Filed under: UFCDana White and the six top fighters at UFC 129 will all meet the press at the UFC 129 press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.
Georges St-Pierre, Jake Shields, Jose Aldo, Mark Hom…
Dana White and the six top fighters at UFC 129 will all meet the press at the UFC 129 press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.
Filed under: UFC, NewsEpisode 2 of UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields aired on ESPN2 on Wednesday night at 11 p.m. ET, prior to its midnight airing on SpikeTV.
UFC president Dana White confirmed with MMA Fighting on Thursday that the final episode w…
Episode 2 of UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields aired on ESPN2 on Wednesday night at 11 p.m. ET, prior to its midnight airing on SpikeTV.
UFC president Dana White confirmed with MMA Fighting on Thursday that the final episode will also air on “The Deuce” next Wednesday night at both 11:00 p.m. ET and 11:30 pm ET.
“More eyeballs. We put it everywhere,” White responded via text message when asked why Primetime aired on ESPN2.
SAN DIEGO – MMA Fighting caught up with UFC president Dana White before Saturday night’s Diaz vs. Daley event. White talked about possible changes in Strikeforce’s future, why he decided to attend and who’s he rooting for in the main event.
He also discusses Chael Sonnen’s future and why he decided to book Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben after all.
SAN DIEGO – MMA Fighting caught up with UFC president Dana White before Saturday night’s Diaz vs. Daley event. White talked about possible changes in Strikeforce’s future, why he decided to attend and who’s he rooting for in the main event.
He also discusses Chael Sonnen’s future and why he decided to book Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben after all.
Filed under: MMA Media Watch, UFC, StrikeforceSaturday night’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley card was the first major event on Showtime since the UFC purchased Strikeforce, and it was a good opportunity to see how Showtime would handle its MMA broadcasts…
Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley card was the first major event on Showtime since the UFC purchased Strikeforce, and it was a good opportunity to see how Showtime would handle its MMA broadcasts now that the premium cable channel is in business with a promotion that had previously been a rival.
Overall, I thought Showtime did a solid job of handling the UFC’s purchase of Strikeforce. But once it was time for the fighters to step into the cage, the coverage of Saturday night’s biggest controversy — the Gegard Mousasi vs. Keith Jardine draw — left something to be desired.
Let’s start with the good: Showtime handled the UFC’s purchase of Strikeforce appropriately by tackling it at the outset. It’s a major story that deserved the upfront treatment it got.
Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceWhen former UFC champion Pat Miletich showed up to fulfill his duties as a Strikeforce commentator at last Friday’s Challengers event in Stockton, Calif., he became part of a mini-reunion that he hadn’t planned on when he f…
When former UFC champion Pat Miletich showed up to fulfill his duties as a Strikeforce commentator at last Friday’s Challengers event in Stockton, Calif., he became part of a mini-reunion that he hadn’t planned on when he first took the job, he told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour.
The event marked the first time a Strikeforce show had been run under the Zuffa banner since the organization was purchased by the UFC’s parent company in March, and as a result Miletich was back in the same arena with his former employers, this time in a very different role.
Miletich said he had “conversations, but not meetings” with Zuffa officials before the event, and while he was pleased with how things went, he admitted that he was not without reservations when he first heard the news of the monumental sale.
Filed under: UFC, NewsIn the weeks leading up to UFC 129, Dana White and Tom Wright, the UFC’s Director of Canadian Operations, have repeatedly assured fans and media that the promotion’s usual live event experience will not be compromised at its bigge…
In the weeks leading up to UFC 129, Dana White and Tom Wright, the UFC’s Director of Canadian Operations, have repeatedly assured fans and media that the promotion’s usual live event experience will not be compromised at its biggest show ever.
However, until April 30 rolls around, how can we be so sure?
Well, MMA Fighting has learned that the UFC will place more than twice the amount of video screens present at a regular UFC event inside Rogers Centre. The UFC typically adds six to eight of their own video screens, depending on the size of the arena, in addition to the main scoreboard, inside the venue. That means there could be up to 20 video screens positioned around Rogers Centre on fight night.
In addition, and most interestingly, the UFC will be complimenting the stadium’s 108-foot video board with its own 100-foot screen on the south side of the stadium.