SpikeTV has announced it will offer a special two-hour MMA fight presentation on the evening of Saturday, November 7th: Spike TV presents a special evening of recent UFC main event fights never-before-seen on cable (non-pay-per-view) on Saturday, November 7 (9:00 – 11:00pm ET/PT) showcasing the world’s best mixed martial arts fighters. The two-hour telecast, “UFC […]
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UFC Enters Online Poker Frenzy
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially entered the online poker community with its own playing service. Here are the details: UFC Poker offers unlimited free online poker (it’s 100% legal in the US) Players have the chance to win $100,000 in cash and prizes every month (cash, tickets, and gear, etc.) A download is available at UFC.com […]
MMAPayout.com PPV Predictor
MMAPayout.com is pleased to announce it will be introducing the newest version of its PPV predictor in next week’s UFC 104: Payout Perspective. This version of the PPV predictor will make use of regression analysis across two different variables (Spike’s Countdown to UFC viewership & UFC live-gate revenue) in order to come up with an initial, statistically-supported estimate of UFC buyrates. Then, […]
UFC May Sell Ownership Stake
Dana White recently sat down with Bloomberg TV to discuss the financial progress of the UFC over the last few years. Some interesting things came out the interview: The Fertittas and White (holding 90% and 10% of Zuffa, respecitvely) are open to selling a 10-15% silent stake in the company. White estimates that anywhere between 35-45% of the UFC […]
UFC Event Posters
The UFC has just released their latest event poster for UFC 105 , and it’s inspired MMAPayout.com to delve a little more deeply into the creation of effective marketing tools such as the event poster. I’ve attached several of them for events from the past few months (credit MMAmania.com): UFC 91: UFC 94: UFC 100: UFC […]