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Zuffa announces PED Policy

July 13, 2012 by Jason Cruz 5 Comments

The UFC announced earlier this week at its Fighter Summit that it would provide UFC and Strikeforce fighters a formal policy concerning Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) and other banned substances. Via UFC press release: Lawrence Epstein, the company’s Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, explained the written policy is a continuation of existing policy, and that […]

GSP stars in Google commercial

July 13, 2012 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

While Georges St. Pierre is rehabbing for a return to the octagon, he’s finding other ways to make money. GSP stars in this commercial for the Google’s Nexus 7. In the commercial, GSP stars as Dr. Paul (no idea why). As he opens up the tablet PC, he does his best Jean Claude Van Damme […]

Is MMA helping or hurting amateur wrestling?

July 12, 2012 by Jason Cruz 9 Comments

The San Jose Mercury News ran a piece on how MMA has hurt amateur wrestling. The article looks at how many promising wrestlers are turning to MMA as it has a financial future. The article interviews Mark Munoz about the difficulty he had trying to make ends meet financially after his amateur wrestling career. Munoz was […]

UFC on Fuel 4 ratings, attendance, gate and bonuses

July 12, 2012 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

MMA Junkie reports UFC on Fuel 4 garnered a viewer average of 211,000 last night with it peaking at 300,000 as fans saw a new challenger rise in the middleweight division. In addition, the event had a modest 4,250 in attendance for a gate of $163,495. In addition to the ratings, attendance and gate, bonuses […]

UFC 148 Prelims: 1.8 million viewers

July 11, 2012 by Jason Cruz 2 Comments

MMA Weekly reports that the UFC 148 Prelims hit an FX average of 1.8 million viewers. The rating was the highest for a prelims show on FX thus far. According to MMA Weekly, the UFC Prelims average for its 2 hour shows is 1.35 million after 7 shows on the FX network. Payout Perspective: The […]