BJ Penn was saying all the right things in his recent pre-fight interview in Memphis this week, and this subdued nature was certainly in sharp contrast to the outlandish BJ Penn hype machine that we’ve seen previously. Courtesy of MMAWeekly: “I’m not here to criticize him or anything,” he said. “But when I see that kind […]
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Countdown to UFC 107 Ratings
Countdown to UFC 107 aired Tuesday night on Spike TV to an average audience of 618,000, which is the highest rated Countdown show since UFC 101 (805,000 viewers) in early August. It’s a good sign for the UFC, because the interest levels in Countdown ratings tend to have a ballpark correlation with the actual PPVs they’re […]
Report: Zuffa Bans Hoelzer Reich
Maggie Hendricks of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Zuffa will be banning Hoelzer Reich from the Octagon in both the UFC and WEC. World Extreme Cagefighting general manager Reed Harris told Cagewriter that Zuffa fighters will no longer be allowed to wear Hoelzer Reich clothing in their fights. (Zuffa owns both the UFC and WEC.) Payout […]
UFC 107: More than 10,000 Tickets Sold
Scott Cacciola of The Commercial Appeal writes that the UFC has sold over 10,000 tickets for Saturday’s UFC 107 to be held at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The UFC is regarded as the top professional organization in MMA, a fast-growing sport that combines multiple fighting disciplines, including wrestling, boxing and martial arts. And it has […]
UFC 2009 Sees Price Drop Ahead of Holiday Season
MMA fans may have noticed a slew of new UFC video game advertisements (and mat logo placements) recently, but they are not for the newest edition of UFC Undisputed. Rather, THQ and the UFC have decided to drop the price of last year’s game. Undisputed 2009 has been out on store shelves for the better part of six months, and […]