On Thursday January 13, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship conducted a press conference at Madison Square Garden “to announce a plan to bring UFC to The World’s Most Famous Arena, as soon as the sport of mixed martial arts is approved in New York.” As you may recall from my earlier article, “A History Lesson (or […]
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Band Aid: Rua sponsored by sport band company
UFC Lightweight Heavyweight Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is the newest brand ambassador for Ampli5, a sports band company out of St. Petersburg, Florida. From the Ampli5 press release: Ampli5’s Health-Sports bands and dog tags are designed to increase performance by balancing natural energy fields and restoring the proper internal frequencies of the body. The power […]
Bellator ordered to comply with discovery in Zuffa lawsuit
Sherdog’s Tracey Lesetar and J.R. Riddell report that Zuffa received a boost in its lawsuit against Bellator Fighting Championships and Ken Pavia of MMA Agents as the United States District Court of Nevada denied Bellator’s protective order to stay discovery until the court decides Bellator’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The background of the lawsuit was summed up by MMA Fighting last […]
UFC 125 gate: $2.1 million, but almost half do not pay
USA Today reports that UFC 125 held January 1st in Las Vegas garnered a gate of $2.17 million dollars on 6,978 tickets sold. The official attendance was 12,874. The Nevada State Athletic Commission confirmed the numbers. 46% of the attendees or 5,896 seats were comped. The main event at UFC 125 featured a main event […]
UFC introduces economic impact study on behalf of legalization in NY
The latest UFC public relations efforts to sway approval for legalized mixed martial arts in New York came at a press conference on Thursday. The UFC introduced an economic impact study which indicated that two UFC events in New York in the first year of regulation would garner the state $23 million dollars. UFC president Dana […]