Strikeforce kicked off this last critical week with a successful Fan Experience event held in New York City and closed it with HDNet’s coverage of their weigh-ins today, all leading up to Saturday night’s opening round of their first ever Heavyweight World Grand Prix. Strikeforce: Fedor vs Silva Weigh-In Photo: Strikeforce: Fedor vs Silva Weigh-In […]
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UFC 126 PPV Numbers, Gate, Ratings and Notes
Dave Meltzer from F4WOnline (subscription) reports on his newsletter that trending patterns for UFC 126 PPV buys are in the range of 700k-750K buys. The show live drew a sellout of 10,893 paying $3.6 million in the building, and another 1,046 paying $45,100 at the adjacent ballroom for closed-circuit. … Initial buy rate projections based […]
Business Journal: Strikeforce Makes Millions On Mixed Martial Arts
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal recently wrote a “Small Busines Spotlight” feature on Strikeforce and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker that revealed some insight into how much the promotion has grown since they started promoting MMA back in 2006. Although this article is premium content and needs a pay subscription to read the entire […]
UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort Quick Notes
Strikeforce HW Grand Prix to Air On UK’s Sky Primetime PPV
Strikeforce signs PPV TV deal with UK’s Primetime Channel 480 on Sky to bring the entire Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament to MMA fans across the pond. On February 12th Strikeforce, in association with M-1 Global, launch the most eagerly awaited series in world MMA. Strikeforce have assembled eight of the world’s top ranking Heavyweights to […]