Welcome to this edition of MMAterial Facts, where we feature articles from around the MMA community. *** This week’s MMAterial Facts: – ESPN Profile Leads to New Bellator Signing (MMA Fighting) – Dr. Goodman: If the UFC & fighters don’t clean up their sport, the US Gov will step in (Fight Opinion) – Liddell vs […]
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Spike TV re-broadcast draws more viewers than Versus live event
MMA Weekly reports that Spike TV’s re-broadcast of UFC Fight Night 22 scored better ratings than UFC on Versus 4. Spike TV scored an average of 793,000 viewers while Versus received 744,000 viewers. The numbers for this past Sunday’s event on Versus were up from the UFC’s March event on Versus. UFC on Versus 3 […]
MMA in New York Not Happening in 2011
As predicted (and as in past years), the MMA bill has again stalled in the New York State Assembly after passing the New York Senate and overwhelmingly passing the two committees where it was debated in the Assembly–Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development and Codes. Unfortunately, the next committee in the process, Ways & Means, […]
Court Denies Summary Judgment Motions in Affliction M-1/Fedor Litigation
On June 7, 2011, Judge Margaret M. Morrow denied the parties cross-motions for summary judgment in the Affliction v. M-1/Fedor litigation. I have previously posted about the litigation — most recently here. The 55 page decision is a VERY interesting read especially with respect to the facts surrounding the “Trilogy” non-event — in particular the […]
White announces PPVs via XBox Live
MMA Mania reports Dana White made an appearance at the annual video game convention, E3 Expo 2011, to announce a partnership with Microsoft in which the UFC PPVs will be available via XBox Live. Although no date for the start of the service was announced, the price will be about the same as purchasing the PPV on TV: […]