There’s a lot of misinformation circulating around the MMA community in regards to the state of the UFC, so I’d like to provide a little payout perspective on the hot button issues that currently have some folks troubled. UFC TV Ratings and PPV Buyrates Simply put: the PPV buyrates are up and the TV ratings […]
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UFC 119: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop which was held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 25th. The event was headlined by a heavyweight tilt between former UFC Champ Frank Mir and Pride OWGP Champ Mirko Cro Cop. […]
UFC 117: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen, which was held Saturday, August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The stacked event not only featured Silva vs. Sonnen, but Fitch vs. Alves, dos Santos vs. Nelson, and Hughes vs. Almeida. Silva […]
UFC’s Zelaznik on International Business
Ben Fowlkes of MMA Fighting has posted an interesting interview with the UFC’s Managing Director in the U.K., Marshall Zelaznik, that broaches a variety of subjects including the UFC’s latest absence from the U.K. market. The U.K. market seemed like a big deal to the UFC when it first began expanding internationally, but so far […]
No More Interim Belts
John Morgan of MMAJunkie writes that Lyoto Machida would like to fight Rashad Evans for an interim light heavyweight title in lieu of the knee injury that has sidelined champion Mauricio Rua until March. “Honestly, we’d like to fight ‘Shogun,’” Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, today told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “Now it’s 1-1. It’s even. Let’s do this […]