Tag: Zuffa

Zuffa Needs to Keep Strikeforce Going Long Term

The UFC has snatched up and gutted both Pride FC and the WEC. Pride, which was already in its death throes when the UFC scooped it up, had most of its big-name fighters like Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and W…

The UFC has snatched up and gutted both Pride FC and the WEC. Pride, which was already in its death throes when the UFC scooped it up, had most of its big-name fighters like Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Wanderlei Silva absorbed into the UFC’s roster. The WEC, meanwhile, functioned separately from the […]

King Mo and the 5 Twitter Controversies That Rocked Zuffa

Twitter can be a beautiful thing. Where else can you reach out to your favorite athletes and entertainers—and have them reach right back? But Twitter is also a dangerous game. It’s great for marketing and outreach, but can backfire badly wh…

Twitter can be a beautiful thing. Where else can you reach out to your favorite athletes and entertainers—and have them reach right back? But Twitter is also a dangerous game. It’s great for marketing and outreach, but can backfire badly when keeping it real goes wrong. Of course, cage fighters are potentially volatile individuals. Sometimes […]

Zuffa LCC Brings Down Another Pirate Website

Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – As part of the on-going initiative against online piracy, Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, was successful in taking down and seizing the records of www.greenfeedz.com, a website which illegally streamed a dozen UFC® Pay-Per-View events. The records detail the email addresses, user […]

Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – As part of the on-going initiative against online piracy, Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, was successful in taking down and seizing the records of www.greenfeedz.com, a website which illegally streamed a dozen UFC® Pay-Per-View events.

The records detail the email addresses, user names, number of events users illegally streamed and the IP addresses of all users who registered to watch pirated UFC events. The website had illegally streamed all UFC PPVs from UFC 130 to UFC 142, and the user records date back to May 28, 2011.

Zuffa will be pursuing these claims through its counsel.

Business as Usual?: 10 Major Events in the Year Since Zuffa Bought Strikeforce

One year ago to the day, Zuffa shocked the MMA world by buying Strikeforce, their top competitor and a promotion on the rise. Strikeforce and Showtime had set records on the network with their Heavyweight Grand Prix and the sky seemed the limit for the…

One year ago to the day, Zuffa shocked the MMA world by buying Strikeforce, their top competitor and a promotion on the rise. Strikeforce and Showtime had set records on the network with their Heavyweight Grand Prix and the sky seemed the limit for the San Jose, Calif.-based promotion. Suddenly they were the UFC’s little […]

UFC’s Zuffa Era: The 10 Least Memorable Champions

The Zuffa era of the UFC began in 2001 and since then there have been over 40 champions to hold titles in the promotion’s seven weight classes. Champions such as Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell, Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn have cemented their pla…

The Zuffa era of the UFC began in 2001 and since then there have been over 40 champions to hold titles in the promotion’s seven weight classes. Champions such as Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell, Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn have cemented their place in history as perhaps the best fighters in the history of their […]

UFC: Zuffa Takes Yet Another Shot at Fedor Emelianenko

Zuffa has finally acknowledged Fedor Emelianenko—in trading card form. And it’s not even a card of him; it’s a card of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva beating him up. The card is part of a recent series of Topps cards that also pr…

Zuffa has finally acknowledged Fedor Emelianenko—in trading card form. And it’s not even a card of him; it’s a card of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva beating him up. The card is part of a recent series of Topps cards that also promote Strikeforce fighters along with their UFC counterparts.  Zuffa (the company that owns the UFC) […]