All Entries Tagged With: "Dana White"

UFC and Fox Agree to Multi-Year TV Deal

UFC president Dana White often promises “huge announcements” that don’t always deliver. This time however, the announcement was monumental. Fox has agreed to terms with the UFC on a seven-year televison deal, putting the world’s number one MMA promotion on a network known for broadcasting big events.

The deal is said to be at a minimum [...]

Zuffa Buys Strikeforce

Generally, Saturday is not a huge news day in the MMA community. Yesterday was definitely the exception, as we learned that Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the UFC, purchased the number two MMA promotion, Strikeforce.
UFC president Dana White announced the news in a video interview with MMAfighting.com’s Ariel Helwani. Although it appears many of [...]

UFC Does Big Business in February

The month of February has proven to be a box office bonanza for the UFC. February 5th’s UFC 126 drew a gate of $3,605,725 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. This was up sharply from the gate for UFC 125, which was  $2.17 million.
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UFC 125 Preview and Predictions

It may not be the flashiest lightweight title fight in the history of the organization, but Saturday night’s UFC 125 main event between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard should answer a few lingering questions that remain about both fighters. The undercard also features some intriguing matchups which could propel a few fighters to championship contention, [...]

Chael Sonnen Suspended for 1 Year After Positive Drug Test

UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has been suspended for one year by the California State Atlhletic Commission for testing positive for steroids after his loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 117. Sonnen has 30 days to appeal the decision. Here is part of the press release from the CSAC:
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has [...]

Can UFC 121 Become the Biggest UFC Pay-Per-View of All-Time?

The simple and most likely answer to this question is “no.” However, I think there are some reasons to believe that if certain factors are met, UFC 121 in October could become the biggest UFC Pay-Per-View of all-time, surpassing the 1.6 million buyrate for UFC 100.
The biggest factor in the equation is the biggest name [...]

UFC 112 Thoughts

I know I’m a bit late to the party on my UFC 112 post-fight thoughts, but I needed a little time to digest what I saw. It was definitely an interesting day/night of MMA.
Frankie Edgar was masterful in his performance against B.J. Penn. It’s unfortunate that the events of the main event will take a [...]