Dana White is doing it to us again. What will the Announcement be? Will it be another dissapointment? Will it be the big deal everyone expected before? Here's the word from Pro MMA: "Tonight on UFC Unleashed, a commercial aired that said during the cable TV premiere of UFC 84 this ...
We are looking to get the inside scoop from our contact at Affliction on what this announcement could possibly be. Haven't they pulled out all the tricks already? Yes this is all for now but we will keep you updated as soon as we get the announcement. UPDATE Canada is invading US. Well not exactly. The Fight Network, a Canadian based broadcasting has joined up with Affliction. They have been looking to get a US base for their viewers and this will be the way they can do it. With what's being called a mega fight card, The Fight Network will be showing the undercards for free for subscribers on their site.
Lorenzo Fertitta got a Master of Business Administration at New York University as in September was ranked the #380 richest in America and #897 in the world by Forbes Magazine. His net work is $1.3 billion. Anytime someone with this much money says they are going to focus all of their energy on something, if you are a fan of that something, you should be excited a la Donald Trump joining Affliction. With Fertitta's help the UFC will finally be successful internationally. Fertitta spoke about going into mainland Europe, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Baltic countries, Russia,Dubai, China, South Korea, Japan, and India. He spoke highly about India saying:
After all the wait, not a single person could have expect this to happen. Lorenzo Fertitta will become Co-Head of the UFC with Dana White. MMA CHUMP will bring you more as the story unfolds. My initial thoughts is that something big must be on the horizon because Fertitta was earning a ...
It appears that despite popular reports on Monday the 16th, that the Bill to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts will be voted on Wednesday June 18. While many believe that this explains Dana's announcement delay again, I don't believe that the two have anything to do with one another. Nevetheless everyone would ...
After reading an interview between Mark Chalifoux and Dana White, it sounds like Dana will announce the UFC going public. In an amazing interview, Dana is quoted as saying "said I wanted to make the announcement to my employees, so it’s not even like I was making a big announcement to the media. If I was doing that I would’ve had a big news conference and then gone off to London. I wanted to wait until I was back to do it."
As we eagerly wait for Tuesday June 16th, the blogs and wires are going crazy attempting to predict Dana's "mind-blowing" announcement. In a recent inteview with ESPN the Magazine, Dana White spilled the beans that Liddell would be fighting Evans in Atlanta GA in September expressing that we had no idea what he had planned. He then went on to say "I'm going to make an announcement next week that is going to blow people's minds. That deal is done, but my employees don't even know yet. I'm renting out a place next Thursday and I'm going to tell them. Then we'll make the announcement later that day. It's an indicator of where this business is going over the next five years."