Perhaps the only thing hotter than a cageside ticket for a UFC event is a media credential. The UFC’s credentialing policy, and its media strategy generally, has been a source of controversy among journalists for sometime. Los Angles Times blogger Richard Abowitz went public with his complaints about the company’s credentialing policy after being denied […]
Archives for May 2008
ESPN: MMA Live, 2nd Edition
ESPN.com published the second edition of its online mixed martial arts news show, MMA Live, this past Thursday. Though the show briefly touched on the three International Fight League championship bouts from Mohegan Sun and the results from the Sengoku event, it mainly focused on UFC oriented news. As MMAPayout.com previously reported, the UFC lobbied […]
CBS/ EliteXC Broadcasters’ Conference Call
Listen in as MMAPayout.com’s Andrew Falzon interviews CBS broadcaster Gus Johnson, play-by-play, and Frank Shamrock, color commentator. (Unfortunately, Mauro Ranallo had to excuse himself at this point in the call, as he had to do his radio show for The Fight Network.) Click here to download and listen. EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Fightlinker.com for audio […]
Objective/ Analysis: CBS’s EliteXC Broadcast Team
PHOTO: (Left to Right) – David Dinkins, Jr., Executive Producer; Karyn Bryant, Cageside Reporter; Gus Johnson, Play-by-Play; Frank Shamrock, Color Commentator; Mauro Ranallo, Color Commentator (Courtesy CBS)OBJECTIVE: Yesterday the CBS broadcast team that will be calling the EliteXC event on May 31st had a warm-up of sorts, fielding questions from fellow members of the media. […]