Ovince St. Pierre will replace the injured Daniel Cormier and will face Jon Jones at UFC 197 for the “interim” Light Heavyweight title. Dana White made the announcement on ESPN on Saturday afternoon. The news that Cormier was injured surfaced on Friday night and the UFC was quick to replace the current Light Heavyweight champion […]
Archives for April 2016
Cormier out of UFC 197 with injury
Multiple sources have reported that Daniel Cormier is injured and will be out of UFC 197 against Jon Jones. Although reported on April 1st, it appears that this news is not a joke. With the Cormier-Jones fight out for UFC 197, it appears that Demetrious Johnson-Henry Cejudo should be the headliner. The UFC has not […]
WWE and Snapchat announce multiyear partnership
Variety reports that World Wrestling Entertainment and Snapchat have signed a multiyear deal that will start this Sunday at Wrestlemania. The image messaging app will produce and distribute Live Stories from Wrestlemania and other events. According to Variety, “WWE fans will be able to contribute video and photos that will be curated and packaged by […]
WSOF set to acquire NY-based MMA World Expo
The World Series of Fighting has announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the New York City-based MMA World Expo. The organization said that it plans to stage a series of bouts at the Javits Center in Manhattan this December. Via WSOF press release: “This is a very exciting and momentous […]
Spike announces “Fighters First” initiative
Spike TV announced that it is launching a new marketing campaign around the network’s sports programming. The campaign dubbed, “Fighters First” seeks to promote the fighters as individual brands. It can be viewed as a slight at the UFC which has shown its brand is bigger than its fighters, the campaign highlights the fighter in […]