The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that this year’s Wrestlemania brought a $62 million economic impact to the area according to an economic research study by the WWE. This is a record for the WWE and a $17 million increase in economic impact from last year’s Wrestlemania in Glendale/Phoenix, Arizona. This year’s Wrestlemania, which featured the return […]
Public Relations
UFC lobbies in Ottawa to open provinces to MMA
The CBC reports that UFC stars Mark Hominick and Yves Jabouin lobbied Parliament requesting a change in the Criminal Code in Ottawa. While Canadian MMA fans are some of the most dedicated to the sport, only 6 of the 10 provinces sanction the sport due to uncertainty with federal law. The article focuses on the […]
What to do with Nick Diaz?
Condit replaces Diaz in UFC 137 main event
MMA Junkie reports that Carlos Condit is in the main event for UFC 137 versus Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz is out. Diaz failed to show for Tuesday’s presser in Toronto and today’s press conference in Las Vegas and was dropped from the card. With the insertion of Condit in the main event, his co-main […]
UFC 134 Rio – Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This time we take a look at UFC 134 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the HSBC arena. In the main event, Anderson Silva knocked out Yushin Okami in the second round. First round KOs in the featured bouts The most surprising thing of the evening was […]