The UFC continued its expansion outside of the U.S. with 13 events abroad. Of the 13 events, 6 were held in Brazil while the UFC returned to Japan for the second year in a row and had two shows in the United Kingdom. Most of the live events were part of the Fuel TV/FX/FS1/FS2 group […]
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13 for 13: No. 10 Bellator nixes PPV
November 2nd would have been the date of Bellator’s first PPV which would have featured Rampage Jackson facing Tito Ortiz in the main event. However, due to an injury to Ortiz, he was a late scratch for the event. As a result, Bellator cancelled its pay per view and placed the event on Spike TV. […]
13 for 13: No. 11 World Series of Fighting sustains in first full year
13 for 13: No. 12 The State of Sponsorships
Sponsorships remained an elusive unknown in MMA. While top stars received notable deals, there were many fighters that were left on the outside of sponsorship payouts. 2013 began with Rampage Jackson mad at the UFC that he could not wear his sponsor Reebok in his last fight in the UFC at UFC on Fox 6. […]
13 for 13: UFC signs 11 Invicta Fighters for Straw Weight Division
Its that time of year again where MMA Payout counts down the top business stories in MMA. We start off with the recent signing of Invicta fighters to the UFC. Dana White announced earlier this month that the UFC signed 11 fighters from Invicta FC and created a straw weight division of 115 pound women […]