Pedro Carassco of BJPenn.com is reporting that Tapout has nixed a potential signature t-shirt deal with Fedor Emelianenko for his fight against Fabricio Werdum allegedly because the UFC threatened the popular MMA clothing line with a lifetime ban from its Octagon if it went through with the deal. Initially, Fedor Emelianenko, the number one heavyweight […]
UFC 115 Payouts
The disclosed payouts have been released by the Vancouver Athletic Commission for UFC 115 and Chuck Liddell leads the way in purse with $500,000 for his show fee. In total, over $1.2 million was paid out in disclosed money. Courtesy of MMAWeekly.com: MAIN CARD FIGHTERS: -Rich Franklin: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Chuck Liddell: […]
Top Rank’s Todd DuBoef Poised to Lead Boxing
Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut Boxing News has written a great article on Top Rank President, Todd DuBoef, in which he discusses DuBoef’s start in the business, rise to power, and some of the things that set him apart from other boxing promoters. The article is quite lengthy, so I’ll just post a snippet here. To […]
WEC 49 Ratings: 324,000 Viewers (Updated)
The Staff at MMAJunkie have revised their report stating that WEC 49 garnered an average audience of 244,000. The official numbers have been reported as 324,000 on the average with a peak of 528,000. However, initial reports of an average audience of just 244,000 viewers have since been revised, and industry sources have indicated to […]
WWE and YouTube Enter Partnership
The WWE has announced a multi-year partnership with YouTube that will make full episodes of WWE content available on the popular video sharing website. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. and YouTube announced today a multi-year partnership that will make full episodes of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and ECW available at WWE’s official […]