Banned by the UFC, Good4U sport and wellness beverages have entered into a sponsorship deal with Maximum Fighting Championships (MFC). MMA Payout had the opportunity to contact Good4U Managing Director Richard DeBanks about the deal. Via DeBanks: “We have signed a 3 fight deal with the Maximum Fighting Championship (mid – high 5 figures). There are […]
Archives for January 2011
UFC announces mobile, internet tv deals in Japan
The UFC announced two Japanese media deals which will expand its reach to Japan. According to the UFC, the digital media distribution deals will enable significantly wider access to a range of UFC content to Japanese MMA fans. Via UFC press release: First, UFC® officials announced a deal with TV Bank Corp. which will provide an […]
Another (much bigger) Victory For Zuffa
I have previously posted on Zuffa’s lawsuit against Bellator and Pavia — a post with earlier links is here, and, most recently posted on the Court’s denial of Bellator’s motion to stay discovery pending resolution of Bellator’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. As I noted in my most recent post: I will keep monitoring to see […]
UFC Gains Over 60,000 “Likes” On Facebook Page Over Weekend Live Stream
Last week, the UFC announced that two fights (later changed to four) on the non-televised portion of Saturday night’s Fight for the Troops event would be streamed live on its Facebook page, but as a prerequisite to watch the fights, fans had to “like” the UFC page. Since the announcement was made official by the […]
Pacquiao-Mosley set for Showtime
Late last week Dan Rafael of ESPN reported that Bob Arum, the promoter of boxer Manny Pacquiao, has signed a deal with CBS-Showtime to air the May 7th Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight. The news came as a monumental shift to the boxing world as HBO Boxing had been synonymous with big fights, Arum and the Pac Man […]