According to Kevin Iole at Yahoo! Sports, Affliction has decided to throw in the promotional towel in return for a sponsorship placement with the UFC. In addition, there’s talk of a major UFC announcement tonight on ESPN radio. Payout Opinion: It’s certainly a shocking turn of events – especially considering that Iole had earlier reported […]
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Ultimate Fighting: Fistful of Dollars Premiers 7/29 on CNBC
On Wednesday, July 29, CNBC takes viewers back inside the Octagon with “Ultimate Fighting: Fistful of Dollars,” revealing how the UFC continues to grow – even as other professional sports face financial crisis. While the recession is putting a beat-down on the economy, Ultimate Fighting’s revenues are up 30%. CNBC’s Scott Wapner travels to Germany […]
Moody: Brock’s Behavior Could Pay Dividends For White And UFC
John Moody is the man behind Tristatefighter.com (focusing on the Northeast MMA scene) as well as a regular panelist on Fox Fight Game. You can check out some of his great work in MMA on MoodyReports.com. In this guest column for MMAPayout.com, Moody illustrates that Brock Lesnar’s behavior in the wake of his win at […]
Intellectual Property Rights Under the Zuffa Standard Contract
Guest columnist David Nelmark (attorney and author of MixedMartialArtsLawBlog.com) offers his thoughts on the UFC® Exclusive Promotional and Ancillary Rights Agreement as it pertains to intellectual property rights. If you spend much time with MMA fighters, sooner or later you will hear one say that he’d sell his soul for a chance to compete in […]
Fighter Salaries Revisited: More Sponsorship Tax & EA Ban Analysis
By Kelsey Philpott The recent kerfuffle due to the new “sponsorship tax” that the UFC has levied against companies looking to sponsor (read: advertise with) UFC fighters has brought me back to some pieces I did last summer on addressing the problems behind MMA’s compensation system. It should come as no surprise that fighter pay is still […]