Yesterday, HDNet and the Maximum Fighting Championship officially renewed their partnership with a six-event television distribution contract that will take both companies through to the end of 2011. The Maximum Fighting Championship will remain a frontrunner in showcasing live mixed martial arts to a massive international audience with a new six-event contract teamed with broadcast […]
Archives for July 2010
Predicting the Business of UFC 117
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly reports on yesterday’s UFC 117 media conference call in which Chael Sonnen tore into Anderson Silva yet again. In one of the most memorable conference calls since Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson took over the UFC 114 call a few months ago, Sonnen let everyone know how he felt about […]
Strikeforce: Sarah Kaufman vs Roxanne Modafferi Build Up and Aftermath
MMAFighting and E. Casey Leydon from AllElbows collaborated on a three-part behind-the-scenes series featuring this past weekends title bout participants between Strikeforce 135 lbs champ Sarah Kaufman and #1 contender Roxanne Modafferri. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: ESPN Features Sarah Kaufman’s Slam as the #4 “Top 10 Play of the Weekend”: MMAPayout Perspective: As […]
Strikeforce Challengers 9: 197,000 Viewers
The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that Strikeforce Challengers 9 drew 197,000 viewers on Friday, July 23, but peaked at 254,000 for the night’s co-main event between Sarah Kaufman and Roxanne Modafferi. Ratings for this past weekend’s Showtime-televised Strikeforce Challengers 9 event proved solid as the show averaged an audience of 197,000 viewers, an industry […]
SBJ Profiles UFC’s Tom Wright
This week’s Sports Business Journal uses its industry spotlight feature to profile the UFC’s new Director of Canadian Operations, Tom Wright. In trying to secure regulation and sanctioning in Canada, is there an order of provinces or some provinces that are top priority? No. 1 would be Ontario, where Toronto is located. We are working […]