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Big weekend for the Jones brothers

September 22, 2012 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

The USA Today (via MMA Junkie) writes about the famous Jones brothers as it looks at this rare weekend where all three will be working. Jon fights tonight and Arthur and Chandler play each other Sunday. ESPN also had a feature with Jon Jones as well as a studio game in which he plays along […]

The PR of Jon Jones

September 20, 2012 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

As we get ready for UFC 152, we take a look at the image of the star of the main event, Jon Jones. Despite being the top draw and one of the highest paid fighters in the UFC, he is also the most polarizing fighter in the UFC. Some of the issues fans have with […]

The Ultimate Fighter 16 episode 1: 947,000 viewers

September 17, 2012 by Jason Cruz 14 Comments

MMA Junkie reports that the season premiere of TUF season 16 scored an average viewership of 947,000 viewers. The rating is the lowest ever for the debut of the TUF series. TUF 16’s 2 hour season premiere featured the opening fights to get into the house. Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson watched octagon-side with Dana […]

Nike MMA Commercial Forthcoming

September 16, 2012 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Jon Jones announced via his Twitter that Nike will film an MMA commercial which presumably stars Jones. The news comes after it was announced this week Anderson Silva’s global sponsorship with Nike. According to Jones’ twitter, Nike filmed scenes for the commercial in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. As for Silva, his manager Ed Soares […]

Silva-Bonnar new main event at UFC 153

September 13, 2012 by Jason Cruz 8 Comments

MMA Junkie reports, via USA Today, that Anderson Silva has stepped into the UFC 153 main event and will face Stephan Bonnar. The fight will take place at 205 pounds and will be a three round main event. Silva had indicated that he would fight at UFC 151 and now gets the call to replace […]