With the UFC/WEC merger, Versus affirmed its commitment to MMA with a pre and post-fight show for Thursday’s WEC event. The success of the coverage will depend if the UFC continues with these shows. Versus, the exclusive home for the WEC, featured WEC live events and WEC Wreckage. Although things will change in 2011, Versus […]
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Versus Cancels “The Daily Line” Due to Low Ratings
Sports Business Daily reports that Versus has canceled “The Daily Line”, which covers MMA content on the network, due to low viewership. Versus has cancelled its daily news show “The Daily Line” after just seven months. A network spokesperson confirmed the move, citing the show’s anemic ratings. Since its April debut, “The Daily Line” has […]
Smooth on Ice: Henderson to appear at NHL game to promote last WEC bout
WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson will make an appearance at Saturday night’s Tampa Bay Lightning versus Phoenix Coyotes NHL hockey game. According to a WEC press release (released prior to news of the UFC merger) he will drop the ceremonial pre-game puck as well as sign autographs. Many MMA fighters have made appearances at other […]
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UFC and WEC Set to Merge
Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com has just posted an interview with Dana White in which the UFC President has announced the UFC and WEC will be merging effective January 2011. Payout Perspective: This is a topic that I’ve covered almost ad nauseam over the last two years with articles like Exploring a Possible Merger and interviews […]