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UFC signs media deal in Indonesia

November 11, 2012 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

MMA Junkie reports that the UFC has entered a partnership with Indonesia’s MNC Media. The deal gets the UFC a bigger foothold into the Asia market. Indonesia’s population is over 245 million and growing and is the fourth most populous country in the world. MNC Media owns television, print and radio companies which could provide […]

UFC on Fuel TV 6: Attendance, gate and bonuses

November 10, 2012 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

UFC on Fuel TV 6’s bonuses were handed out this morning and were $40K each. In addition, MMA Junkie reports attendance of 8,415 and a gate of $1.4 million for the UFC’s first appearance in China. Notably, all of the matches went to a decision with the exception of the last 2 – which ended […]

Bruce Lee images used to promote UFC on Fuel TV 6

November 9, 2012 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

The UFC on Fuel TV 6 will be held early Saturday morning for us in the US as Zuffa makes its first venture into Asia. Interesting enough, Bruce Lee is a dominant figure in the fight promo for the event Saturday. A quote from Dana White sits atop the promo poster stating that “Bruce Lee […]

Strikeforce card announced; Rousey to UFC?

November 8, 2012 by Jason Cruz 11 Comments

Strikeforce announced that it will hold a card January 12th in Oklahoma City which will feature all of the Strikeforce champs in the men’s division. There is also a rumor that Ronda Rousey is officially a member of the UFC roster. The announced matches via Strikeforce Press Release: • Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez (champion) vs. […]

UFC Primetime Episode 1 Condit-GSP earns 629K viewers

November 7, 2012 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

MMA Fighting reports that last Friday’s debut of the UFC Primetime: GSP-Condit Show received an average of 629,000 viewers. The average according to the article ranges from 540,000 to 560,000 viewers. It was the first of a three part series which will reintroduce the viewers to GSP as he comes back from a knee injury […]