The UFC has not been shy in claiming that this fight between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort is the biggest fight in the history of Brazil, and they very well may just be right. The weigh-ins today produced some of the best drama we’ve seen for a fight in a long time, and the great […]
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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 […]
Strikeforce: Diaz vs Cyborg Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the Showtime event headlined by Strikeforce Welterweight champion Nick Diaz, as he made his return to the cage against Brazilian Chute Boxe member and challenger Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos. The event took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California and […]
FX looking to add sports programming
The Sports Business Daily reports that Fox executives are looking to include sports programming in hoping to grow FX. They are looking at the Turner Network Television (TNT) model as a template for its foray into sports. Could this new strategy for FX mean an eventual home for the UFC? Via Sports Business Daily: The […]
Spike TV to show 12 “UFC Prelims” in 2011
Last week Spike TV announced that it would air “UFC Prelims” for 12 UFC PPVs in 2011. The first one hour prelim show will be this Saturday prior to UFC 126. According to the Spike TV release, “Spike has aired 13 “UFC Prelims,” beginning with UFC 103 in September 2009, with an average viewership of […]