When the Affliction clothing line announced its Affliction: Banned pay-per-view event, there was a great deal of skepticism. To be blunt, there is no way that the show will be able to make a profit. Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski have big money contracts, and the ceiling for non-UFC MMA pay-per-views […]
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What’s Wrong with The Ultimate Fighter?
The Ultimate Fighter has played a pivotal role in the popularity rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The television show has produced a host of major stars and big money fights in the past three and a half years. However, the current season of the show has produced a feeling of general malaise. Ratings are […]
Speculating On The UFC’s Big Announcement
Sam Caplan over at Five Ounces Of Pain gives a good overview of what Dana White could possibly announce this Thursday and its definitely worth a read. When speculating on announcements of this sort, I find it is important to keep a few different things in perspective. 1. Set reasonable expectations. The lead up to […]
Dana White: “Easily 75%” of UFC Fighters make $50,000/year
To follow up on Andrew Falzon’s post UFC Says Something Big Is Coming from earlier today, ESPN’s interview with Dana White was also interesting from a roster building and fighter salary standpoint. The UFC President confirmed in the interview that nearly 70 fighters had been cut from the UFC roster in the last several months […]
Objective/ Analysis: Inside the EliteXC Press Conference
OBJECTIVE: If you’re an MMA fan, by now you’ve probably read 5 or so different accounts of how Kimbo Slice and Brett “The Grim” Rogers nearly came to blows. Like so many on the forums and in the media, Rogers’ was unimpressed with Kimbo’s performance. However, Rogers actually told Kimbo his performance was “garbage” to […]