UFC on FOX 7 brought only Hugo Wolverine as Brazilian representative at the event. However, the Brazilian bantamweight fight was not shown to the country. Sportv, which had the right to show the preliminary card, and the Combate channel, which would broadcast the entire show, lost the live signal from the United States. The narrator, Rhoodes Lima, even apologized to viewers, however, several complaints appeared on social media.
“Attention guys who pay for @canalCombate… Yes, a complaint to Procon is in order… as we paid and didn’t receive… Whatever the reason…”, complained an internet user. “Paying 60 reais for a Channel that makes you lose 2 fights, congratulations on this lack of respect @CanalCombate! #UFCnoCombate”, said another subscriber.
Even the UFC fighter, Ronaldo Jacare, used Twitter to complain about the lack of signal. “#Sign where are you? I really want to watch #UFC”, wrote the black belt on the microblog.
The signal was only restored in the seventh fight of the event, meaning five duels were not broadcast. Combate even reprized the meeting between Chael Sonnen and Brian Stann during the period when there was no live signal.
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