A few weeks ago MMAPayout.com examined how Anderson Silva might avoid the “champion’s clause” in his UFC contract in order to seek the oft-rumoured boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. While Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, has since cleared the air with regards to Silva’s intentions, the situation nonetheless has provided an opportunity to shed more light on the champion’s clause […]
MMA Business Week (8/31-9/4)
Recapping some of this week’s stories that we didn’t cover for one reason or another. Payout Perspective: There are two sides to every story and the latest on the DirecTV-Versus impasse indicates that it’s about more than just fees. DirecTV attempted to move Versus to another tier in its programming, which would have taken Versus off […]
UFC Lobbying for Criminal Code Changes at Federal Level in Canada
The Canadian Press have divulged an interesting piece of news today, relaying that the UFC has hired former Ontario premier David Peterson to help lobby the Canadian government to amend Section 83 of the Canadian Criminal Code to include mixed martial arts as an acceptable, legal form of prizefighting. The UFC has turned to some […]
Bellator Season 2 Delay to be Costly?
In an interview with MMAFanhouse this week, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney took the time to discuss the delay of Bellator’s next season and his plans for a third season set to follow later in 2010: Payout Perspective: The delay between Season 1 and Season 2 sort of begs the question, might Bellator lose some of […]
WAMMA’s September Rankings
The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts – WAMMA – has re-emerged from MMA’s graveyard in recent weeks to make a series of announcements related to new business partnerships and staff restructuring. Then the organizaiton took another step forward on Monday in announcing their latest series of MMA rankings. Below is an abridged copy of their […]