{"id":300999,"date":"2019-02-08T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=300999"},"modified":"2019-02-08T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:54:36","slug":"dana-white-announces-ufc-234-will-air-on-directv-after-reaching-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-announces-ufc-234-will-air-on-directv-after-reaching-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White announces UFC 234 will air on DirecTV after reaching agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite rumblings an agreement wouldn\u2019t be reached, this Saturday\u2019s UFC 234 card will air on DirecTV after all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/ufc-strikes-last-minute-deal-with-directv-to-air-ufc-234-whittaker-vs-gastelum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">MMANews\u2019 Damon Martin<\/a> who notes that while the UFC has come to terms with DirecTV, they still need to sign a long term deal. DirecTV is the leader in pay-per-view distribution in the United States and is typically what would air in bars and restaurants. Prior to this agreement, the UFC was telling fans to purchase the pay-per View through UFC.tv, Amazon or in the Playstation or the XBOX store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC president Dana White made\nan announcement on his Twitter account that the Las Vegas based promotion has\ncome to terms on a one-event deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/1093732983369019392\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have a 1 fight deal for this weekend with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIRECTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@directv<\/a> for Whittaker vs Gastelum and Adesanya vs Silva. So it will be on DirecTV and in bars and on every other platform. I will have this shit all worked out in the next couple weeks. Thank u <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BkcDINaMdo\">pic.twitter.com\/BkcDINaMdo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; danawhite (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/1093732983369019392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition\nWhite mentioned that a long term deal with DirecTV should be announced in the\ncoming weeks. The UFC came to a five year rights agreement with ESPN last year.\nAs a result, White said that negotiations with pay-per-view providers would be\ncloser to 30% revenue split than the typical 50%. No word on if that played a\nrole in the negotiations which went sour earlier this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC 234 emanates from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia this Saturday night. The pay-per-view broadcast is set to air at 10 p.m ET\/7 p.m. PT. The preliminary card airs at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, while the exclusive Fight Pass Prelims air at 6:30 p.m. ET. The main event features Robert Whittaker defending his middleweight title against Kelvin Gastelum. The co-main event pits former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva against rising star Israel Adesanya. Contender Series winner Devonte \u201cKing Kage\u201d Smith headlines the prelims as he faces off against Dong Hyun Ma in a lightweight matchup. Lando Vannata faces Marcos Rosa in the main event on UFC Fight Pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/8\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite rumblings an agreement wouldn\u2019t be reached, this Saturday\u2019s UFC 234 card will air on DirecTV after all. 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