Shine Fights announced that its fans will have the chance to vote online to decide first round match-ups for its eight man, one night lightweight grand prix tournament on September 10th. The fights will be on PPV. From MMA Fan House: Shine Fights announced its lightweight tournament earlier this month and has added a wrinkle […]
WWE
MMAterial Facts 04/07/10: UFC 111 PPV Buys Update & Abu Dhabi Coverage
UFC 111 PPV Buys Update Vince McMahon seeking to get UFC banned in key European countries UFC is caged and ready to rumble, finds its first Arab voice Dana White talks to MMA Business about everything! First hand look at MMA fails to sway Begel UFC 111 PPV Buys Update Updated UFC 111 numbers look […]
WWE Recruiting from USTA
Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal is reporting that the WWE has just hired former U.S. Tennis Association executive Tandy O’Donoghue as its VP of Operations and New Business Development. WWE has hired Tandy O’Donoghue as vice president, operations and new business development, making her the third former U.S. Tennis Association executive to land with […]
The Competition Debate in MMA
Danny Acosta of FIGHT! Magazine has an interesting short clip interview where he discusses the idea of competition in MMA with Strikeforce’s Scott Coker. Payout Perspective: MMAPayout.com has long talked about why competition is so important in MMA and Coker does a pretty good job of summarizing the position: competition helps to grow demand for […]
UFC-WWE PPV Comparison
The UFC is the only MMA organization currently employing the PPV business model, so it’s difficult to compare the company to anything other than its own historical data. However, by taking a look at the WWE – somewhat of a substitute, using the same business model – we can put some of the UFC’s success this year into […]