With the UFC/WEC merger, Versus affirmed its commitment to MMA with a pre and post-fight show for Thursday’s WEC event. The success of the coverage will depend if the UFC continues with these shows. Versus, the exclusive home for the WEC, featured WEC live events and WEC Wreckage. Although things will change in 2011, Versus […]
Archives for November 2010
K-1 World MAX GP 2010 Final Japan Ratings
FEG held this years K-1 World MAX GP 2010 Tournament Finale in Tokyo, Japan, which aired on the Japanese network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) on November 8th. The event did a 7.6 rating on TBS, compared to the 10.7 rating it was able to pull for last year’s event. Though it is typical for MAX […]
EA Sports MMA and Sherdog Exchange Fighters set to make debut at Dec. 4th Strikeforce event
Three of the four fighters chosen in the EA Sports MMA and Sherdog.com exchange program will fight Dec. 4th. The exchange program announced at the Noons v. Diaz IIfight Oct. 9th had four young fighters train with a Strikeforce mentor and their camps. According to the Strikeforce press release, exchange trainees Fernando Bettega, Max Martytniouk and […]
Sportsnet.ca offers Canada’s first fantasy MMA game
Fightmetric’s Rami Genauer spoke with MMA Payout about Fightmetric’s involvement in creating a fantasy MMA game for Canadian sports outlet Rogers Sportsnet. Contestants pick winners from the three UFC events starting with UFC 122 on November 13 and culminating in the final match between Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 in Montreal […]
Zuffa’s Piracy Fight– Winning The Battle, But Can It Win The War?
“The piracy of live sporting events is illegal; it kills jobs, and threatens the expansion of U.S.-based companies.” Lorenzo Fertitta, CEO of Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), prepared statement before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. In a statement before the House Judiciary Committee in December 2009, […]