Yesterday, Michael Rome of Bloodyelbow.com made the case for salary reform in the UFC in order to better accommodate both the fighters and the sport as a whole: It’s time for the UFC to restructure the Pay Per View percentage contracts for main event fighters. They began as a good faith way to reward fighters when […]
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UFN 19 Estimated Economic Impact
Steve Lackmeyer wrote an article for NewsOK this week that focused on the business aspects of the UFC’s impending visit to Oklahoma City on Wednesday for Ultimate Fight Night 19: Diaz vs. Guillard. The article offered the following tidbit related to UFN 19’s estimated economic impact: Laura Kriegel, director of marketing and communications at the […]
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UFC.com Revamped
The UFC has revamped its main website (www.ufc.com). Payout Perspective. The UFC has been remarkably successful at using the Internet to effectively communicate its message and distribute branded content, so it’s been kind of surprising to see the organization maintain such a poor website layout in the past few years. Needless to say the revamp was […]
Report: Couture-Vera to Headline UFC 105
Mark Gilbert of The Sun has confirmed that Randy Couture and Brandon Vera have in fact agreed to headline UFC 105 in Manchester, England on November 14th. Randy Couture will make a quick-fire return to Octagon action against Brandon Vera at UFC 105. The 46-year-old former heavyweight champion will take on The Truth in a light heavyweight […]