Greg Ferenstein over at Mashable.com has written a very interesting piece detailing how the UFC uses social media, in particular Twitter, to communicate directly with its fans. He covers everything from the UFC’s social media boot camp, to Dana White’s rather candid approach to tweeting, and the unquantifiable power of Twitter. Payout Perspective: Most people […]
UFC 115: Judge and Referee Assignment
Jordan Breen of Sherdog.com has an interesting piece up on the website that discloses the judging and officiating assignments for Saturday’s UFC PPV event in Vancouver, British Columbia. Herb Dean will referee Saturday’s night main event between former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin in Vancouver, British Columbia, […]
St-Pierre, Koscheck Support Olympic Drug Testing
John Morgan of MMAJunkie reports on desire of both Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck to endure Olympic-style drug testing prior to their championship fight tentatively scheduled for December 11th. At Monday’s “The Ultimate Fighter 12” media day at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas, opposing coaches Georges St-Pierre (20-2 MMA, 14-2 UFC) and Josh […]
The Striking Truth
Bobby Razak and Steven Wong are at it again with another excellent forthcoming documentary on mixed martial arts entitled The Striking Truth – be sure to check out the trailer below: The Striking Truth Trailer from Bobby Razak on Vimeo. Payout Perspective: Kudos to Razak, Wong, and Tapout Films for putting together yet another film […]
MMA Bill Moving Forward in NY
Paul Grondahl of the Times Union is reporting that a bill supporting MMA passed through New York’s Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development Committee last week with a 12-9 vote. The same bill had passed in the same committee last year (14-6), but was returned after it stalled due to inaction – lawmakers simply ran […]