fiveouncesofpain.com - 7/13/2009
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Over the last year, Dana White and the UFC spent countless hours and a tremendous amount of money to promote UFC 100 – which was billed as the most important night in Mixed Martial Arts history.
There were countdowns on both Yahoo! and Spike TV leading up to the event. Even ESPN – which had ...
mmajunkie.com - 7/13/2009
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mmajunkie.com —
UFC president Dana White has a simple message
for fighters dreaming of competing in the world-famous octagon:
Don't do business with EA Sports. In an edict that started as a rumor on internet message boards, White stated after Saturday's historic ...
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UFC president Dana White says EA Sports responsible for ...
watchkalibrun.com - 7/13/2009
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UFC 100 was suppose to be a celebration of
the UFC and mixed martial arts. Yet for whatever reason some media members, both mainstream and MMA, were left underwhelmed. Tom Casale ...
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UFC 100 Reviews are in and they are bad, wait what?
fightlinker.com - 7/13/2009
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fightlinker.com —
Everyone seems to be flipping out about how
badly the sport of MMA came off during UFC
100. Between Dan Henderson giving Michael Bisping an extra tap on the chin during their fight to Brock Lesnar snarling and roaring at the camera like a caged beast ...
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Fuck the mainstream
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UFC 100 Reviews are in and they are bad, wait what?
Watch Kalib Run —
... UFC 100 was suppose to be a celebration of the UFC and mixed martial arts. Yet for whatever reason some media members, both mainstream and MMA, were left underwhelmed.
Tom Casale of Five Ounces of Pain,
I had waited months to see UFC 100. Yet when it was over I turned to the room full of people I was watching it with and asked, "That was it?"
Jonathan Snowden,
For all the talk of competing with the NFL, with basketball, and even internationally with soccer, ...
UFC 100 Mainstream Media Recap
Watch Kalib Run —
... the DL. Since the mainstream blogs fancy themselves as the true voice of the fans perhaps their coverage means that MMA, or at leas the UFC, is beginning to be accepted by everyday sports fans.
When it comes to MMA blogs and websites many of us broke our weekly, weekend and daily records as UFC 100 topped out on Google trends and Twitter. However many MMA writers and bloggers have responded negatively; either decrying that the UFC 100 was not good enough or simply saying "f@#$ you" to the mainstream. ...
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"Why'd you ban us Dana? We even went to hang out with you in Southie!"
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Fight Zone Joins UFC Fight Expo As Sponsor
octagonbuzz.com 6/18/2009 —
Al sent this in:
FightZone Media, consisting of FightZone TV, Magazine, Radio and Internet, has joined UFC Fan Expo as an Official Sponsor.
In support of the event. FightZone TV will air over 100 TV commercials nationwide on over 30 of their airings from now until the day of the ...
