Last week, the UFC announced that two fights (later changed to four) on the non-televised portion of Saturday night’s Fight for the Troops event would be streamed live on its Facebook page, but as a prerequisite to watch the fights, fans had to “like” the UFC page. Since the announcement was made official by the […]
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UFC to live stream prelims on Facebook
The UFC will use its Facebook page to show two prelim fights for this Saturday’s UFC Fight for the Troops. Via UFC press release: By liking Facebook.com/UFC, fans will gain access to a live stream of the lightweight battle between Cody McKenzie (12-0) of The Ultimate Fighter® and veteran Yves Edwards (39-16-1), as well as […]
Media Education Necessary for Legalization of MMA in NY
On Thursday January 13, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship conducted a press conference at Madison Square Garden “to announce a plan to bring UFC to The World’s Most Famous Arena, as soon as the sport of mixed martial arts is approved in New York.” As you may recall from my earlier article, “A History Lesson (or […]
White pays for girl’s liver transplant
UFC head Dana White is paying a substantial part of the costs for a liver transplant for the baby daughter of a well-known Muay Thai instructor. Rattanachai “Kru Nai” Jadngooluem’s four-year old daughter Tuptim, will be the recipient of the new liver. Jadngooluem teaches in Phuket, Thailand at Tiger Muay Thai, where many professional MMA fighters have […]
ESPN commercial has GSP teaching mascots MMA
The latest in the mainstream popularity push for Georges St. Pierre has him starring in an ESPN commercial where he teaches college mascots “self defense training.” In addition to this video, he has an ESPN promo for Sportscenter where his office cubicle is a mini-octagon. Pretty funny. GSP is getting familiar with comedic videos as he did this […]