Lance Pugmire of the LA Times tweeted that Ronda Rousey will be making less of a guaranteed purse than Cat Zingano at UFC 184. However, with her PPV cut and deals with official UFC sponsors, Rousey will clear $1 million on Saturday. According to tweets from Pugmire, Rousey will make $65K to show and $65K […]
Koscheck gives opinion on fighter union
During the press functions leading up to UFC 184 this Saturday, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani interviewed Josh Koscheck. He indicated that there should be a fighter’s union. “There’s no 401K at the end of the day,” said Koscheck during the interview. Koscheck, recognizing the end of his fight career is near, gave his perspective on […]
Slice-Shamrock scheduled for June Bellator MMA event on Spike TV
MMA Junkie reports that Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson will finally meet Ken Shamrock as part of a Bellator card slated for June 20th at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The show will headline a Spike TV televised main card. As MMA Junkie points out, the Bellator event will take place on the same day […]
WWE-Lesnar contract negotiations stall
Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting reports that Brock Lesnar and the WWE have stalled in negotiations on a new contract. The former UFC heavyweight champ could be heading back to MMA with either Bellator or the UFC. Lesnar was advertised to appear on this week’s WWE Raw on Monday but never appeared despite being at […]
UFC-DraftKings announce sponsorship deal
The Sports Business Daily reports that fantasy sports operator DraftKings has signed an exclusive partnership with the UFC. The deal, which was rumored to occur earlier this month now makes DraftKings an official sponsor of the UFC. The deal will include “offline and online branding assets for DraftKings” including “in-octagon signage” (which we’ve already seen) […]