Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective from the HSBC Arena in Rio di Janeiro Brazil. In the main event, Anderson Silva met Stephan Bonnar in a 3 round fight at 205 pounds. We describe the top three matches in Haiku (5-7-5). Silva defeats Bonnar Silva clowns in cage. Big knee to gut of Bonnar […]
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After layoff, Fitch talks about financial impact
UFC sponsor MetroPCS merges with T-Mobile
Forbes reports that pre-paid wireless company and UFC sponsor MetroPCS has agreed to merge with telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) T-Mobile. According to the article, the newly merged company will keep the T-Mobile name. MetroPCS became an official UFC sponsor late last year. The sponsor has been present in the Octagon during UFC events and […]
UFC 152: Payout Perspective
Welcome back to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 152 coming from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. Jones survives scare, subs Phenom A first round armbar out of nowhere and Jon Jones almost saw his unblemished (let’s not count Hamill DQ) record go away and one […]
Nike MMA Commercial Forthcoming
Jon Jones announced via his Twitter that Nike will film an MMA commercial which presumably stars Jones. The news comes after it was announced this week Anderson Silva’s global sponsorship with Nike. According to Jones’ twitter, Nike filmed scenes for the commercial in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. As for Silva, his manager Ed Soares […]