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What would a Fox deal mean for the UFC? Kid Nate takes a look at the risks and rewards at MMA...
What would a Fox deal mean for the UFC? Kid Nate takes a look at the risks and rewards at MMA Nation.
Jonathan Snowden features the Fertitta Brothers -- aka The Family Who Saved MMA -- in his 52 Things...
Jonathan Snowden features the Fertitta Brothers -- aka The Family Who Saved MMA -- in his 52 Things I Love About MMA series at MMA Nation.
Jonathan Snowden asks "Is Dan Henderson's contract sinking Strikeforce?" at SBNation/MMA.
Jonathan Snowden asks "Is Dan Henderson's contract sinking Strikeforce?" at SBNation/MMA.
Gif of Scott Coker signing Strikeforce over to Dana White.
Gif of Scott Coker signing Strikeforce over to Dana White.
So long Strikeforce, it was fun while it lasted. You have given us some of the most exiting cards...
So long Strikeforce, it was fun while it lasted. You have given us some of the most exiting cards in MMA. You will be missed.
MMA Weekly reports that Zuffa has signed one-time UFC fighter, Ivan Menjivar, to face Brad Pickett...
MMA Weekly reports that Zuffa has signed one-time UFC fighter, Ivan Menjivar, to face Brad Pickett in a bantamweight bout at the final WEC event in Phoenix in December.
Menjivar has career victories over Joe Lauzon (by submission) and Jeff Curran, and fought Georges St. Pierre early in his career.
WEC 53 coverage
Jens Pulver has been released by Zuffa, and will no longer continue working with the WEC (or the...
Jens Pulver has been released by Zuffa, and will no longer continue working with the WEC (or the UFC) in any fighting or commentating roles, as explained by Dana White at the UFC 114 press conference:
"He has been released," White said. "We had talked about Jens being a part of the WEC somehow, but he's not broadcasting."
HT: MMA Fighting
B.J. Penn and Yoshihiro Akiyama at the Zuffa fighter summit in Vegas; photo via Akiyama's blog,...
B.J. Penn and Yoshihiro Akiyama at the Zuffa fighter summit in Vegas; photo via Akiyama's blog, which also has this screenshot from the summit:
"ANNOUNCING FIGHTERS & FIGHTS
- UFC/Dana officially announces a fighter/fight
- Planning/strategy goes into announcing a fight
- Please keep fight confidential until UFC announces you or your fight"
Akiyama said the summit lasted 12 hours with breaks for lunch and dinner, and covered stuff like media relations, steroids, contracts and taxes.
On Feb. 23, 2001, Zuffa LLC promoted its first mixed martial arts event under the Ultimate Fighting...
On Feb. 23, 2001, Zuffa LLC promoted its first mixed martial arts event under the Ultimate Fighting Championship banner -- UFC 30 "Battle at the Boardwalk" -- at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. The mainstream sports world largely ignored the show, as most people were transfixed by the shocking death of racing legend Dale Earnhardt in the Daytona 500 just five days earlier. -- This Day in MMA History: Feb. 23
