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Is there a better story teller than Floyd Mayweather? During his recent media tour, he visited the offices of USA Today and was asked about mixed martial arts cutting into the boxing fanbase. The legendary pugilist responded by telling a story that suggested he pointed UFC president Dana White in the right direction. “My uncle Jeff [...] Hell may not have frozen over, but the temperature down south is definitely dropping. In case anyone else in the mixed martial arts community felt a slight disturbance in the force, may I direct your attention to an article from the Las Vegas Sun, where fossilized fight promoter Bob Arum is quoted as saying “Thanks” to [...] Top Rank boxing chief Bob Arum has plenty of people in his crosshairs this week he doesn’t need to unload on prior enemies like UFC president Dana White and owner Lorenzo Fertitta. The Las Vegas Sun reports that both of the UFC head honchos will be amongst the 45,000 to take in the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey [...] The Zuffa legal eagles are flying high again, this time swooping down and sinking their talons into the scurvy pirates at www.rage-streams.net. After UFC President Dana White vowed to make life miserable for the chiselers who stream illegal feeds of live UFC programming, the Las Vegas Sun reports that the Zuffa legal team may have bagged [...] You may think he’s a boisterous loudmouth and too pushy, but it’s that aggression that’s helped Dana White break down barriers for the UFC and mixed martial arts. But even he admits that some cultures just don’t jive with his up front style. That’s why the addition of owner Lorenzo Fertitta, as a full-timer with [...] “We’re going to have a big press conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, with our new partners from the region, Flash. [Zuffa CEO] Lorenzo [Fertitta] and myself will be there with some of the biggest names on the UFC roster. I don’t want to give away the official announcement, but this will be a very [...] The news of Abu Dhabi andits UFC purchasehas come fast and furious. The UAE government now owns 10 percent of the fight promotion and an Apr. 10 event has been rumored for months. It makes sense and there seems to be plenty of money in Abu Dhabi to draw a nice crowd. One problem, where [...] After strong whispers over the weekend that multiple trips by UFC officials to Abu Dhabi were to negotiate the sale of a 10-percent minority stake, the news became official today when the promotion released the information to AP: UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta told The Associated Press that the deal with Flash It seemed like the last place the UFC would venture as it expanded its goals of international saturation. When Abu Dhabi entered the discussion as the destination for a future fight card it seemed like there had to be more to the story. Multiple blogs are now reporting that all those trips taken by UFC [...] Well that didn’t take very long. After UFC President Dana White vowed to make life miserable for the chiselers who stream illegal feeds of live UFC programming, the Boston Herald reports that the Zuffa legal team may have bagged their first casualty in the war on pirates. Argh! Zuffa is suing “The Draft” and its owner, Derek Brady, [...] |
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