Seattle-based original craft soda company Jones Soda has signed a sponsorship deal with UFC Champion Julianna Pena. Pena dethroned Amanda Nunes for the UFC women’s Bantamweight Championship late last year. Although Pena no longer trains in Washington state, she was originally from Spokane, Washington and trained in the area. Pena will be on the Joe […]
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In another troll move, Jake Paul invests in Endeavor stock
Jake Paul announced on Tuesday that he has invested in Endeavor stock. Endeavor is owned by the UFC. Paul proclaimed via social media (of course) that he is doing this to work on getting the company to raise fighter pay and provide health care to its athletes. Paul and business partner Geoffrey Woo have purchased […]
UFC 270 payouts
Francis Ngannou made $600,000 for his heavyweight title unification bout against Cyril Gane. The interim champion, Gane, drew $500,000 per the California State Athletic Commission. Ngannou defeated Gane in the main event of UFC 270. Notably, it was the last fight on Ngannou’s contract as his management and the UFC are at an impasse. Deiveson […]
UFC 270 bonuses
The first UFC PPV event of the year took place on Saturday night at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The company doled out $50K bonuses to new champ Deiveson Figueriredo and Brandon Moreno for another Fight of the Night honor. Figueriredo outlasted Morena in a close, back and forth affair. The Brazilian ended up […]
Project Rock becomes official footwear of UFC
The UFC announced that it has entered into a partnership with Project Rock to be the official global footwear partner of the UFC. The sponsorship begins Saturday at UFC 270. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. On episode 5 of UFC Embedded, there was a hint as to the sponsor deal with the camera […]