FIGHTER OF THE YEAR – GEORGES ST-PIERRE St-Pierre had an incredible 2009 both in and outside of the Octagon. The UFC’s welterweight champion improved his record to 19-2 and established himself as a top sporting attraction with convincing victories over BJ Penn and Thiago Alves at UFC 94 and UFC 100, respectively. He also broke barriers for the sport of mixed […]
Bellator CEO Rebney Talks MMA vs. Boxing
Jonathon Snowden of Heavy.com has done a piece with Bjorn Rebney that looks at some of the differences between MMA and boxing in terms of business, demographic, and the overall nature of both sports: Like Gary Shaw and others around the country, Rebney is a boxing guy newly converted to MMA. There is an important […]
Zuffa Lobbyists Successful in Reaching Canadian Officials
Glen McGregor of the CanWest News Service writes that an Ottawa Citizen analysis of communications reports filed by lobbyists in Canada shows that groups working on behalf of Zuffa have been quite successful in reaching Canadian government officials. An Ottawa Citizen analysis of communications reports filed by registered lobbyists shows that, on average, about seven times […]
WEC Looking at Reality Show
Jeff Cain of MMAWeekly reports that the WEC is still looking at doing a reality TV show in the future and 2010 could possibly be the year. MMAWeekly.com first broke the news that World Extreme Cagefighting was planning a reality show loosely based on the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” in November 2008. It’s been 14 […]
UFC 108: 255,000-270,000 Buys
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reports that UFC 108 is in fact down from early estimates of 330,000 PPV buys to a trend somewhere near the range of 255,000 to 270,000. Current trending patterns for UFC 108 are at this point looking like 255,000 to 270,000 buys, which if those numbers end up accurate, […]