tom Breese vs. Cathal Pendred
Darren Elkins vs. Robert Whiteford
Bubba Bush vs. Garreth McLellan
There's a lot of Irish interest on the preliminary card, so don't go making any plans for that Saturday.
via MMAjunkie.com
