MMA Junkie reports that Anderson Silva has signed a 10 fight contract with the UFC. Silva claims that he requested a 4 fight contract. Dana White claims Silva, 38, requested the 10 fight deal. Regardless, the deal will take Silva into his 40s based on his schedule of taking a couple fights per year. No […]
Froch-Kessler score for HBO Boxing
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports (via HBO Boxing) that last Saturday’s fight between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler drew a total of 1,070,000 viewers in two showings. As the fight was aired live from England, it was shown at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT and then again at 10pm PDT/EDT . It received 493K for the live event […]
Olympic Wrestling Makes Final 3
SB Nation’s Luke Thomas reported via twitter that Olympic Wrestling was selected by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board as one of three sports that may be included in the 2020 Olympic Games. Baseball/Softball and Squash were the other two. In September, the full 100 member IOC will vote on which sport to include in […]
Pretorian Hard Sports No Longer Approved UFC Sponsor
The UFC decided MMA equipment company Pretorian Hard Sports will no longer be an approved sponsor of the UFC. John Morgan of MMA Junkie revealed the news via his twitter this week. A memo was circulated to agents of fighters but no reason was given for the sudden development. The move comes as a surprise […]
UFC brokers new TV deal
MMA Junkie reports that the UFC has a new television deal with Televisa Networks which will give it an exclusive distribution agreement to air UFC programming in 20 Spanish speaking countries in Latin America. A subscription channel with UFC content will be available later in the year. Additionally, Four events will be shown live on […]