Earlier today, during a last minute scheduled press conference call from Montreal, Georges St-Pierre announced that he is going to take an indefinite leave of absence from the UFC and vacate his welterweight title in order to deal with personal issues. GSP opened up the conference call with the following statement, I’ve been fighting a […]
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Time Magazine chooses Rousey to “30 People Under 30 Changing the World”
MMA Junkie reports that Ronda Rousey has been named to Time magazine’s list of “30 People Under 30 Changing the World.” Rousey joins a list of entrepreneurs, policy makers, inventors and humanitarians. The only other person on the list related to sports is Parker Liautaud, a Yale student that skied to the North Pole to […]
Bendo featured in series on athlete tattoos
Ben Henderson was recently featured on a web episode series entitled “My Ink” which follows athletes as they get tattoos. The online feature includes an interview with the athlete as they discuss the meaning and reasons behind their ink. Payout Perspective: I’ve always thought that there should be a series like this for the NBA. […]
Rebney rings NASDAQ “closing bell”
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney rang the “closing bell” today at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York’s Time Square. The PR photo op comes two days before Bellator’s biggest event across the country in Long Beach, California. In addition to Rebney’s appearance at the NASDAQ, Bellator plastered Times Square with the Chandler-Alvarez promotion today. Looking good […]
Ortiz out, Bellator PPV now on Spike
MMA Fighting reports that due to an injury to Tito Ortiz, the Bellator PPV is off and now is being switched to Spike TV. Rampage Jackson will not fight next Saturday although he is expected to fight soon. Despite having Eddie Alvarez-Michael Chandler moving to the top of the card, Bellator and Viacom decided that […]