Hill & White Preview Coverage of UFC on FOX

Live Heavyweight Championship Fight: Velasquez vs. dos Santos

Saturday at 9:00 PM ET

Curt Menefee & Dana White Host Prefight Action on FOX

UFC Fight Coverage on FuelTV Saturday Kicks-Off With Two-Hour Special

Eli Manning Battles Alex Smith in San Fran Sunday on FOX

 

DIVISION LEADERS HIGHLIGHT NFL ON FOX DOUBLEHEADER – Week 10 of the 2011 NFL on FOX season kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 13 as FOX Sports presents doubleheader coverage of six games—each presented in true HD. Action kicks off at 1:00 PM ET as Drew Brees and the Saints travel to Atlanta to take on Matt Ryan and the Falcons for NFC South supremacy. In Philadelphia, Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy and the Eagles look to rebound from another home loss as they host the Cardinals. The first half of FOX’s doubleheader concludes with Steven Jackson and the Rams taking on the Browns while the Redskins and Dolphins battle in South Florida. The second half of the doubleheader kicks-off at 4:15 PM ET with the NFC East and West leaders squaring off as Eli Manning and the Giants look to notch another road win when they travel to San Francisco to meet Alex Smith, Vernon Davis, and the 7-1 49ers. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Pam Oliver call the action from Candlestick Park.

Coverage begins at 12:00 PM ET with America’s most-watched Sunday afternoon pregame show, FOX NFL SUNDAY. Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee co-host the Emmy Award-winning program and are joined by analysts Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson.  NFL Insider Jay Glazer presents the latest league news and scoops from the FOX NFL SUNDAY studio while comedic prognosticator Frank Caliendo contributes his weekly “Frank’s Picks” segment.  FOX Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira is also on hand to go over any impactful officiating issues. This week’s edition of “The Journey,” which opens the show, is narrated by actor Terrence Howard with help from two Tuskegee Airmen in honor of Veterans Day.   Additionally, Oliver sits down with 49ers stars Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Patrick Willis and Justin Smith to see how they turned things around so quickly.

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HILL, SHANKS, GREENBERG, WHITE & FERTITTA PREVIEW COVERAGE OF UFC ON FOX: LIVE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT: VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS

FOX Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill, FOX Sports Co-President Eric Shanks & FUELTV General Manager George Greenberg joined forces with UFC President Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta earlier today to preview coverage of the first ever UFC heavyweight title bout on network television between defending champion Cain Velasquez and No. 1 contender Junior dos Santos.  This historic bout airs LIVE exclusively on FOX Saturday, November, 12 (9:00 PM ET).   FUELTV airs the LIVE weigh-in on Friday, November 11 (7:00 PM ET) and a two-hour special prefight show Saturday, November 12 (7:00 PM ET) featuring analysis from a champions’ roundtable and exclusive interviews from the red carpet arrivals of celebrities and athletes attending the historic fight.

HILL ON IMPACT UFC HAS HAD ON THIS GENERATION – During today’s UFC on FOX preview press call, FOX Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill opined what he sees for the future of ultimate fighting in American mainstream sports.  “What boxing was to my generation is what the UFC is to my son’s.  I firmly believe that in the period of this contract (seven years) that the dreams that Dana White, Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta had for this sport are going to be fully realized,” said Hill.  “In seven years, I believe boxing is going to be even more of a niche than it is and UFC will become mainstream.”

WHITE ON BRINGING THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT TO FREE TELEVISION – “When I was growing up, I used to watch ABC for the big fights and then on USA network when I was a little older.  After the pay-per-view model, they never put big fights on free TV.  We’re not only bringing big fights back to television, we’re bringing the heavyweight championship of the world,” said White.  “It’s about the heavyweight championship of the world just like Ali vs. Frazier and all the big fights from back in the glory days of boxing.  We went with Cain vs. JDS because it’s going to be very exciting.”

WHITE ON HOW THE UFC WILL INTRODUCE ITS SPORT TO A BROADCAST NETWORK AUDIENCE – “Now that it’s going to be on FOX and we know we’re speaking to a wider, broader audience that may not know much about mixed martial arts and has probably never seen the UFC before it’s going to be different than a typical UFC event,” said White.  “There’s going to be more storytelling and explaining on who we are, what this is and what these athletes are about.”

GEORGE GREENBERG ON UFC PROGRAMMING ON FUELTV – “About 25 percent of our programming time will be devoted to the UFC.  We’re going to have north of 2,000 hours.  We’ll have a lot of the key shoulder programming and more live TV from the UFC than any other network.  As far as our presentation, we’re not going to assume anything.  We’re going to talk to junkies, we’re going to talk to new people, we’re going to talk to the casual fan.  At the end of the day, we’re going to make sure that the experience, whether they’ve seen it before or they haven’t, is an introduction to a new sport that is absolutely in the last 10 years off the map.”

ERIC SHANKS ON FUELTV’S UFC COMING OUT PARTY – “It’s pretty obvious that we need to introduce the world to the UFC on FUEL.  We need to let people know that FUEL is going to be one of the FOX homes for the UFC.  It’s a coming out party for the UFC on FOX and it’s a coming out party for FUEL doing the UFC as well.  It’s a way to raise awareness for FUEL.”

 

DATE	TIME	EVENT	NET
Friday, Nov. 11	7:00 PM ET	UFC VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS WEIGH-IN LIVE	FUEL TV
Friday, Nov. 11	7:00 PM ET	CAIN VELASQUEZ: BROWN PRIDE – 3	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	3:00 PM ET	CAIN VELASQUEZ: BROWN PRIDE – 1	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	4:00 PM ET	CAIN VELASQUEZ: BROWN PRIDE – 2	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	5:00 PM ET	CAIN VELASQUEZ: BROWN PRIDE – 3	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	5:30 PM ET	UFC VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS WEIGH-IN (re-air)	FUEL TV
Saturday, Nov. 12	6:00 PM ET	UFC Primetime (re-air)	FUEL TV
Saturday, Nov. 12	6:00 PM ET	UFC LO MEJOR (Cain Velasquez vs. Brock Lesnar)	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	7:00 PM ET	Preliminary Fights	FOX Deportes
Saturday, Nov. 12	7:00 PM ET	VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS PREFIGHT SPECIAL LIVE	FUEL TV
Saturday, Nov. 12	9:00 PM ET	UFC ON FOX HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT – VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS	FOX
Saturday, Nov. 12	10:00 PM ET	UFC ON FUEL TV: VELASQUEZ VS. DOS SANTOS POSTFIGHT SPECIAL LIVE	FUEL TV

 

 

GAME                                                                                     PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST/SIDELINE                COV.                       TIME 

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons                        Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston                           65%                       1:00PM

                                                                                                & Tony Siragusa

Georgia Dome – Atlanta, GA

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Houston, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tulsa, West Palm Beach

 

Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles                    Dick Stockton, John Lynch                               14%                       1:00PM 

                                                                                                & Jennifer Hale

Lincoln Financial Field– Philadelphia, PA

MARKETS INCLUDE: Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix

 

St. Louis Rams at Cleveland Browns                            Ron Pitts, Jim Mora                                            6%                         1:00PM 

                                                                                                & Drea Avent

Cleveland Browns Stadium – Cleveland, OH

MARKETS INCLUDE: Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Oklahoma City, St. Louis

 

Washington Redskins at Miami Dolphins                    Chris Myers, Tim Ryan                                       5%                         1:00PM 

                                                                                                & Jaime Maggio

Sun Life Stadium – Miami, FL

MARKETS INCLUDE: Baltimore, Buffalo, Norfolk, Richmond, Washington

 

New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers                    Joe Buck, Troy Aikman                                     70%                        4:15PM

                                                                                                & Pam Oliver

Candlestick Park – San Francisco, CA

MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Dallas, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach

 

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears                                       Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick                      28%                        4:15PM

                                                                                                & Laura Okmin

Soldier Field – Chicago, IL

MARKETS INCLUDE: Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, Phoenix, St. Louis

 

 

FALCONS QB MATT RYAN WEIGHS IN ON JULIO JONES’ BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE ON THE AFTER PARTY WITH JAY GLAZER – The week’s After Party with NFL on FOX Insider Jay Glazer features appearances by Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, Jets linebacker Bart Scott and Cowboys rookie running back DeMarco Murray.  Ryan talks about the emergence of rookie wide receiver Julio Jones and his breakout game against the Colts: “We knew he was going to make plays.  We see it from him every day in practice and this is really the first time in the game that he has had those explosive plays that we all expect from him.”  Scott tackles the importance of the upcoming rivalry game with the New England Patriots and Murray makes his pick for Saturday’s UFC Heavyweight Championship Fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos: “I’m definitely going with Cain.  He’s a huge guy, a powerful guy.  I’m definitely looking for him to get a knock out this weekend.”

 

To view this week’s episode, visit: http://msn.foxsports.com/video/shows/afterparty

 

 

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