As talent emerges from various MMA promotions, fans are beginning to realize that top fighters exist outside of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While the popularity and pervasiveness of MMA skyrockets, will the cries of fans grow loud enough to persuade UFC management into acquiring other fighters? With a limited amount of intriguing fights on the […]
Archives for January 2009
Mainstream Appeal of MMA Becomes Apparent At CES
Las Vegas – The long hard road that leads to the mainstream acceptance of mixed martial arts has seemingly been becoming much easier of late, whether it be a Microsoft commercial featuring Rashad Evans or video game’s featuring Randy Couture and Gina Carrano, the sport is fast becoming acceptable where before it was once dismissed […]
MFC & Gamma Labs Sign Sponsorship Agreement
The Maximum Fighting Championship is pleased to announce that it has agreed to a one-year sponsorship deal with New York-based Gamma Labs – a world leader in natural dietary supplements. Gamma Labs manufactures Gamma-O, the #1 all natural testosterone booster. Gamma-O will now become the official supplement of the MFC which joins an exclusive list […]
Round 5 MMA: New Series April ’09
Round 5 MMA, the subject of a previous MMAPayout Industry Spotlight, is back at it again with another line-up of figurines that will be available for purchase this April. Round 5, as many may recall, is starting to make a name for itself as a very fighter-friendly entity; paying its licensors 4-5 times the toy […]
Promoter’s Spotlight: Roy Englebrecht (Part 1)
Since I started this series, I’ve spoken with two very talented and experienced promoters in Mark Pavelich and Monte Cox – both of whom champion rather large MMA promotions on the national scale – and I hope to speak with many more. Today, however, it’s time to give one of the small promotions a look, […]