fiveouncesofpain.com - 6/25/2009
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A UFC fighter’s ability to obtain sponsorship from clothing apparel sponsors could take on a new degree of difficulty for upcoming fight cards, FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned.
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was contacted by a manager on Wednesday night who spoke on the condition of anonymity and ...
blog.mlive.com - 6/24/2009
sherdog.com - 6/25/2009
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sherdog.com —
Roger Huerta and Gray Maynard are being eyed
for a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night 19...
on Sept. 16 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Sherdog.com has learned from a source familiar with the plans. UFC Fight Night 19 will serves as a ...
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Huerta-Maynard in Works for September
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UFC’s legal department now lists Dethrone, One More Round, and Rolling Stone as a list of sponsors t...
Bloody Elbow —
... UFC’s legal department now lists Dethrone, One More Round, and Rolling Stone as a list of sponsors that will not be approved for UFC 100 on July 11. Unacceptable sponsors for UFC 100 also include online Poker sponsors Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Party Poker.
They would have to pay a $100,000 fee to the UFC for the right to sponsor a fighter
HT: fiveouncesofpain.com ...
UFC Cracks Down on More Fighter Sponsors
CagePotato.com —
... before and after their fights. At least that's how it seems with the way the UFC has been banning sponsors from the Octagon : Okay, I get the Dethrone thing the MMA apparel brand is associated with ...
UFC adds new Companies to the "Banned" list
Watch Kalib Run —
... FiveouncesofPain.com is reporting that the UFC has expanded their list of banned sponsors. The list now includes Dethrone, One More Round, Rolling Stone, Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet and Party Poker. ...
The wild west of fighter sponsorship may be over
Fightlinker.com —
... Sam Caplan returns from working with WAMMA, M-1 Global, and Showtime to break this interesting story on a pretty huge shift in the UFC’s sponsorship model: ...
UFC Bans More Sponsors
5thRound.com - UFC 107 Play-by-Play Results, MMA News, Fight Rumors —
... If recent reports hold true, the UFC has once again made a strategic move that will better their organization at the expense of their own fighters. The world’s largest MMA organization is being accused of not allowing their fighters to be sponsored by certain clothing lines and gambling websites. The UFC has enforced this strategy in the past, however that was directed towards Affliction Clothing after they announced their intentions to start their own mixed martial arts promotion. FiveOuncesOfPain.com is reporting that they were contacted by a manger of one of the UFC’s ...
UFC To Ban Certain Brands During Telecasts…
The 3rd String Safety —
... I’m a little bit late on this, but I can’t help but think that it’s absolute bullshit. Here’s the actual news piece from FiveOuncesofPain.com that ran on June 24th: ...
UFC 100: Will fighting on this event change the style of fights
Watch Kalib Run —
... and if it were not for the bonuses he would be struggling right now. Add this to sponsorship difficulties for undercard fighters and i do understand why fighters might go for broke. ...
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