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LIVE Coverage of UFC UFN 19 Weigh-ins Today at 5PM ET / 2PM PT

September 15, 2009 by Staff Leave a Comment

LIVE streaming coverage of the UFC Ultimate Fight Night 19 weigh-ins will be available this afternoon on MMAPayout.com courtesy of the UFC’s embeddable video player found below.

UFC.com Revamped

September 15, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

The UFC has revamped its main website (www.ufc.com). Payout Perspective. The UFC has been remarkably successful at using the Internet to effectively communicate its message and distribute branded content, so it’s been kind of surprising to see the organization maintain such a poor website layout in the past few years. Needless to say the revamp was […]

Report: Couture-Vera to Headline UFC 105

September 14, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

Mark Gilbert of The Sun has confirmed that Randy Couture and Brandon Vera have in fact agreed to headline UFC 105 in Manchester, England on November 14th. Randy Couture will make a quick-fire return to Octagon action against Brandon Vera at UFC 105. The 46-year-old former heavyweight champion will take on The Truth in a light heavyweight […]

UFC PPV Buyrates Increasing, Up 60% YOY

September 14, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott 2 Comments

The following data represent estimates of the UFC buyrate figures over the first six months of both 2008 and 2009: 2008 2009 Event Buys Event Buys January 80 225,000 93 350,000 Superbowl 81 600,000 94 800,000 March 82 325,000 96 350,000 April 83 530,000 97 […]

Iole: New UK TV Deal Could Have U.S. Implications

September 9, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports points out that the UFC’s new television deal with FIVE in the U.K. could have implications for the UFC on television in the United States: The deal is good news for fight fans not only in the U.K., but in the U.S. and around the world. You can be assured […]