Is around for a long time. I like the tournament style, production and the commentators are pretty dam good.
Get shown live
How was the announcing? My boy Jimmy Smith and his buddy Sean Wheelock do a pretty damn good job, IMO.
CRBMoney14 - Get shown live
Agreed.
LayzieTheSavage - How was the announcing? My boy Jimmy Smith and his buddy Sean Wheelock do a pretty damn good job, IMO.
Really really good.
Heddy - Is around for a long time. I like the tournament style, production and the commentators are pretty dam good.
+1
Program just started at 10:30 (ish) here. Great first fight. Great production, commentary, flow- Everything really other than the fact it isn't live. Bellator needs to get with Foxsports and get these on live in more markets.
frontrowbrian - I agree but their TV distribution will ultimately be their demise. I'd be curious to see how many people were actually able to watch it live. I couldn't. In fact, it won't be shown in my area until 7pm on SUNDAY NIGHT!
It's only going to get worse with MLB starting and the NHL/NBA playoffs. Fox Sports is too piecemealed. It's a bad deal. It's not a network. It's a series of somewhat affiliated channels but they act as their own entity because they're responsibility is to regional sports fans of a particular market.
No one other than the hardcore fan is going to go online and track down when Bellator is going to be shown on that particular week.
Bellator needs improved TV distribution or they will join the ranks of Affliction, IFL, EliteXC, Bodog, and WFA by the end of the year.
Agreed. Unlike the other promotions you mentioned though, they aren't overdoing it from a payroll perspective. Baby steps! I'm just a fan of MMA and want then to do well. I've been more impressed with Bellator than IFL, Affliction, etc.
I like the presentation as well, and how it was portrayed as a legit sport. The fights delivered too, so no complaints there.
I just found out I had the channel that carries this, and it's weekly too. After watching tonight's show, I'm pretty pleased. More free, quality MMA, gotta love it.
NBA and NHL regular seasons ending should help because I dont believe foxsports shows playoff games
CRBMoney14 - NBA and NHL regular seasons ending should help because I dont believe foxsports shows playoff games
Valid point.
CRBMoney14 - NBA and NHL regular seasons ending should help because I dont believe foxsports shows playoff games
Yeah, I'm pretty sure most NBA playoffs are on TNT and NHL on Versus with a mix of both on ESPN. The only other stuff FSN regularly shows are MLB and Champions/Premiere League.
Many NHL playoff games are on Fox unless something has changed and versus airs all of them. NHL is not on ESPN.
The NBA was never a big issue, because regular season Thursday nights aren't a full schedule, its TNT night. Tonight there happened to be 2 games on the entire slate of Fox channels, but many times there are none or one.
The main issue is baseball, and the nhl will be the other issue.