The issue of piracy in MMA has been brought to the forefront by Lorenzo Fertitta in recent weeks as he and the UFC attempt to crackdown on various forms of illegal copying and redistribution of UFC events. It makes a lot of sense not just to talk about piracy and bemoan the fact that it […]
Eighteen UFC Fighters Making Million+
In a recent article with Mike Sager of Esquire Magazine, Dana White estimates that 18 fighters make more than a million dollars in the UFC: White estimates that eighteen of his ultimate fighters earn in the millions per annum. Many others make in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. New guys make fifty to seventy-five, […]
WEC Signs AMP as Official Energy Drink
With WEC 46 set to air live on Versus Sunday evening, the WEC announced Friday that it has signed AMP Energy Drink as its official energy drink: WEC® ANNOUNCES AMP ENERGY AS OFFICIAL ENERGY DRINK Las Vegas, NV (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today that AMP Energy will serve as the organization’s Official […]
Couture: GSP Moving to Wrestling Overblown
The Las Vegas Sun has a great short clip featuring Randy Couture where he shares part of the recent conversation he had with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre regarding his rumored move to Olympic Wrestling. Payout Perspective: In recent days the GSP-wrestling talk has really been heating up in Canada. The feeling is that GSP […]
Report: Zuffa Sells Stake to Sheikh Tahnoon of Abu Dhabi
Cory Brady of FiveOuncesOfPain breaks the news that Zuffa has sold a minority stake to Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan: FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently received reports from multiple sources extremely close to the situation indicating that the UFC has recently sold a minority percentage of the company to Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son […]