It looks like Spike TV is ready to battle it out with the Versus network this coming Sunday as they are rolling out a ten-hour marathon of past UFC events which specifically include Nate Marquardt.
Is this just another sign of the fracture between the UFC and Spike that the television network would attempt to go head-to-head with one of the promotions live events?
Here is the Spike press release.
Press Release – June 20, 2011: Spike TV will telecast a 10-hour UFC marathon with fight cards all featuring one of the UFC’s top middleweights, Nate “The Great” Marquardt, on Sunday, June 26 from 1:00pm – 11:00pm ET/PT.
The day’s coverage, featuring Marquardt battling the division’s biggest names including Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, and Martin Kampmann culminates in an encore presentation of the exciting UFC Fight Night 22 (9:00pm-11:00pm) highlighted by a main event battle between Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares.
1:00pm UFC Unleashed: (UFC 73) – Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt
2:00pm UFC Unleashed: (UFC 109) – Chael Sonnen vs. Nate Marquardt
3:00pm UFC Unleashed: (UFC 83) – Martin Kampmann vs. Nate Marquardt
4:00pm UFC Fight Night: Ivan Salaverry vs. Nate Marquardt
6:00pm UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson – Wilson Gouveia vs. Nate Marquardt
9:00pm UFC Fight Night: Rousimar Palhares vs. Nate Marquardt