Forrest Griffin will wear Silver Star as he heads to the Octagon on November 21st to take on Tito Ortiz at UFC 106: Silver Star Casting Company Signs Forrest Griffin To Clothing Sponsorship For UFC 106 (IRVINE, CA) – Silver Star Casting Company has inked a sponsorship deal with Forrest Griffin who will wear Silver […]
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SBJ’s High Tech Issue & Various Applications in MMA
The Sports Business Journal released its highly anticipated “High Tech, High Stakes” issue this week, and there were a couple of very interesting pieces that caught the attention of MMAPayout.com. In one of his articles, Eric Fischer looked at the potential for motion tracking technology to gain further acceptance and prevalence in sports television. Motion […]
MTX Audio Talks Fighter Sponsorships
Ben Henderson’s recent victory over Donald Cerrone to win the WEC interim Lightweight Title was a great moment in the career for Henderson and a great win for his sponsor, MTX Audio. During the fight, which is widely regarded as a fight of the year candidate; many noted the numerous logos worn by Cerrone. On […]
Fighter Sponsorships and Assessing ROI
The sponsorship of fighters is very crucial for the mixed martial arts industry, because it represents a form of income which can often mean the difference between the fighter working a second job or training full-time. The benefits of which are obvious. Moreover, this sponsorship is also a larger endorsement of the sport of MMA as a whole. It signals to the sports […]
White on Sponsorships: “We Don’t Need Anybody”
Dana White recently spoke with ULTMMA on a variety of topics including the UFC’s position on sports sponsorships: Payout Perspective: The business model that got the UFC to this point, is not the exact same business model that the UFC needs in order to reach the next level or upper echelon of the sporting world. The kind of growth […]