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Setanta Sport announce deal to screen UFC 46

Setanta Sport announces Live UK Television broadcast of Ultimate Fighting Championship 46: Super Natural, featuring UK’s Lee Murray
(TX: Saturday, 31 January 2004, live on Setanta Sport}

Setanta Sport will televise exclusively on Pay Per View UFC 46: Super Natural live and exclusive direct from Las Vegas on Saturday 31st January 2004. Airing on Sky Digital Channel 435 and on NTL and Telewest, UFC 46 features London’s Lee Murray in a middleweight clash against Jorge Rivera. A boxing and submission specialist, this is Murray’s UFC debut, but he also brings an impressive mixed martial arts record to the contest and will be looking to do Britain proud. Hundreds of Londoners are making the trip to Las Vegas to support their man from Woolwich.

The show’s main event, however, is the battle for the Light Heavyweight Championship, as UFC legend Randy Couture defends his title against Vitor Belfort, whilst Matt Hughes will be matched up against BJ Penn in defence of his Welterweight Championship.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship brand of mixed martial arts is the world’s premier series of MMA events, bringing together some of the finest fight athletes from a range of disciplines including karate, jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, wrestling and boxing. Headquartered in Las Vegas, the UFC brand is owned and operated by Zuffa LLC, with partnerships with WOWOW in Japan and Globosat Programadora LTDA and Sportv in Brazil.

This event is live only on Setanta Sport on Saturday 31 January
USA: 10PM ET / 7PM PT — UK& IRELAND: 3AM GMT

Sky Digital customers can access the show by pressing the ‘’Select’ button on Channel 435 or by calling 08708 500 005

NTL & Telewest customers can access the event through their ‘TV On Demand’ service
Standard terms and conditions apply.
You must be over 18 to order this event.