UFC to Buy G4

UFC has had a long and storied relationship with Spike TV since they premiered on the network for 2005′s "The Ultimate Fighter." As their deal with Spike nears its end, even UFC President Dana White has dropped hints about the proposition of the UFC starting their own network. According to several sources, negotiations with the network "came to a halt after the organization proposed a significant increase in their annual payment, from $170 million to $325 million a year."

The New York Times reports that Comcast has opened discussions to sell controlling interest of the G4 cable channel to the UFC.

According to the report:

Representatives for Comcast, G4 and Ultimate Fighting Championship declined to comment Wednesday. Two of the people with knowledge of the NBC-Universal talks said that Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is privately held, could take ownership of 60 percent or more of G4, which is one of the lowest-rated cable channels in Comcast's portfolio. Its intended audience of men ages 18 to 34 overlaps well with Ultimate Fighting Championship's audience on Spike, a unit of Viacom, which has carried a fighting reality show for the last six years.

That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Thank god, G4 is terrible. kris9031998

That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Rosaflame

Thank god, G4 is terrible. kris9031998

I remember back like 8 years ago when G4 had just an absolutely fithy amount of game related tv shows and I loved every second of it. It was completely inaccesible to anybody who didn't like games but I didn't care. There was literally a show where they JUST played game trailers and another one just for exploiting cheats in games...I miss those days :(

That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Rosaflame

Yeah I really miss cheat. Anyone know the hosts name? :P

That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Rosaflame

I miss when G4 was all about games too. Now, I only watch AOTS, Campus PD and Ninja Warrior.

I think G4 is on sale for about 17$.

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That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Evz0rz

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That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

atony12

I think G4 is on sale for about 17$.

sonicare

[QUOTE="atony12"][QUOTE="Evz0rz"] Don't forget Judgement Day! I trusted those reviews more than anything else out thereEvz0rz

I give this channel -does the Adam Sessler sway with my hands in my pockets- a 1 out of 5.

i'd much rather see MMA on the saturday and sunday marathons instead of Cops, Campus PD, and a bunch of garbage movies

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That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

T_REX305

Yeah I really miss cheat. Anyone know the hosts name? :P

Kristen Holt, or as she's called now, Kristen Adams

I think G4 is on sale for about 17$.

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I think G4 is on sale for about 17$.

sonicare

Sorry I already made a deal with them for a hotdog and a soda.

If UFC moves to G4 I better get that station back on DirectTV!atony12

That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

Rosaflame

I think it would be better for the UFC to stay with Spike as far as exposure goes. 90% of young people know about Spike TV. 15% of young people know about G4. Yes, I did just make those statistics up... but you get my point.

hopefully they replace all the cops/campus pd and cheaters episodes with mma programming. im not sure what mma has to do with tech or gaming, but id have the same question about a lot of the shows they air now. atleast mma is watchable.LoG-Sacrament

G4 is terrible, good riddance.

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That channel lost all the good shows that made it unique from others. I miss you Cinematech, Filter, Cheats, etc. I want a videogame channel not another Spike.I must admit though I did enjoy Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke.

killerband55

Yeah I really miss cheat. Anyone know the hosts name? :P

Kristen Holt, or as she's called now, Kristen Adams

Well as everyone else was saying G4 has gotten pretty bad in the last few years. I also miss the days when it was really about gaming and not cops.... This will be the final nail in the coffin

Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is privately held, could take ownership of 60 percent or more of G4, which is one of the lowest-rated cable channels in Comcast's portfolio.killzonexbox

Wow, I can't imagine why...:P

that would be so very great. I love MMA.

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Yeah I really miss cheat. Anyone know the hosts name? :P

killzonexbox

Kristen Holt, or as she's called now, Kristen Adams

ahhhh the legs......my weakness

so no more xplay? i liked sessler too

I remember all those old TV shows on G4 as well but did it get higher ratings back then? Seriously, who's running this network? The gaming audience is growing and I think a reboot of the old G4 would be great. I do love UFC though so I am not sure how it'll work out. I do hate how they took G4 out of DirecTV.

G4 is probably one of the lowest rated because all it ever plays is Cops and Campus PD. There is maybe 3 hours of video game related programming a day, and a Tosh.0 rip off.BrianB0422

[QUOTE="T_REX305"]Yeah I really miss cheat. Anyone know the hosts name? :Pkillerband55

Pretty much the only thing worthwhile they don't even show on air. Feedback. This web cast is the only thing worth going to on their website. And the users of that site are between the ages of 10 -15, it seems like. Oh, and, AOTS is garbage.

If UFC moves to G4 I better get that station back on DirectTV!atony12

I wonder if the hosts of AOTS need to take a couple shots in order to get through another day of the show.