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TUF Brazil – Negligence of the brazilian networks

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March 25 of 2012 is a new historic day for the UFC. The first TUF broadcasted outside the USA boarders. The show presented us with some awesome fights and some great talents that we will probably see kicking some ass in the future. The TUF Brazil premier had the same quality of any past TUF episode but unfortunately not everything is all right.

In Brazil, differently of the United States, there is only one major television national network. This major network, known as Globo, had almost any interest about the MMA universe a year ago. But since it was growing incredibly fast in the country, they couldn’t just look to the other side and let other network get the rights.

Since Globo have the rights, it’s is obligated to broadcast it. So, ‘’what timeslot should we schedule the show so it can gather the highest number of fans?’’. That is the obvious question they should ask themselves but instead, they ask ‘’what timeslot should we schedule the show so it doesn’t bother the existing programming?’’.

The show premiered on a Sunday and it ended past 1 am. The further episodes will begin 11:30 pm and go past midnight. Who does have to wake up early to work or study, right?

Other issue that happened is that it was announced that would pass a ‘’TUF Brazil report’’ on Thursday. Ok, cool! Many fans stay awake to see what it is about. It broadcasted at 00:45 am and last 5 minutes of complete uselessness.

Globo problems apart, a site known as R7, related to other television national network who aspires to take Globo’s place, disclose who will be on the finals. Yes, that’s right, most of the UFC fans in Brazil already know who’s going to make to the finals. And why is that? Cause some stupid rivalry between the networks.

The UFC chose Brazil to broadcast the first foreign TUF cause it is the most prominent MMA country after the United States. It should be an example for the future TUF that will happen around the world in the future but what we see is pure amateurism related with some non-MMA internal dispute.

We, the brazilian UFC fans, can only hope the next seasons be better handled by the media. For those who don’t know the results yet, enjoy the most of it because I assure you, it will be awesome!

 

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