Welcome to this week’s edition of MMAterial Facts, where we feature articles from around the MMA community. *** This week’s MMAterial Facts: Courtesy of UFC – Nine Ways of Looking at UFC 142 (MMA Fighting) “Let’s take a minute to thank the Brazilians for being such good sports about the late start time for this event. […]
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UFC 142 vs. Tebow: who will win?
Will UFC 142 be affected by Tim Tebow? The media darling from the Denver Broncos meets Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at about the same time as UFC 142 Saturday night. The Sports Business Daily reports that Saturday night’s game between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos is expected to pull enormous […]
MTV’s “Caged” draws disappointing ratings
Variey reports that MTV’s “MMA” reality show “Caged” drew poor ratings in its debut. The show drew 619,000 viewers and only a 0.64 rating in the targeted 12-34 demographic. The series features young, small town males trying to make it in the local MMA promotion. Unbeknownst to the MMA fan hoping to watch young, up […]
XBox Live offers UFC 142 for free for spurned users
ProElite offers free tickets for dressing like Minowaman
Cagewriter reports that ProElite will offer a free ticket to any fan donning fighter Minowaman’s attire. The Japanese fighter of Pride fame usually wear’s speedo-like red trunks when he grapples. Via T. Jay Thompson’s twitter: Payout Perspective: Its a creative promotion to gain publicity for one of its top attractions for the 1/21 event as well […]