Bad news for the UFC as newly crowned Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will be out 6-8 months due to what is being reported as a torn rotator cuff injury. Dana White confirmed the news (not of the torn rotator, but that Cain would be out) after the UFC 125 press conference held Wednesday. From MMA Fighting: “Yep, it’s true,” […]
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Chuck Liddell retires
The big announcement Dana White promised at today’s press conference in lieu of the UFC 125 hype was the retirement of Chuck Liddell. As he ended his UFC fight career, he was given a new job. The Iceman was officially given the title of Executive VP of Business of Development. From the UFC press release: At today’s live […]
Ion television to show UFC 125 prelims
MMA Junkie reports that Ion television will host the UFC 125 prelims on January 1st. Earlier in the day, it was reported that there would be no UFC prelims on Spike TV or streamed online. Thus, many believed that the UFC would not air prelims this Saturday. Via MMA Junkie: Ion Television, which was launched in 1998 as […]
White, UFC fighters featured in Playboy
UFC fighters Ryan Bader, Jon Jones, Junior dos Santos, Vito Belfort and Stephan Bonnar join Dana White in a Playboy pictorial for its January 2011 issue. Via Fight! Magazine: The group took part in the “Stand Tough” fashion pictorial in which they modeled looks from Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger among others. Belfort […]
Turnkey Poll: UFC Best Positioned Emerging Property
MMA Junkie reports on the latest Turnkey sports poll which indicates that sports industry executives believe that the UFC is the best positioned sports property heading into 2011. It also led the poll under the question: Which sports properties are you paying more attention to now than you did at the start of the year? […]