The Sports Business Journal released its highly anticipated “High Tech, High Stakes” issue this week, and there were a couple of very interesting pieces that caught the attention of MMAPayout.com. In one of his articles, Eric Fischer looked at the potential for motion tracking technology to gain further acceptance and prevalence in sports television. Motion […]
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Fedor vs. Rogers: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective: This week we’ll be taking a look at Strikeforce’s debut on CBS Primetime held this past Saturday, November 7th outside of Chicago, Illinois at the Sears Centre. The evening featured a heavyweight clash between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers, but also notable appearances from Jake Shields, Jason Miller, and Gegard Mousasi. […]
Spencer on UA-GSP Deal, Frankie Edgar, MMA Business
MMAPayout.com had the pleasure of sitting down with Shari Spencer, President of GSP Enterprises, earlier today to talk about George St-Pierre’s latest endorsement with apparel maker Under Armour. KP: Looking at this deal between UA and GSP – there are so many sides to it: the GSP side, the Under Armour side, and the sport […]
Emelianenko, M-1 Allege Breach of Contract by Affliction
MMAPayout.com has learned that Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 have brought suit against Affliction Clothing and Affliction Entertainment in Federal Court. The complaint alleges breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as it relates to a series of agreements between Emelianenko, M-1, and Affliction. The complaint obtained by […]
UFC 104 Buyrate Prediction: 398,000
MMAPayout.com promised a more detailed explanation of the regression analysis used to derive the linear equation used to predict 398,000 buys for last weekend’s UFC 104 PPV event. We like to keep our promises! Regression Analysis Explained Regression analysis is a statistical technique that allows us to explore the relationships between different sets of numbers (or what the stats community […]