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Zuffa’s Finances: Cash-Strong and Cocksure, but Consistent?

July 22, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott

As a follow-up to Robert Joyner’s solid analysis of Standard & Poor’s latest credit rating report on Zuffa LLC., I have been tasked with piecing together an overall assessment of past and present reports in order to create a picture of Zuffa’s current and future financial position. Current Picture Perhaps the most common metric for […]

Fighter Salaries: Questionable UFC Contract Provisions

July 4, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

While I can appreciate the desire on behalf of the UFC to control all aspects of its company – whether it be information flow, contracts, or the production of its events – ultimately I see the need for a little give on one, if not all of these areas. Obviously, the topic of discussion for […]

Fighter Salaries: Minimum Fighter Payouts

July 2, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

The first problem to be addressed is that of the minimum payouts for UFC fighters. I believe the lowest payout figures to be released this year were a few $3000 show/win contracts like the one given to Goran Reljic at UFC 84. Many have been quick to criticize the UFC for these payouts as they […]

Fighter Salaries: Addressing The Problems

July 1, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

As a follow-up to Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking, in the coming days I will be examining potential suggestions that could help to improve the hotly contested MMA issue that is fighter pay. For the sake of convenience – and also because they are the “800 lbs. gorilla in the room” – most […]

UFC Expansion: Priortizing A Must

June 20, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

Many have blamed the UFC’s failures in fighter relationship management and merchandising on a UFC management team that was simply stretched too thin. Thus, yesterday’s news that Lorenzo Fertita is moving over to the UFC in order to help facilitate the organization’s international expansion can only be seen as a good thing. In order to […]