The UFC announced earlier this week at its Fighter Summit that it would provide UFC and Strikeforce fighters a formal policy concerning Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) and other banned substances. Via UFC press release: Lawrence Epstein, the company’s Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, explained the written policy is a continuation of existing policy, and that […]
GSP stars in Google commercial
Is MMA helping or hurting amateur wrestling?
The San Jose Mercury News ran a piece on how MMA has hurt amateur wrestling. The article looks at how many promising wrestlers are turning to MMA as it has a financial future. The article interviews Mark Munoz about the difficulty he had trying to make ends meet financially after his amateur wrestling career. Munoz was […]
UFC on Fuel 4 ratings, attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports UFC on Fuel 4 garnered a viewer average of 211,000 last night with it peaking at 300,000 as fans saw a new challenger rise in the middleweight division. In addition, the event had a modest 4,250 in attendance for a gate of $163,495. In addition to the ratings, attendance and gate, bonuses […]
US Army sports sponsorships left off of 2013 budget
The USA Today reports that the U.S. Army is pulling out of NASCAR sponsorships in 2013. A bi-partisan bill which excluding sports sponsorships from the military budget was passed on Tuesday. The Army spent $8.4 million on NASCAR sponsorship alone for 2012. Opponents of sports sponsorship cite the lack of the return on investment of […]