Leland Roling of Bloodyelbow.com provides a transcript of a radio interview that features Versus President, Jamie Davis, talking about the DirecTV-Versus impasse: Negotiations were in good faith throughout the summer, but the network was dropped from DirecTV on August 31st due to what has been relayed as a pricing problem. Davis stated that DirecTV stated that it […]
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WEC Announces TV Agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today a television agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia. Beginning with the Oct. 10 card featuring an interim title fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, Setanta Sports will now carry all WEC events live. The agreement gives over 80,000 viewers in Australia access to the […]
Interview with WEC’s Harris (Part II)
Last week, MMAPayout.com had the chance to chat with WEC General Manager Reed Harris in regards to a variety of topics. It wasn’t really your typical question and answer interview, but more a meandering conversation between two MMA enthusiasts. Below, part two of the interview further discusses the talk of a merger between the UFC and WEC, the WEC’s relationship […]
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Interview with WEC’s Harris (Part I)
MMAPayout.com recently had the chance to chat with WEC General Manager Reed Harris in regards to a variety of topics. It wasn’t really your typical question and answer interview, but more a meandering conversation between two MMA enthusiasts. Below, part one of the interview largely discusses the business consequences of the WEC’s decision to postpone WEC 43, a bit of their […]