MMAPayout had the opportunity to interview Vice President of Fight Operations for ProElite T. Jay Thompson. He spoke to us about the August 27 event, his goals for the promotion, and what we can expect from ProElite going forward. ProElite hosted it’s first MMA event, which was televised on Showtime, back in February of 2007. […]
Archives for July 2011
UFC 131 salaries: JDS tops list
MMA Junkie reports the release of fighter salaries from UFC 131 in Vancouver. Notably, Junior dos Santos tops the lists of fighters with $200K for his main event win over Shane Carwin. Via MMA Junkie: Junior Dos Santos: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000 Kenny Florian: $130,000 ($65,000 win bonus) def. Diego […]
Kenny Powers, Faber and Jones in K-Swiss commercial
The latest K-Swiss/Kenny Powers commercial features Urijah Faber and Jon Jones as part of the K-Swiss team. In addition to Faber and Jones, other K-Swiss athletes join Powers in a funny ad for the brand. The premise of the commercial has Powers as the CEO of the company and he appoints different K-Swiss athletes to […]
Sponsor to provide walkout music for Diaz at UFC 137
MMA Weekly reports that Team Cesar Gracie has entered into a deal with Coalition Fight Music (CFM) to provide walkout music for Nick Diaz in his fight against GSP at UFC 137. The deal has CFM providing walkout music for any fighter under Team Cesar Gracie starting with Diaz as he challenges GSP for the […]
SafeAuto Insurance commercial features Clay Guida
Clay Guida is featured in a SafeAuto Insurance television commercial. Guida, playing himself, “convinces” an uninsured driver sign up for SafeAuto. (H/t: MMA Mania) Payout Perspective: Its been a pretty big year for SafeAuto Insurance in its first year of sponsoring fighters in the UFC as well as its signage making appearances in the […]