The Sports Business Journal had another issue dedicated to combat sports and the UFC was a part of it with an article about how the new owners have opened up new spaces for sponsorships. With the new ownership, Endeavor took over the role of sponsorship sales as the UFC’s department was cut as part of […]
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As of now, no takers for UFC’s new media right deal
The Sports Business Journal reports the UFC’s current state of negotiating a new media rights package once its deal with FOX is up. Currently, the new asking price of $450M per year is a stiff increase that is not garnering a lot of interest at this point. The current deal with FOX is worth $120 […]
UFC attendance and bonuses (only 3 $50K bonuses awarded)
The UFC announced the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday’s Fight Night 121 from Sydney, Australia. Only 3 bonuses were handed out. The bonus winners were Tai Tuivasa, Nik Lentz and Damien Brown. Tuivasa and Lentz drew the Performance bonuses of $50,000 each while Brown earned Fight of the Night honors. Brown’s opponent, Frank Camacho, […]
Another UFC Heavyweight flagged by USADA for potential violation
UFC Heavyweight James Mulheron has been notified of a potential violation of the UFC anti-doping policy and has been removed from his fight against Cyril Asker next week in Shanghai, China at UFC Fight Night 122. Mulheron fought just once in the UFC, losing against Justin Willis at UFC Fight Night from Glasgow, Scotland. Via […]
Early estimates of UFC 217 PPV are at 875,000
Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting is reporting that early estimates of the UFC 217 drew 875,000 PPV buys in North America making it the biggest PPV show for 2017 thus far. UFC 217 featured Georges St Pierre’s return against middleweight champion Michael Bisping in addition to two other championship fights. Google trends reflected strong interest […]