Usually, the UFC is a dart board at which most MMA analysts and fans hurl their harshest critiques of how the promotion handles its business. But this week the UFC deserves a pat on the back for three of the decisions they made: 1 – Jesse Taylor Goes Home Jesse Taylor was bounced out of […]
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UFC Expansion: Priortizing A Must
Many have blamed the UFC’s failures in fighter relationship management and merchandising on a UFC management team that was simply stretched too thin. Thus, yesterday’s news that Lorenzo Fertita is moving over to the UFC in order to help facilitate the organization’s international expansion can only be seen as a good thing. In order to […]
UFC to Counter Affliction PPV?
Sherdog is reporting that the UFC is putting together a live card to counter Affliction’s PPV debut on July 19th. However, the real threat to Affliction’s PPV is that according to the article, the UFC would like to air the card on SpikeTV, which would cost viewers about $45 less than the Affliction PPV. This […]
Donald Trump Makes His Move
When the Affliction clothing line announced its Affliction: Banned pay-per-view event, there was a great deal of skepticism. To be blunt, there is no way that the show will be able to make a profit. Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski have big money contracts, and the ceiling for non-UFC MMA pay-per-views […]
Dana White: “Easily 75%” of UFC Fighters make $50,000/year
To follow up on Andrew Falzon’s post UFC Says Something Big Is Coming from earlier today, ESPN’s interview with Dana White was also interesting from a roster building and fighter salary standpoint. The UFC President confirmed in the interview that nearly 70 fighters had been cut from the UFC roster in the last several months […]