Bjorn Rebney recently spoke with HispanicBusiness.com about his nascent MMA promotion, Bellator Fighting Championships. The article goes into detail about Bellator’s unique ability to reach the Hispanic market, noting “Currently 30 fighters have signed up with Bellator and 60 percent of them count Spanish as their first language.” Rebney and his group did market research […]
Archives for January 2009
Rovell Talks Affliction With Donald Trump Jr.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell sat down with Donald Trump Jr to talk about his family’s involvement with the Affliction group. You can check out video here. Darren: Some people say that mixed martial arts is not a business. That it’s UFC and everything else. Maybe like wrestling and WWE and everything else. Dana White, the president […]
Affliction Teams With Ustream For Online Barker Channel
Live TV : Ustream Pretty interesting concept, Affliction is streaming live and taped footage the next two days leading up to their PPV. Included will be interviews at the hotel, live coverage of the weigh-ins, and behind the scenes looks live during the PPV. Justin.tv and Ustream both are seeing increasing traffic with a myriad […]
Promoter’s Spotlight: Roy Englrebrecht (Part 2)
Affliction and M1-Global Endeavours The transition from boxing into MMA proved to be a great career move for Englebrecht as his promotional experience caught the attention of some rather big players on the MMA scene. In 2008, Affliction Entertainment, solicited help from Englebrecht in promoting their first show at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. […]
XFC Seeks Fighters and Businessmen in Tennessee
With the First Pro MMA Fight Card in Tennessee History – XFC 7: “School of Hard Knox” – Coming to Knoxville’s Thompson-Boling Arena on February 20, XFC Plans to Open MMA Gym Franchises throughout Tennessee – and the Rest of America Knoxville, TN: Professional boxing has existed for hundreds of years. Baseball’s history goes back […]