In an interview with South Korean MMA web site, CorMMA, Featherweight challenger Chan Sung Jung said he will be making $20,000 to show and $20,000 to win in his upcoming fight with Jose Aldo on Saturday, August 3rd. Jung aka The Korean Zombie was a replacement for Anthony Pettis who was injured. The Korean Zombie’s pay highlights the […]
MMA still not legal in France
ESPN UK reports that the French Sports Ministry will continue its ban on mixed martial arts. Despite lobbying efforts by Zuffa which had identified the country as a “massive opportunity” the country has decided to maintain its ban. Showing that lobbying efforts have not shaped or change perceptions of MMA, the president of the Women’s […]
White blasts SI on fight fix discussion
Last week Dana White responded to an SI Roundtable chat which discussed whether or not the Anderson Silva-Chris Weidman match was fixed. The SI Roundtable is an example of what we like and hate about perceptions of MMA. In what has become usual for talking heads, the SI Roundtable featured four writers discussing different topics […]
UFC Primetime Specials for UFC 166, 167 and 168
LA Times features Roy Englebrecht
The Los Angeles Times had a feature story on local Southern California promoter Roy Englebrecht. The story highlights his career in the fight game and how things have changed with the sport of mixed martial arts. After a career of promoting boxing fights, Englebrecht stumbled upon an MMA show in 2004 and realized that it […]