MMAPayout.com has updated its latest numbers on PPV trends, and there remains a significant gap of just over 200,000 buys between PPVs with title events and those without. I’m not sure this comes as a surprise to anyone; it’s pretty intuitive and it’s something we’ve commented on numerous times before. However, you may be interested […]
Hispanic Interest in MMA Growing
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer talks about the dim prospect of the Lesnar-Velasquez title fight happening in Mexico (now scheduled for October in Anaheim, CA), but mentions the UFC’s exploding popularity in the country. White spoke of wanting to do a show in Mexico City, but didn’t know if the timing would work out […]
Interview with AMP Energy’s Pat Santangelo
AMP Energy unveiled its Hometown Takedown contest in May to the delight of MMA fans throughout the United States. MMAPayout covered the activation piece shortly thereafter, but today we’re providing a follow-up in the form of an exclusive interview with AMP Energy’s Pat Santangelo. Why did AMP decide to become a WEC sponsor and what […]
Social Media Following: UFC and Other Pro Sports
Sergio Non and Haley Blum of USA Today take a quick look at how the UFC stacks up to other professional sports leagues based on Facebook and Twitter. Fighting Stances took a look at the number of fans for the official Facebook pages of several sports entities: Sports entity Facebook followers NBA 3,180,826 UFC 2,269,450 […]
Golden Boy Coming to Brooklyn
Don Muret of the Sports Business Journal is reporting that Golden Boy has signed a deal with with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment to host a series of fight events at the new Barclay’s Arena slated to open in 2012. Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment has signed a three-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions to book 12 […]