UFC is pulling out all the stops for UFC 148 this Saturday including a huge ad buy for the login page of Facebook. Payout Perspective: With the daily cartoons of Silva and Sonnen, the free fights of the co-main eventers and now the Facebook ad on the front login page, the UFC is making a […]
UFC announces China Fight Night in November
The UFC will be heading to China as it officially announced that it will hold a Fight Night Saturday, November 10th at the Venetian Macau Resort and Hotel off of the mainland of China. The Fight Night event will air on Fuel TV according to the UFC press release. In addition, November 10th is the […]
UFC offers free fights from Silva, Sonnen, Ortiz and Griffin
In lead-up to this week’s much-anticipated UFC 148, the UFC has released previous PPV fights of Tito Ortiz, Forrest Griffin, Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen. The videos are for free and show some of the best of each of the main eventers. MMA Junkie has the videos on its site. The fights include: Anderson Silva […]
Boxing returns to network TV
The Sports Business Journal reports that NBC will bring back boxing to network television this December. The return to network television comes at the same time as NBC renewed its “Fight Night” series for two years. Via SBJ (subscription required): The deal with promoter Main Events calls for at least eight dates on NBC Sports […]
Jones, Silva and Barboza nominated for ESPYs
Sherdog.com reports that Anderson Silva nad Jon Jones have received ESPY Nominations for Fighter of the Year. In addition, Edson Barboza received a nomination for “Best Play” for his spinning wheel kick at UFC 142. Both Jones and Silva have been nominated in the category in the past and will compete against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. […]