Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we’ll be taking a look at the business side of UFC 107 which was held this past Saturday, December 12th from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The event featured a lightweight championship bout between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez as well as appearances from Frank Mir, […]
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UFC 110 Sells Out In Sydney
Tickets for UFC 110 – to be held in Sydney, Australia – sold out on the first day of general public sales according to the ticket website. MMAJunkie has more: After UFC Fight Club members and UFC.com newsletter subscribers snatched up a reported 10,000 tickets for UFC 110 during a four-day pre-sale, the Australian public […]
UFC Fan Expo Set for Memorial Day Weekend, May 28th-29th
The UFC and Reed Exhibitions have announced that the UFC Expo will return to Las Vegas over Memorial Day Weekend next year on May 28th and 29th. ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® AND REED EXHIBITIONS ANNOUNCE DATES FOR THE NEXT UFC® FAN EXPO™ (LAS VEGAS, NV) – This past July, the first-ever UFC Fan Expo took […]
Rumour: Hughes vs. Gracie at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi
Greg Savage of Sherdog has the latest on a potential fight between Matt Hughes and Renzo Gracie at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi in April: When Dana White was asked Thursday if the Hughes-Gracie bout would he held in Abu Dhabi –- a location White recently scouted himself –- the UFC President answered cryptically. “Sounds […]
Subdued Penn Talks Sanchez Fight
BJ Penn was saying all the right things in his recent pre-fight interview in Memphis this week, and this subdued nature was certainly in sharp contrast to the outlandish BJ Penn hype machine that we’ve seen previously. Courtesy of MMAWeekly: “I’m not here to criticize him or anything,” he said. “But when I see that kind […]