Strikeforce and Showtime announced today during an open workout for Fedor Emelianenko that his next opponent will indeed be Brett Rogers (10-0). While no date has been set, most are speculating that the fight will likely take place in November. Payout Perspective: Just a short note here, the addition of Fedor vs. Rogers to a possible November […]
WAMMA Names Andrew Falzon New Rankings Chair
Today, WAMMA announced that Andrew Falzon, a respected member of the MMA media and occasional contributor here at MMAPayout.com, will be heading up the organization’s new rankings committee. Congratulations Andrew! NEW YORK (August 25th, 2009) – The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts (WAMMA) today announces that Andrew Falzon will serve as chair of the rankings […]
UFC 101 Buyrate Likely to Exceed Expectations
Dave Meltzer writes in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer that final UFC 101 buyrate figures may be set to exceed the predictions of just about everyone in the industry, including MMAPayout.com: Last week’s early estimates of UFC 101 have been confirmed. We’ve had three different systems of six we’ve gotten reports on real numbers […]
TV Sports Advertising Marketplace Slow in 2010
John Ourand and Tripp Mickle of Portfolio.com have written a telling piece on the state of the television sports advertising marketplace, indicating that sales are down and significant amounts of inventory remain for high-profile events such as the Olympics and Superbowl: Wall Street may be showing signs of life with an unsteady bull market, but such […]
Critics of Women’s MMA Humbled, Unanswered Questions Remain
Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer has indicated that last week’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event was exceptionally popular: garnering the most searched items on Yahoo! and Google, breaking Showtime ratings records, and breaking Yahoo! Sports MMA hits records. Note: Wrestling Observer content requires a low, monthly based subscription fee to access the content in its entirety – it’s a […]