Comments on: Monday news and notes

By: PizzaChef

PizzaChef — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:38:53 +0000

I know this is late but….in the last link (the UFC Mania one). WHat’s with Tommy’s comments about a spy? WTF?

By: Dedwyre

Dedwyre — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:34:26 +0000

I love Jake Rossen’s “Minute-By-Minute” reports. They’re always great for sarcastic comedy.

“10:06 p.m. Lutter explains that he had a â€œreally hard time getting motivatedâ€ to lose the weight. If a title shot in front of the UFCâ€™s massive audience doesnâ€™t get this guy out of bed in the morning, his future in King of the Cage isnâ€™t looking too bright.”

By: DarthMolen

DarthMolen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:07:09 +0000

I was behind the scenes in the IFL Houston show and have a little insight on what the IFL is doing.

Kurt Otto gave a pep talk to the fighters and talked about their business direction. Here is the gist of what he had to say.

*The IFL is viewing the 2007 season as a building year.
*They have their new reality series coming out March 12th where they expect their fighters to become marketable through this new vehicle on My Network (the old UPN).
*2008 is when they expect the IFL to go like gang busters.
*They are in this for the long haul and when the IFL takes off, then salaries of fighters will rise with the league.

I don’t see flagging ticket sales to be a problem in 2007. IMHO, they expect this. They are using 2007 as a loss leader. I covered the IFL Houston show and it was as good, or even better than, UFC 67.

By: Fatlip

Fatlip — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:03:50 +0000

The MAX event was awesome and as Jordan pointed out drew great ratings.

By: ukiro

ukiro — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:29:54 +0000

There’s been some buzz about Mirko’s no-show at the post-fight press conference, but according to an interview in Croatian media (which was quoted in some long thread on Sherdog), it was just the result of a misunderstanding – he had intended to participate, but was unaware of when it took place.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:12:24 +0000

Shamrock & Tito were also a non-main event @ whatever UFC that was last year.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:50:47 +0000

Saw a translation of a article in Croatia around the forums that suggested that Mirko got PPV percentages for this one. Sounds a little weird for a non-main event and I’m too lazy to evaluate the source (If I even could)

By: Jordan Breen

Jordan Breen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:59:35 +0000

The MAX show was absolutely outstanding, and drew very solid ratings. If FEG put together a righteous and proper elimination card for April, I’ll be pleased.

By: Lynchman

Lynchman — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:35:32 +0000

Griffin and Edgar each got 20k for Fight of the Night.

Rampage signed a new contract with the UFC after they purchased the WFA. This payout was different than what he would have gotten under that contract.

I don’t know if Eastman or Lyoto signed a new deal.

As far as Cote goes, I would expect his next bout, if there is one, will be a prelim. Dana was pretty vocal about being unhappy with the bout….as was the entire arena.

By: The MMA Critic

The MMA Critic — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:30:08 +0000

I think the $10k to show and $10k to win was pretty much standard for most of the veterans of TUF4 show. A few got better deals, but that was standard. I think Smith was at $12/$12 because he won his last fight.