Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking at look at UFC 125: Resolution which was held on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada. The event featured a lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, but the likes of Chris Leben, Brian Stann, Thiago […]
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Velasquez out 6-8 months with shoulder injury
Bad news for the UFC as newly crowned Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will be out 6-8 months due to what is being reported as a torn rotator cuff injury. Dana White confirmed the news (not of the torn rotator, but that Cain would be out) after the UFC 125 press conference held Wednesday. From MMA Fighting: “Yep, it’s true,” […]
White, UFC fighters featured in Playboy
UFC fighters Ryan Bader, Jon Jones, Junior dos Santos, Vito Belfort and Stephan Bonnar join Dana White in a Playboy pictorial for its January 2011 issue. Via Fight! Magazine: The group took part in the “Stand Tough” fashion pictorial in which they modeled looks from Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger among others. Belfort […]
Pacquiao picks Sugar Shane for next fight
Shane Mosley announced on his twitter account that he’s next in line to fight Manny Pacquiao on May 7, 2011. Via the OC Register: Mosley broke the news earlier tonight (December 21st) on his Twitter page: “Well Twitter land it’s official me, bob, and jay prince hammered everything out and bob is drafting up papers […]
UFC Makes Weekly Top Twitter Trends List
Simon Dumenco of Advertising Age reports on the trendiest topics on Twitter from last week. The list includes the UFC at #10, ahead of the NFL and the other major North American sports leagues. “And it’s interesting to me,” Liz continues, “how in the past couple of years, the UFC — Ultimate Fighting Championship — has become […]