The Staff at MMAJunkie are reporting that UFC 117 drew 12,971 to the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Saturday for an approximate live gate of $1.56 million. MMAPayout.com has also learned that Countdown to UFC 117 garnered just 409,000 viewers in its debut last Monday at 11PM ET/PT (Updated). Payout Perspective: The Countdown to […]
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UFC 117: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen, which was held Saturday, August 7 from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The stacked event not only featured Silva vs. Sonnen, but Fitch vs. Alves, dos Santos vs. Nelson, and Hughes vs. Almeida. Silva […]
UFC Unveils Revamped Website
The UFC unveiled the latest overhaul to its website on Thursday immediately prior to streaming the UFC 117 press conference from Oakland, California. Payout Perspective: I’m a fan of the new website design: it’s less cluttered, seems to provide more substance, and does a good job of putting the focus on the fighters. However, it remains […]
UFC 2010 Shipped 2.6 Million Units by July
Phil Elliot of GamesIndustry.biz has published an interview with THQ’s Jon Rooke in which the head of marketing discusses how UFC 2010 failed to meet lofty sales expecations, but still shipped over 2.6 million just six weeks after hitting the market. “We’ve had Red Dead Redemption released one week before us and that sucked, to-date, […]
MMAterial Facts 08/04/10: Legal Battles Cloud MMA Landscape
– Impact FC Hasn’t Paid Its Fighters; Promoters Blame Each Other – Zuffa sues MMA Agent Ken Pavia and Bellator for alleged theft of trade secrets – Roy Jones Jr’s Square Ring, Inc Sues Zuffa, Roy Nelson – SEC, MMA Manager consent to final judgment – Can’t Touch This: MC Hammer Starts MMA Firm Impact […]