The Professional Fighters League announced two new executives to its team for the 2021 season. Tim Clyne will join as its Chief Financial Officer and Jon Werther as its Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and New Business. Clyne will oversee all financial activities while Werther will lead the international expansion efforts and new business […]
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UFC Inks Boost Mobile as Official Sponsor
Bill King of the Sports Business Journal writes that the deal between the UFC and Boost Mobile is official. Boost will begin its first activation piece this weekend at UFC 121 with a text to win game, while also doing some in-arena activation around one of its new phone offerings. Boost launches its first major […]
UFC VP of Sponsorship Set to Depart
MMAPayout.com has learned that UFC VP of Sponsorship Sales, Michael Pine, will be leaving the organization next month in order to pursue an opportunity with international triathlon company, Ironman. Payout Perspective: Mike Pine is a tremendous asset to the UFC and I’m sad to see him go. He was the man responsible for the UFC […]
Interview with FightMetric creator Rami Genauer
MMA Payout had the opportunity to get in touch with Fightmetric creator Rami Genauer. He was gracious enough to answer some questions about his company. Earlier this month, Fightmetric was chosen as the stat provider of choice by the UFC. 1. What is your background? My educational background is in political science and media studies, […]
Dana White in SBJ
Dana White was interviewed for this week’s Sports Business Journal and answered various questions about the direction of the UFC and MMA in general. It’s clear the interview was designed for an audience that isn’t tremendously familiar with the sport and MMA fans are likely to have already heard these questions answered in previous interviews. […]