The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery drew 308,000 viewers on Showtime last Saturday, which marks a 40% drop from the last time the promotion ran a big show on the network (January 30th – Strikeforce: Miami). This past weekend’s “Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery” event, which featured the long-awaited return of […]
Archives for May 2010
Commission Cancels Shine Fights Due to Safety, Financial Concerns
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly is reporting that last weekend’s Shine Fights 3: World’s Collide was canceled not because the main event was nixed by a court injunction, but because Shine Fights failed to both ensure a doctor was present at the event and that all purse money was paid to the commission in advance of […]
Blue Book Update
UFC PPV Coming to Roku Player
The UFC has announced a new, multi-year distribution deal with streaming content provider Roku, which will allow its 500,000 subscribers to purchase UFC PPV events starting with UFC 114 on May 29th. UFC® FIGHTS LIVE ON ROKU STARTING WITH UFC 114: RAMPAGE vs EVANS Las Vegas, NV (USA) – For the first time ever, […]
Interview with THQ’s Colin Mack
MMAPayout.com recently sat down with Colin Mack, GM of Fighting Games at THQ, to talk the business of MMA video games in anticipation of THQ’s May 25th release date for UFC Undisputed 2010. 1.) Last year the game seemed to be a prominent component of the push to market UFC 100. How closely has THQ […]