When John Gooden apologizes when fighters swear on UFC Fight Pass events, he isn’t doing it because he necessarily wants to. Gooden, who is an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) play-by-play commentator, apologized multiple times throughout the UFC Fight Night 107 live stream. This occurred whenever the fighters on the card were swearing in their post-fight […]
When John Gooden apologizes when fighters swear on UFC Fight Pass events, he isn’t doing it because he necessarily wants to. Gooden, who is an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) play-by-play commentator, apologized multiple times throughout the UFC Fight Night 107 live stream. This occurred whenever the fighters on the card were swearing in their post-fight […]
We all know UFC is on the hunt for economy. After the UEM-ING’s 4 billion dollar purchase of the promotion from the Fertita brothers things have been a bit tight to say the least. We’ve seen a myriad of “big money” fights and interim titles to garner interest in the casual fan. However there are some amenities a professional sports organization must provide, and tape of their rival individual/ team is one of them.
We all know UFC is on the hunt for economy. After the UEM-ING’s 4 billion dollar purchase of the promotion from the Fertita brothers things have been a bit tight to say the least. We’ve seen a myriad of “big money” fights and interim titles to garner interest in the casual fan. However there are some amenities a professional sports organization must provide, and tape of their rival individual/ team is one of them.
In a recent twitter post Brandon Gibson (coach at JacksonWinkMMA) let the social media community know that the UFC will no longer be providing coaches and fighters with fight tape and want fight team to purchase UFC fight pass instead.
I just got an email from the UFC saying that fight tape will no longer be available to coaches and fighters and I need to use Fight Pass.
While we all love UFC fight pass, professionals who are in the sport need tape to properly prepare their fighters. Tape provides things like slow motion, the ease of rewind, and other tools fight camps need to adequately study the competition. Now coaches will either have to DVR and edit or hire someone to do it for them.
The UFC use to provide zip drive links to download which lead Brandon Gibson and the Jackson Wink fight team to 3 of the top 10 knockouts of 2016, so we’d like to think they know what they’re talking about.
The question you have to ask yourself is do the ends justify the means? Do a couple of thousand dollars justify making it harder for coaches to prepare their fighters for quality fights? You would think as a business the UFC would want to put out the highest quality product for the least amount of give. The most return for your invest. If you’re viewing it from that sense then this latest move is a real head scratcher. Is the promotion really bleeding that bad?
Hit us up in the comments section below on your views of the latest UFC changes. Should the fighters and coaches just get over it or is this just a little ridiculous.
There’s been a last-minute time change to the UFC 208 card. The UFC Fight Pass portion of UFC 208 was set to air live tonight (Feb. 11) at 7 p.m. ET. That’s no longer the case. Well known mixed martial arts (MMA) reporter Ariel Helwani confirmed the event will now begin at 7:30 p.m. ET: […]
There’s been a last-minute time change to the UFC 208 card. The UFC Fight Pass portion of UFC 208 was set to air live tonight (Feb. 11) at 7 p.m. ET. That’s no longer the case. Well known mixed martial arts (MMA) reporter Ariel Helwani confirmed the event will now begin at 7:30 p.m. ET: […]
Eric Winter and UFC reportedly part ways amicably, as the company executive looks to ‘spend more time’ with his family.
Eric Winter is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of UFC Fight Pass. Winter confirmed via a Facebook post via Friday that was parting ways with the company with immediate effect. Winter started his role as VP of the UFC’s streaming i July 2015 stated that he would be spending more time with his family, upon his departure:
“Today is an extremely sad (business) day for me as it is my last day working for the UFC. It is a tough decision to leave a company, but the personal sacrifices I was making commuting away from my family to Las Vegas on a weekly basis proved too challenging for me to overcome.
“I cannot thank the executives at UFC enough for working with me on my transition and affording me the opportunity to leave on my own terms. And the WME-IMG leaders couldn’t have been more professional and understanding.”
Winter will have another role upon leaving the Las Vegas based outfit, however, and has taken a role with online ticket agent SeatGeek. Previously an executive at Yahoo Sports and DirecTV, the ex-Vice President has a solid background in delivering results in corporate environments, and will no doubt be wished all the best for his future.
Eric Winter and UFC reportedly part ways amicably, as the company executive looks to ‘spend more time’ with his family.
Eric Winter is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of UFC Fight Pass. Winter confirmed via a Facebook post via Friday that was parting ways with the company with immediate effect. Winter started his role as VP of the UFC’s streaming i July 2015 stated that he would be spending more time with his family, upon his departure:
“Today is an extremely sad (business) day for me as it is my last day working for the UFC. It is a tough decision to leave a company, but the personal sacrifices I was making commuting away from my family to Las Vegas on a weekly basis proved too challenging for me to overcome.
“I cannot thank the executives at UFC enough for working with me on my transition and affording me the opportunity to leave on my own terms. And the WME-IMG leaders couldn’t have been more professional and understanding.”
Winter will have another role upon leaving the Las Vegas based outfit, however, and has taken a role with online ticket agent SeatGeek. Previously an executive at Yahoo Sports and DirecTV, the ex-Vice President has a solid background in delivering results in corporate environments, and will no doubt be wished all the best for his future.
UFC are allowing fans access to three exclusively live fight streams, in addition to a further three days to enjoy FIGHT PASS’s entire catalogue of content.
Included in the free weekend offer is TKO 37, on Friday night and Invicta FC 21 on Saturday. Four live fights from this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night, headlined by UFC legend BJ Penn is also available. With unrestricted, free access to FIGHT PASS’s entire libraray of 11,000 fights, and UFC content.
Courtesy of ufc.com:
“This is a thank you to our fans,” UFC Senior Vice-President & UFC FIGHT PASS General Manager Eric Winter said. “In 2016, FIGHT PASS live-streamed over 100 fight card live and exclusively, and we’re excited to begin the New Year by showcasing the first of many action packed weekends on FIGHT PASS.
“We also invite viewers to take full advantage of the FREE WEEKEND and deep-dive into the FIGHT PASS Library. FIGHT PASS has over 11,000 historical fights from 33 combat sports promotions, plus great Original series including Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight, Fightography and Where Are They Now? We believe FIGHT PASS is a must-have for combat sports fans, and are thrilled to offer this free weekend of action.”
The Free weekend has already started, and is scheduled to end Sunday at midnight, Eastern Time. Full fight details, courtesy of ufc.com, can be found below:
The FIGHT PASS FREE WEEKEND live action begins on Friday, when the newly resurrected Canadian promotion TKO presents TKO 37: RIVALS from Montreal, Canada. The main event sees bitter middleweight rivals Jo Vallee and Strahinja Gavrilovic throwdown while feuding featherweights Charles Jourdain and Michael Cyr will settle the identity of Quebec’s hottest new 145lbs prospect.
On Saturday, the world’s premier all-female MMA organization – Invicta FC – kicks off its 2017 calendar with an exciting event from Kansas City. The Invicta FC 21 main event sees Australia’s Megan Anderson collide with Canadian Charmaine Tweet for the interim Invicta FC featherweight championship. The co- feature is a bantamweight elimination bout between contenders Pannie Kianzad and Raquel Pa’aluhi, plus 21-year-old undefeated bantamweight prospect Aspen Ladd is in action.
Finally, on Sunday, FIGHT PASS presents exclusive live action from the UFC FIGHT NIGHT event in Phoenix, Arizona. The opening four fights of the evening will live-stream on FIGHT PASS, including the Featured Bout between strawweights Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger and Nina Ansaroff and the clash of UFC lightweight newcomers Drakkar Klose and Devin Powell.
The FREE WEEKEND’s live-streaming schedule is as follows:
Friday, January 13
TKO 37: RIVALS
9/6pm ET/PT
Saturday, January 14
Invicta FC 21
8/5pm ET/PT
Sunday, January 15
UFC FIGHT PASS PRELIMS
6/3pm ET/PT
UFC are allowing fans access to three exclusively live fight streams, in addition to a further three days to enjoy FIGHT PASS’s entire catalogue of content.
Included in the free weekend offer is TKO 37, on Friday night and Invicta FC 21 on Saturday. Four live fights from this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night, headlined by UFC legend BJ Penn is also available. With unrestricted, free access to FIGHT PASS’s entire libraray of 11,000 fights, and UFC content.
Courtesy of ufc.com:
“This is a thank you to our fans,” UFC Senior Vice-President & UFC FIGHT PASS General Manager Eric Winter said. “In 2016, FIGHT PASS live-streamed over 100 fight card live and exclusively, and we’re excited to begin the New Year by showcasing the first of many action packed weekends on FIGHT PASS.
“We also invite viewers to take full advantage of the FREE WEEKEND and deep-dive into the FIGHT PASS Library. FIGHT PASS has over 11,000 historical fights from 33 combat sports promotions, plus great Original series including Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight, Fightography and Where Are They Now? We believe FIGHT PASS is a must-have for combat sports fans, and are thrilled to offer this free weekend of action.”
The Free weekend has already started, and is scheduled to end Sunday at midnight, Eastern Time. Full fight details, courtesy of ufc.com, can be found below:
The FIGHT PASS FREE WEEKEND live action begins on Friday, when the newly resurrected Canadian promotion TKO presents TKO 37: RIVALS from Montreal, Canada. The main event sees bitter middleweight rivals Jo Vallee and Strahinja Gavrilovic throwdown while feuding featherweights Charles Jourdain and Michael Cyr will settle the identity of Quebec’s hottest new 145lbs prospect.
On Saturday, the world’s premier all-female MMA organization – Invicta FC – kicks off its 2017 calendar with an exciting event from Kansas City. The Invicta FC 21 main event sees Australia’s Megan Anderson collide with Canadian Charmaine Tweet for the interim Invicta FC featherweight championship. The co- feature is a bantamweight elimination bout between contenders Pannie Kianzad and Raquel Pa’aluhi, plus 21-year-old undefeated bantamweight prospect Aspen Ladd is in action.
Finally, on Sunday, FIGHT PASS presents exclusive live action from the UFC FIGHT NIGHT event in Phoenix, Arizona. The opening four fights of the evening will live-stream on FIGHT PASS, including the Featured Bout between strawweights Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger and Nina Ansaroff and the clash of UFC lightweight newcomers Drakkar Klose and Devin Powell.
The FREE WEEKEND’s live-streaming schedule is as follows:
Friday, January 13
TKO 37: RIVALS
9/6pm ET/PT
Saturday, January 14
Invicta FC 21
8/5pm ET/PT
Sunday, January 15
UFC FIGHT PASS PRELIMS
6/3pm ET/PT
With three events set over the course of the coming weekend, MMA fans who are not currently subscribers to UFC Fight Pass are in luck.
UFC officials announced a free-preview weekend for the digital streaming service that kicks off at 11:59 p.m. ET this evening and runs through Sunday at midnight ET. UFC Fight Pass costs $9.99 per month or $7.99 a month if paid in full for a year.
With the preview set, fans will be able to watch TKO 37: Rivals Friday night, Invicta FC 21 Saturday and the early prelims to UFC Fight Night 103 on Sunday. The library will also be made available for viewing, which includes past pay-per-views, fight cards and reality series episodes.
“This is a thank you to our fans,” UFC Senior Vice President and UFC Fight Pass General Manager Eric Winter said. “In 2016, Fight Pass live-streamed over 100 fight cards live and exclusively, and we’re excited to begin the new year by showcasing the first of many action packed weekends on Fight Pass.”
With three events set over the course of the coming weekend, MMA fans who are not currently subscribers to UFC Fight Pass are in luck.
UFC officials announced a free-preview weekend for the digital streaming service that kicks off at 11:59 p.m. ET this evening and runs through Sunday at midnight ET. UFC Fight Pass costs $9.99 per month or $7.99 a month if paid in full for a year.
With the preview set, fans will be able to watch TKO 37: Rivals Friday night, Invicta FC 21 Saturday and the early prelims to UFC Fight Night 103 on Sunday. The library will also be made available for viewing, which includes past pay-per-views, fight cards and reality series episodes.
“This is a thank you to our fans,” UFC Senior Vice President and UFC Fight Pass General Manager Eric Winter said. “In 2016, Fight Pass live-streamed over 100 fight cards live and exclusively, and we’re excited to begin the new year by showcasing the first of many action packed weekends on Fight Pass.”
