Yesterday, Michael Rome of Bloodyelbow.com made the case for salary reform in the UFC in order to better accommodate both the fighters and the sport as a whole: It’s time for the UFC to restructure the Pay Per View percentage contracts for main event fighters. They began as a good faith way to reward fighters when […]
Archives for September 2009
UFN 19 Estimated Economic Impact
Steve Lackmeyer wrote an article for NewsOK this week that focused on the business aspects of the UFC’s impending visit to Oklahoma City on Wednesday for Ultimate Fight Night 19: Diaz vs. Guillard. The article offered the following tidbit related to UFN 19’s estimated economic impact: Laura Kriegel, director of marketing and communications at the […]
LIVE Coverage of UFC UFN 19 Weigh-ins Today at 5PM ET / 2PM PT
WEC Announces TV Agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today a television agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia. Beginning with the Oct. 10 card featuring an interim title fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, Setanta Sports will now carry all WEC events live. The agreement gives over 80,000 viewers in Australia access to the […]
UFC.com Revamped
The UFC has revamped its main website (www.ufc.com). Payout Perspective. The UFC has been remarkably successful at using the Internet to effectively communicate its message and distribute branded content, so it’s been kind of surprising to see the organization maintain such a poor website layout in the past few years. Needless to say the revamp was […]