ESPN UK reports that the French Sports Ministry will continue its ban on mixed martial arts. Despite lobbying efforts by Zuffa which had identified the country as a “massive opportunity” the country has decided to maintain its ban. Showing that lobbying efforts have not shaped or change perceptions of MMA, the president of the Women’s […]
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White blasts SI on fight fix discussion
Last week Dana White responded to an SI Roundtable chat which discussed whether or not the Anderson Silva-Chris Weidman match was fixed. The SI Roundtable is an example of what we like and hate about perceptions of MMA. In what has become usual for talking heads, the SI Roundtable featured four writers discussing different topics […]
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Zuffa contributed $35,000 to New York legislators since January 2013
New York’s The Citizen (Cayuga County) reports that Zuffa contributed $35,000 to New York state legislators according to the latest released campaign finance filings. In addition to the various legislators supporting the bill to legalize MMA it also contributed $104,000 to the re-election campaign of Andrew Cuomo for the 2014 cycle. According to the state filings, […]