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The Future of MMA
Back in mid-2008, I wrote a post about the changing landscape of sport in America and remarked: My personal opinion is that if MMA were a stock, you should be backing up the truck to buy. The results are in.
UFC Pay: A Closer Look At ESPN's Story
On Thursday January 12, 2012, ESPN released an article authored by Josh Gross about the economics of the UFC in conjunction with an upcoming episode of Outside the Lines. Gross has been a harsh critic of the UFC for several years. Now he's got a big platform from which to address the very...
Will The UFC Be Up or Down on Pay-Per-View in 2012?
The UFC had a remarkable 2011 in the face of a painful bad luck streak of injuries, illnesses and suspensions that cost them 11 out of 14 planned main events according to CEO Lorenzo Fertitta talking to the LA Times. There were at most only three UFC cards that sold more than 500,000 pay-per-view...
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011 match card -- Updated after Raw
WWE Hell in a Cell will take place this Sun., Oct. 2, 2011, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. This just two weeks after the company's last pay-per-view offering, Night of Champions, which took place on Sept. 18. Now that the Raw go-home show is in the books (live blog here,...
TNA ratings for Impact Wrestling show on Sept. 8 in Huntsville featuring Jeff Hardy's return
TNA took its Impact Wrestling show on the road recently in what amounted to a feeble attempt at a fresh look for its product. This was done to create the appearance of the show being bigger and more user-friendly, so to speak, as opposed to the terribly mundane Impact Zone in Orlando. Spike TV...
WWE Smackdown ratings for live 'SuperShow' hit 3.3 million viewers on Aug. 30 on SyFy
When WWE announced it would run what they were referring to as a live Smackdown "SuperShow," it was heavily promoted as being a pay-per-view (PPV) caliber event. While that may have been the plan in theory, in practice it was quite the opposite. The show, while solid by most standards, was nothing...
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011: Liveblog and Results
Join us here at Cageside Seats for our WWE Capitol Punishment Liveblog, where we'll have full results and play by play of the event as it takes place. Headlining the card, R-Truth finally gets his shot against WWE Champion John Cena after weeks of abusing the fans and accusing the WWE of there...
Cageside Quote: WWE's Jim Ross Shares his Thoughts on UFC 130
Before the big UFC 130 event begins tonight, WWE announcer and big UFC fan Jim Ross shared some thoughts on the PPV (as well as the usual insight to WWE happenings) at his blog, as usual, his thoughts are on MMA are an interesting read: UFC 130 is tonight on PPV and plans are to watch it in the...
UFC 130: Live Results and Discussion
Main Card: Quinton Jackson def. Matt Hamill via Unanimous Decision Frank Mir def. Roy Nelson via Unanimous Decision Travis Browne def. Stefan Struve via KO, Round 1 Rick Story def. Thiago Alves via Unanimous Decision Brian Stann def. Jorge Santiago via TKO, Round 2 Live Prelims on Spike...
UFC 130 Fight Card: Who's Fighting, How to Watch, and is it Worth Buying?
In my time being a "hardcore" mixed martial arts fan, I've found three particular questions are asked by casual fans consistently. Who's fighting? How can I watch it? Is it worth buying? All three very valid questions, and seeing as here at Cageside Seats we have quite a bit of casual fans who...
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