(UFC_Fx)LIVE !!!Belfort vs. Rockhold LIVE Fight.UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold LIVE Location: Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil Venue: Arena Jaragua Broadcast: FX, FUEL TV, Facebook MAIN CARD (FX, 9 p.m. ET) Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold Chris Camozzi vs. Ronaldo Souza Rafael dos Anjos vs. Evan Dunham Rafael Natal vs. Joao Zeferino UFC on FX 8 takes place May 18 at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul.
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Belfort vs. Rockhold LIVE UFC
Date : Saturday 18 May,2013
Time : (FX, 9 p.m. ET)
The event's main card airs on FX following prelims on FUEL TV and Facebook. The main event is a middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort (22-10 MMA, 11-6 UFC) and final Strikeforce 185-pound champion Luke Rockhold (10-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Belfort returns to Brazil following his second-round knockout of Michael Bisping at UFC on FX 7 in January.
After that win, he called out light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Instead, he'll get Rockhold, who has won nine straight, including two defenses of the Strikeforce middleweight title before moving to the UFC with the merger of the two promotions. He most recently fought in July, taking a unanimous decision from Tim Kennedy. MAIN CARD (FX, 9 p.m. ET) Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold
Constantinos Philippou vs. Ronaldo Souza C.B. Dollaway vs. Cezar Ferreira Rafael dos Anjos vs. Evan Dunham UFC on FX 8 is the fifth event held in Brazil since a broadcast deal was struck in late 2013 between the UFC and Globo, which outbid the promotion's former parter, RedeTV. It's also the third event to feature Belfort as a main-card attraction. "When we do fights there on free-to-air, we're hitting between 40 to 50 million viewers," Fertitta said. "There's about 190 million people in Brazil.
Constantinos Philippou vs. Ronaldo Souza C.B. Dollaway vs. Cezar Ferreira Rafael dos Anjos vs. Evan Dunham UFC on FX 8 is the fifth event held in Brazil since a broadcast deal was struck in late 2013 between the UFC and Globo, which outbid the promotion's former parter, RedeTV. It's also the third event to feature Belfort as a main-card attraction. "When we do fights there on free-to-air, we're hitting between 40 to 50 million viewers," Fertitta said. "There's about 190 million people in Brazil.
If you index that, we're essentially doing Super Bowl-type numbers four times a year for our live events." Fertitta said UFC shows also comprise 85 percent of the programming of Combate Channel, a premium cable channel that also broadcasts regional MMA events such as Jungle Fight. "We've got great exposure there, and the fans are just crazy," he said. For the latest on UFC on FX 8, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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