With the UFC-Fox relationship, much anticipation came with The Ultimate Fighter moving to the FX Network. Despite a Friday night time slot, Dana White was bullish on the move. Via MMA Fighting: When signing the [FOX] deal more than a year ago, UFC President Dana White talked about drawing 3 million viewers weekly for TUF […]
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Top 10 for 2012: No. 10 – Injuries continue to plague fight cards
Welcome to the year end edition of MMA Payout where we’ll count down the top 10 business stories of 2012. We start off with number 10 with injuries plaguing fight cards this year. The biggest example of an injury affecting a card was UFC 151 (more on this later) when Dan Henderson went down with […]
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Marines ends sponsorship with UFC
The U.S. Marines announced that it will not extend its sponsorship of the UFC via ESPN’s Josh Gross (and Stripes.com). The sponsorship with the UFC ended November 30th and the budget for its sponsorship have been assigned elsewhere according to Major John Caldwell, a spokesman for Marine Corps Recruiting Command. According to Maj. Caldwell via […]
Pacquiao-Marquez Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective as we take a look at Pacquiao-Marquez IV. The fourth fight probably will not be the last as Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Manny Pacquiao. Marquez Planks Pacquiao In what was the most intense and violent of the four fights, Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Manny Pacquiao […]