After last weekend’s Strikeforce Houston event, Strikeforce and Showtime announced a couple of matches for their October 9th event in San Jose. Marloes Coenen versus Sarah Kaufman (Women’s 135 lbs title) and Matt Lindland vs Luke Rockhold. They also stated that Nick Diaz would be the headliner, but were not able to announce his opponent […]
Archives for August 2010
UFC 118: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn II, which was held at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, August 28th, 2010. Edgar Stymies Penn, Maynard Awaits Frankie Edgar proved that UFC 112 was not a fluke with his dominating […]
UFC: Mark Fischer to Head UFC Asia
Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta announced at the UFC 118 post-fight press conference that Mark Fischer has been hired as Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of UFC Asia. A sports industry veteran, Fischer has spent the past 20 years working in Asia. Most recently, in 2009, he founded Sports & Entertainment Asia Ltd (SEA), which […]
Strikeforce Houston Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the Showtime event headlined by newly crowned LHW Champ King Mo, as he makes his first title defense against Brazilian top prospect Rafael “Feijao”. The event took place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and featured 4 fights (2 […]
WEC 50: $275,340 Gate
The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez earned $275,340 at the gate on the strength of 1,861 in attendance. This month’s WEC 50 event officially drew an attendance of 1,861 and a live gate of $275,340. …. Of the 1,861 attendees, 371 received complimentary tickets. The average paid-ticket […]