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UFC 99 "will be on TV"

Published Thursday, Jun 11 2009, 14:41 BST | By James Welsh
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UFC president Dana White has pledged to ensure UFC 99 gets to air regardless of what happens to Setanta Sports.

Having landed in Germany today ahead of Saturday night's fight at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, White tweeted: "Hang tight we will be on tv. Either Setanta or Bravo. We are working on it."

Setanta struck a multiyear deal to carry UFC exclusively on Setanta Sports 1 in 2008, having wrested the rights from Bravo.

The beleaguered pay TV broadcaster is understood to have bought more time to put together a rescue package ahead of a £30m payment to the Premier League due on Monday.

> Click here for Digital Spy's rolling Setanta coverage

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