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Where Is Lorenzo Fertitta's $275 Man?
In their response to the ESPN Outside the Lines feature and ESPN.com article on UFC fighter pay, the UFC released the full video they filmed of the Lorenzo Fertitta interview. They also released a smaller part of the video focusing on a segment of the interview where Lorenzo tried for a big "gotcha...
ESPN's John Barr Responds To UFC's Criticism Of Outside The Lines Piece
Given the way that the attention being paid to the entire situation had died down, I didn't really expect ESPN to publicly talk about the Outside The Lines feature on UFC fighter pay. The UFC reacted strongly after the article came out, releasing videos that ranged from somewhat asinine (Lorenzo...
UFC Releases Lorenzo Fertitta ESPN Interview Clip, Slams Network's Pay To Boxers
This past week, UFC President Dana White promised a video clip that would put ESPN in its place following Sunday's Outside The Lines investigative piece on fighter pay. White made good, releasing a 64-second clip via the organization's YouTube channel that points a finger at the network for their...
VIDEO: ESPN's UFC Fighter Pay Story Interesting, Informative, Not Damning
Outside of UFC 142, one of the hot button topics last week was ESPN's Outside The Lines doing an investigative piece on UFC fighter pay. Aggressive reaction and a promise of a counterstrike from UFC President Dana White came quickly as ESPN is apparently back on his bad side. The segment ran, a...
UFC Pay: A Closer Look At ESPN's Story
On Thursday January 12, 2012, ESPN released an article authored by Josh Gross about the economics of the UFC in conjunction with an upcoming episode of Outside the Lines. Gross has been a harsh critic of the UFC for several years. Now he's got a big platform from which to address the very...
ESPN's Outside The Lines Tackles UFC Fighter Pay and Monopoly Concerns
ESPN's "video magazine" Outside the Lines [Edit: initially this said E:60, it is actually Outside the Lines] is going to be running a piece in the near future about the UFC and fighter pay. There is a one minute preview of the feature which talks briefly to Lorenzo Fertitta and Ken Shamrock and...
VIDEO: Jon Jones Calls Out The Rock, Spin Kicks An iPad
Last week, we told you about Jon Jones and his addition to the ESPN SportsNation Awesomest Dude Of The Year bracket. He's paired up against former WWE Champion and current movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and despite his win Saturday at UFC 140, he's still losing in votes to the first...
Rashad Evans Blasted By ESPN's Jim Rome For Penn State Comment
Traditionally, ESPN personality/national radio host Jim Rome is very pro-UFC and often has UFC President Dana White and fighters on his show like Tito Ortiz, who appeared earlier this week. But when you want your sport to be recognized by the mainstream, you have to accept the criticism from those...
UFC's Jon Jones Nominated For ESPN SportsNation Award
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones is in the spotlight this weekend for his title defense against Lyoto Machida and a win would complete a great 2011. Regardless of the result at Saturday's UFC 140, ESPN SportsNation is giving fans the opportunity to cement his status for what he's done. The...
Dana White: UFC On Fox Events Simulcast On Radio, Issue With ESPN 'Resolved'
UFC President Dana White joined the Los Angeles-based Petros & Money show Monday to talk about the UFC on Fox deal and dropped an interesting tidbit about a new way the UFC will reach fans on the move. "We're going to put these fights live on the radio, which really hasn't been done since the...
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