“Like Water,” a documentary based on Anderson Silva opens up this week at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It is a behind the scenes look at Silva before his fight with Chael Sonnen last August. Here’s the official trailer (H/t Cagewriter): Payout Perspective: It was filmmaker Pablo Croce’s first exposure into MMA and […]
Company offers “Cage Name” via phone app
A pair of Toronto MMA enthusiasts have developed an iPhone app generating possible MMA names for its users. Similar to the Jersey Shore nickname generator developed a couple years ago, the app is aims to be an entertaining app for MMA fans. Via press release: Toronto, ON (April 14, 2011) – Fans and wannabe fighters can […]
UFC Primetime: St. Pierre vs. Shields nets 610,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that the debut telecast of UFC Primetime: St. Pierre vs. Shields received 610,000 viewers. The first of three original episodes, the show accompanies The Ultimate Fighter as part of Spike TV’s Wednesday night’s lineup. Via MMA Junkie: The debut episode of “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields” earned the smallest audience to date for a first […]
TUF 13 Episode 3 ratings: 1.3 million viewers
MMA Weekly reports TUF 13 ratings for episode 3 averaged 1.3 million viewers. The numbers gave The Ultimate Fighter the top spot among cable shows in its time slot among M18-34 and M18-49. Via MMA Weekly: Three weeks into the season and TUF13 has averaged 1.33 million viewers per episode, which is down slightly from […]
Nick Diaz retiring from MMA to box?
Inside MMA has the scoop with Diaz manager Cesar Gracie who indicates that a fight with Fernando Vargas is signed. Does this mean that the Strikeforce welterweight champ is retiring from MMA? In his post-fight interviews from Saturday, Diaz talked about not getting paid enough, overworked, over-trained and possibly being suspended. The release of Strikeforce […]