Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 198 taking place from Curitiba, Brazil where Fabricio Werdum took on Stipe Miocic for the Heavyweight title. Miocic crowned Heavyweight Champ Despite the massive crowd in favor of Fabricio Werdum, Stipe Miocic knocked him out in the first round. The […]
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Fight Pass adds SHOOTO Japan
UFC Fight Pass announced on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive rights live-event and on-demand content deal with SHOOTO Japan. No financial terms were released although the press release from the UFC indicates it is a multi-year deal. Via UFC press release: SHOOTO Japan is widely considered the world’s oldest mixed martial arts organization. […]
Combate Americas joins Fight Pass stable
UFC Fight Pass has added Combate Americas to its stable of promotions that will offer live cards on its over the top digital platform. Original UFC creator Campbell McLaren created Combate Americas and signed the multi-year deal with Fight Pass. The deal begins Monday with a show in Los Angeles. According to MMA Fighting, it […]
RDA-Alvarez headlines UFC Fight Night during International Fight Week
The UFC announced that Rafael dos Anjos will defend his lightweight title against Eddie Alvarez on July 7th opening up three nights of fights as part of International Fight Week. The event, dubbed UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez, will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and be exclusively on UFC Fight […]
Liddell and Griffin to coach TUF Latin America
UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin will serve as coaches in the first season of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America to be shot in Latin America. The season will begin airing in Buenos Aires, Argentina this spring with the season 3 finale taking place November 5th in Mexico. The series will air […]