“There are so many things that are unconventional about this business. This isn’t something you can read about and learn in a textbook. This is a business where, day-to-day, you have to be on the ground and you have to be on top of your game. Dana is that guy. I truly believe that Dana [...]

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UFC President Dana White, UFC Majority Owner Lorenzo Fertitta and UFC Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Mulkey today hosted a press conference to address recent “damaging” remarks from UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture.
The rare broadcast was streamed online via video on UFC.com.
Here are the two key takeaways:

Randy Couture is still the UFC Heavyweight Champion. In [...]

UFC President Dana White and majority owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Lorenzo Fertitta, will today hold an online press conference at 1 p.m. to address the recent resignation of UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture.
Here’s the snip:
“Dana White, UFC President and Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC co-owner will hold a press conference Tuesday, October 30, to [...]

During the UFC 74 post-fight press conference this past weekend, UFC President Dana White more or less revealed that plans to keep PRIDE FC running are all but dashed, according to FightNetwork.com.
Zuffa — the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship — purchased the Japanese mixed martial arts promotion (and its biggest rival) earlier this [...]

Eight-fight UFC veteran Joe Riggs will be fighting for his job as a Zuffa employee against Dan Chambers at Hardcore Championship Fighting: “Unfinished Business” on July 21, according to an article in the Edmonton Sun.
Here’s the snip:
“The Riggs-Chambers bout has interesting stipulations that go much further than wins or losses. Riggs … has been informed [...]

“You acquire another company when they have things that you need or things that you want. The WEC was a small little show in California. They had a good reputation, and they had a good relationship with this Indian reservation at the time. When I went in and bought that company, I had a completely [...]

About three months ago Zuffa announced that it had purchased PRIDE FC for a reported $75 million. Less than one month ago, UFC President Dana White confirmed that the sale was final.
Not much information was ever revealed about how the Japanese product would be managed — perhaps because no decisions were ever made. However, PRIDE [...]

Urijah Faber will put his featherweight title on the line tonight against Chance Farrar during the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event at “The Joint” in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, at 9 p.m. on the “Versus” cable channel.
The UFC has dedicated a great deal of coverage on its Web site [...]