The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on the UFC and its operations as a media organization. The write-up reflects the evolution of the UFC’s production to promote itself. The article indicates that the company has 85 full-time employees including 15 at offices overseas that are dedicated to in-house production operations. The UFC saves 35 percent of […]
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Recent issues dealing with media problematic with UFC stars
As many MMA fans watched Vitor Belfort battle Dan Henderson once again Saturday night, his dealings with the press leading up to UFC Fight Night 77 have been interesting to say the least. Belfort’s attempt to manage the media is just one of three interesting shots at controlling media perceptions. Deadspin and Bloody Elbow released […]
The UFC and NFL took down Deadspin twitter account Monday
The UFC and NFL filed take down notices for copyright infringement against the twitter accounts for the sports web site Deadspin and the Vox Media-owned SB Nation Gif account per CNN Money. As of Tuesday morning, the Deadspin account had returned to twitter but the SB Nation Gif account remains suspended. THIRD UPDATE: The UFC […]
Dana White slams ESPN for OTL piece
MMA Fighting reports that Dana White has unsurprisingly shot back at ESPN for its “Outside the Lines” piece on TRT. White denied claims that he “flip-flopped” on the TRT issue. White accused ESPN of embellishing the story by Mike Fish and Josh Gross which highlighted mainly UFC fighters applying for exemptions to use testosterone. The […]
UFC 169: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the Super Bowl Weekend card taking place at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Barao handles Faber To paraphrase Richard Sherman, “Barao is the best fighter in the game, when you put up a mediocre turtle defense like Faber, that’s […]