As we all settle in for UFC 182 Saturday night, one item that gained my attention at the weigh-ins on Friday night was the story the commentators told of Heavyweight Jared Cannonier’s quest to fund his training camp. Cannonier utilized crowdfunding site GoFundMe to help pay for his training camp preparing for Shawn Jordan. Cannonier, […]
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UFC announces addition of several promotions to Fight Pass
At a press conference Saturday afternoon prior to UFC 182, the UFC announced the acquisition of libraries of several promotions of the past including CageRage, ExtremeChallengeMMA, XFO, UCMMA, Hook&Shoot & TKO, King of the Cage and Pancrase. With the announcement, came the assurance that there would be no increase in price. The addition will bring […]
UFC sponsor Fram signs Cerrone, Hendricks
Donald Cerrone and Johny Hendricks have signed sponsorship deals with official UFC sponsor Fram according to a Fram press release. Cerrone will don the Fram logo at Saturday’s UFC 182. The deal should help with Cerrone’s training camp costs. Cerrone indicated after an open workout this week that he spent $20,000 on his training camp […]
UFC Increases PPV price for announced 2015 events
According to UFC.TV and multiple PPV providers such as DirecTV and Time Warner, the UFC will charge consumers an estimated $59.99 HD/$49.99 SD for all PPVs scheduled in 2015 so far, which include UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier, UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz and UFC 184: Weidman vs Belfort. Payout Perspective: UFC President Dana […]
White predicts 750K PPV buys for UFC 182
MMA Fighting reports that Dana White predicts Saturday’s UFC 182 to hit 750,000 PPV buys. White’s proclamation comes despite word that the event is yet to sell out as of Friday night. It appears that White is shrugging off last year’s bad PPV year with this prediction. If UFC 182 hits 750,000 PPV buys it […]