The Score, a sports television network in Canada, has reached an agreement to televise seven World Extreme Cagefighting events next year: TORONTO, Dec. 17 /CNW/ – Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announced that it has inked an exclusive Canadian multi-platform partnership agreement with World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC(R)), one of the world’s leading mixed martial […]
Vancouver to Regulate for Two Year Trial Period
Vancouver has officially regulated the sport of mixed martial arts, but only for a trial period of two years according to various Canadian outlets. Sportsnet.ca has the latest: Vancouver city council has approved sanctioning for mixed martial arts on a two-year trial, which opens the door for the Ultimate Fighting Championship to hold an event […]
UFC on Versus: March 21st, Colorado
Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly has the latest details on the UFC’s plans to hold an event similar to the size and scale of a Fight Night in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado. The event will be broadcast live via the Versus network on March 21st, and feature a headline bout between Brandon Vera and […]
Jones Seeking Reversal of Hamill Fight Decision
Steven Marrocco of MMAWeekly has obtained a copy of the letter issued by the management of Jon Jones that seeks to have Jones’ decision loss to Matt Hamill reversed. Jones and Hamill fought December 5th on The Ultimate Fighter Finale where landed a series of illegal 12-6 elbows from the mount position that served as the […]
Piracy Still an Issue for UFC
Darren Rovell of CNBC talks about the issue of online piracy as it pertains to sports organizations like the UFC. Executives with Major League Baseball and the UFC were in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to discuss the increasing problem of live streaming of its sporting events to the Internet. It’s […]