MMA Junkie reports that Alistair Overeem’s fight purse for his win at UFC 141 was paid to Overeem although initial reports had Golden Glory’s lawyers obtaining an order to garnish his wages. The problem was that a bond required to execute the garnishment order was not deposited. Thus, the order to withhold a portion of […]
UFC for XBox Live a dud in debut
Kotaku reports on the UFC on XBox Live debacle that occurred this Friday for UFC 141. There were difficulties with the system and viewers were instructed by XBox to find alternatives to watching the PPV. Bitmob has an account of the problem: Due to technical issues with the 30,000 promotional freebies Microsoft had sent out, […]
UFC 141: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we look at a special Friday night event from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada which featured Brock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem. Overeem kicks Lesnar into retirement There’s a reason why Lesnar went off as the underdog in Vegas. It was uncertain how Lesnar would […]
NY Times and LA Times feature Gina Carano
The New York Times and LA Times feature Gina Carano in its Sunday editions as she is starring in the new Steven Soderbergh movie “Haywire” The articles give a background on Carano’s upbringing and her experience in getting into MMA. Each article gives an account of her meeting with Soderbergh which occurred a week after losing to […]
11 for 11: No. 1 UFC-Fox television deal
The number one business story of the year was the UFC-Fox deal as mixed martial arts entered the mainstream with its 7 year, $90 million television rights deal. The deal was an upgrade from its $35 million a year deal with Spike TV. The longtime relationship between the UFC-Spike relationship deteriorated this year with passive […]