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 […]
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Torres back after twitter termination
MMA Fighting reported last week, Dana White reinstated Miguel Torres after he was let go 20 days prior for an inappropriate tweet. Torres had sent a quote from FX television show, “Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which caught the ire of White. Via MMA Fighting: A soft-spoken Torres said he visited five different rape crisis […]
UFC weigh ins provide comedy, branding opportunity
UFC 139’s weigh-ins last night provided some comic relief and three overweight fighters in preparation for tonight’s PPV. With some of the weigh-in comedy, one wonders whether the weigh-ins are now a place to work on fighters’ personal branding. Remember when putting on a Jabawockeez mask to intimidate your opponent at the weigh-ins caused a […]
Cain-JDS smart move for UFC
White claims ESPN hates the UFC
In response to a tweet, Dana White wrote that ESPN has always hated the UFC. He clarified this tweet with another one stating that Jim Rome was the only good thing about ESPN. It appears that the reaction is due to ESPN cancelling White’s interview promoting UFC 134. Via MMA Mania: Sounds like an awfully […]