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UFC coaching certain fighters in interviews?

April 16, 2012 by Jason Cruz 7 Comments

Cageside Seats reports on an interesting part of the job for the UFC fighter that is somewhat glossed over: the post-fight interview.  Dave Metzler suggested on his radio show that the UFC assists certain wrestlers with talking points for their interviews. The discussion of the post-fight interview comes from Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 2 […]

Filed Under: media, opinion and analysis, UFC

Payout Perspective: UFC-FOX TV Deal Q1/2012 Performance Review

April 5, 2012 by MMAPayout Moderator

Last year, UFC and FOX announced a huge 7 year TV deal worth as much as $90-$100 million per year, which would move UFC programming from Spike TV to FOX, FX, FSN’s, and Fuel TV.  Now that Q1 of 2012 has passed, we look back and analyze what type of impact UFC programming had on […]

Filed Under: Featured, FOX, opinion and analysis, ratings, Spike, TUF, TV, UFC

NY Times writes about the MMA generation

March 17, 2012 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

The New York Times Fashion and Style section this week had a feature entitled, “The Fight Club Generation.”  The article details the fascination of MMA with youths to young adults. The article which reports at a regional MMA card in Atlantic City focuses on youth interest in mixed martial arts. The article refers to the […]

Filed Under: mainstream, opinion and analysis, Tapout

Can boxing make a comeback? More thoughts

February 19, 2012 by Jason Cruz 12 Comments

Does boxing need pro wrestling hype to sell itself? Saturday night heavyweight fighter David Haye crashed a post-fight press conference and challenged heavyweight Dereck Chisora. To bolster the spectacle, Chisora inevitably asked Haye to say something to his face and a fight ensued. While the video is not the best, punches were exchanged and Chisora […]

Filed Under: boxing, opinion and analysis

Pro-SOPA editorial may have led to hacking of UFC.com

January 22, 2012 by Jason Cruz 2 Comments

The UFC’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence Epstein wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s Las Vegas Review Journal in defense of the UFC’s position in favor of SOPA. On the same day, the UFC web site was hacked in what is believed to be a response to the UFC’s position on the bill. In […]

Filed Under: Featured, opinion and analysis, Public Relations, UFC

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