MMA Payout had the opportunity to speak with Victor Cui, the CEO of ONE Fighting Championship. Cui talked about the growth potential for Asian MMA, growth opportunities and sponsorships. Since officially launching the company in 2011, it has become the #1 MMA sports organization in Asia. It recently conducted a summit meeting of major players […]
Mayweather-Pacquiao top Forbes list
Forbes Magazine released its annual top 100 highest-paid athletes. Notably, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao top the list at 1 and 2. No MMA athletes made the list. Mayweather made $85 million according to Forbes from June 2011 to June 2012. During this time, Mayweather fought twice (Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto). Pacquiao made […]
International Fight Week coming pre-UFC 148
The UFC sent out a press release on Monday announcing International Fight Week taking place July 3rd through July 7th. The week is in partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and will include the UFC Fan Expo. Via UFC press release: International Fight Week will be the ultimate week-long experience for UFC […]
TUF Live going to back to tape
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported last week that TUF would no longer be live. The decision comes in part due to time overruns, the inability to develop storylines and ratings The live format was supposed to attract viewers with live fights. However, the ratings revealed the lowest ratings of the series. White was quoted […]
The Wrestling Post: WWE Twitter partnership and a new strategy for its studios
In this week’s wrestling post we take a look at WWE Studios and its partnership with Twitter to deliver expanded tweets. WWE becomes Twitter partner Earlier this week it was announced that the WWE and Twitter have entered into a partnership in which it would enable the WWE to embed content previews, view images, play […]