Coming off an impressive knockout in November, Tyrell Fortune returns to the Bellator cage to face UFC veteran Timothy Johnson in a battle of heavyweights and Bellator 239 Friday. MPO had a chance to speak to Fortune once again in leadup to his showdown with Johnson. “He’ll be slower, I’ll be faster,” Fortune said of […]
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Real estate investing, You-Tube Channel sensation Jury ready for second fight in Bellator
“Invest for cash flow,” advises Myles Jury. His one hot tip of advice for real estate investors. Jury, who faces Brandon Girtz this Friday night at Bellator 239 has built a successful real estate business with the money earned from his MMA career. He’s also shared a lot of advice on his career on his […]
UFC passed on marketing guarantees in negotiating rights deal with ESPN
John Ourand of The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) writes about the UFC and its unique strategy in its negotiation with ESPN in not asking for guarantees in marketing the promotion if it joined ESPN. Per Ourand, television networks request a minimum marketing guarantee in any rights deal they negotiation with a league or a […]
UFC on ESPN+25 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN +25 took place in New Mexico on Saturday night and headliner Jan Blachowicz’s first round KO of Corey Anderson gave him one of the $50K bonuses of the night. Blachowicz, with his knockout of Anderson, has a viable argument to challenge Jon Jones for his light heavyweight title. Jones, who was sitting […]
Could Nate Diaz really sue The Miami Herald?
Perhaps one of the more egregious reporting errors in recent memory occurred when The Miami Herald released a news story Wednesday in which it stated that Diaz had been “hospitalized after he attacked Miami cops at a police station.” The Stockton, California native was accused of a domestic violence incident. Certainly, this would be a […]