The Sports Business Journal reports that the UFC is angling to ask potential buyers for $450 million per year over 10 years in its next round of media rights fees. The company’s current deal, which ends at the end of 2018 is for $115 million for 7 years. The article also states that the deal […]
Industry re-defining annoucement involving GSP, Rebney coming Wednesday
A press release sent out Monday indicates that there will be a major MMA announcement this week. Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez, T.J. Dillashaw, Donald Cerrone, Tim Kennedy and former MMA promoter Bjorn Rebney are linked to an “industry re-defining” announcement on Wednesday. A conference call Wednesday afternoon will reveal the details of the announcement. The […]
UFC Fight Night 101 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 101 drew 13,721 for a live gate of $2.2 million Australian dollars from Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. In addition, Robert Whittaker scored a double bonus on Saturday night. It was the second event in Melbourne as the first event was last November’s UFC 193: Rousey v. Holm. It was the […]
Holloway-Pettis head UFC 206 for interim title
MMA Fighting reports that the new main event for UFC 206 will be Max Holloway versus Anthony Pettis for the interim featherweight title. The news brings an eventual shakeup in the UFC featherweight division. Conor McGregor is the current featherweight and lightweight champion having won the lightweight title earlier this month in New York. However, […]