UFC Fight Night Krakow and UFC Fight Night Berlin to air on free-to-air in UK and Ireland

The UFC announced today that UK and Irish fans will be able to watch about UFC Fight Night Krakow and UFC Fight Night Berlin on PICK, a free-to-air digitial entertainment channel.

PICK will broadcast UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2 and UFC Fight Night Berlin which will be available to view on Sky (152), Freeview (11) Freesat (144) and Virgin Media (123) and UPC CH 133 in Ireland.

UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2, which will take place in Krakow, Poland on April 11, will be broadcast from 23:00 in the UK on PICK.Also on the card is a bout between London born and bred light heavyweight Jimi ‘ Poster Boy’ Manuwa and Polish star Jan Blachowicz.

Scottish strawweight athlete Joanne ‘Badmofo Jojo’ Calderwood, who lives and trains in Glasgow, will face Maryna ‘The Iron Women’ Moroz, from Ukraine.  JoJo has a 9-0 professional record with some notable victories and will be looking to notch another win to catapult her into title contention.

UFC Fight Night Berlin, which is set for June 20 in Berlin, Germany, will air at 11pm in the UK. The event will go on sale on April 24.

David Allen, Senior Vice President and General Manager UFC EMEA, said: “We’re thrilled that PICK have secured the rights to these events and that, through them, fans in the UK and Ireland can watch two amazing UFC events via free to air TV.” This is an exciting partnership and continues to expand the reach of our programming to new audiences.

Stephen Ladlow, Director of PICK, said: “We are delighted to be able to broadcast these two thrilling UFC Fight Nights from Krakow and Berlin exclusively in the UK. We know our Saturday night PICK viewers enjoy high octane exciting new content and we are proud to be expanding our offering with this type of programming. These fights will be an evening of unmissable edge-of-the seat action.”