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By “Big Al” Preston III for BAMFFightGear.com 05/08/2012
No longer part of the under-ground fight scene, Mixed Martial Arts has become the fastest growing sport in America.<br/>
1) Television: 2012 has seen Mixed Martial Arts programming explode onto network TV. Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the UFC and Strikeforce is leading the way with regular programming on FUEL TV, FOX, Fox Sports West, FX, ESPN, Showtime and Spike TV. FUEL TV airs weekly programs such as UFC Tonight, UFC Ultimate Insider and UFC Primetime, along with regular broadcasts of non PPV events, preliminary PPV fight cards, UFC Unleashed and The Ultimate Fighter reality series. FOX also carries non PPV event programming with the UFC on Fox shows, while FX and Fox Sports West carries The Best of PRIDE Fighting Championships. Showtime carries Strikeforce events and also M-1 Global, while Spike TV carries old episodes of The Ultimate Fighter reality series. Bellator can be seen on MTV 2. Most of this programming is the result of direct broadcast deals and licensing that Zuffa, Strikeforce and M-1 have negotiated with these media outlets. The one station that has set itself apart is ESPN, since it is a sports news network, and does not have a deal with Zuffa or any other Mixed Martial Arts promotion. ESPN has been covering MMA, most notably the UFC for the past 3 years, and has added MMA event coverage to their signature programs Sports Center and Highlight Express. ESPN has also added newsworthy MMA announcements to its tickertape that runs 24/7 on ESPN broadcasts. In addition to event coverage, ESPN has added a weekly program, MMA Live to its regular programming.
2) Sponsors: Major corporate sponsors have thrown their hat into the MMA ring/cage for the past few years. Companies like Harley Davidson, Burger King and Bud Light have plastered their logos inside the Octagon for a while now, but recently their influence has grown to new levels. Most recently with the announcement from Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, that they will monitor fighter behavior inside and outside of the Octagon to make sure fighters are sending positive messages, and conducting themselves in a professional manner. The most popular, and in the case of UFC Welterweight Champion George St. Pierre, the most professional MMA athletes have parlayed the increased corporate financing into lucrative endorsement deals. In addition to deals with Gatorade, Under Armor and Affliction, “GSP” recently announced a deal with Mission Athletecare's new EnduraCool towel. UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva recently added Burger King to his list of sponsors.
3) Fighters Gone Hollywood: Fighters have landed roles in movies for a long time. It isn’t uncommon to see a cameo of a fighter in a “B” movie, or have fighters play themselves on television. However, recently Hollywood has given fighters the opportunity to play parts outside of the “fighter” genre in major motion pictures. Look no further than Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s portrayal of B.A. Baracus in the A-Team movie, Randy “The Natural” Couture in The Expendables and the Expendables II, which is due to be released later this year, and Don Frye’s portrayal of Texas Ranger Clarence Hurt in the film Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Hollywood hasn’t left the women out of the limelight, as former women’s MMA 145 lb. contender Gina Carano starred in the action film Haywire, playing a spy, and it was recently announced she’ll be co-starring in Fast & Furious 6 opposite Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
4) Politics & Legislation: It’s nothing new for Mixed Martial Arts to be part of the political agenda. In the early days of the sport, politicians like John McCain coined the phrase “human cockfighting” to describe MMA, in an effort to have the sport banned. With Zuffa and the UFC leading the way, Mixed Martial Arts survived those dark days to emerge as the fastest growing sport in the country. Today, the sport is front and center in multiple political debates. The longest running debate is the effort to get MMA legalized in the state of New York. In California, an Assembly Bill has been created in an effort to give both boxers and MMA fighters more control of their likenesses, and larger fight purses . Also of note, was the conclusion of a year-long investigation of Zuffa, LLC by Congress amid concerns of anti-trust violations by Zuffa, LLC, after it acquired Sttrikeforce. When the Feds decide they want to take a look at the books, that’s when you know you’ve made it.
5) Investigative Reports, Steroids and Wall Street: Sounds like an episode of 60 Minutes, right? These are just a few of the things that have recently been associated with Mixed Martial Arts as front page news. Until recently, Mixed Martial Artist were assumed to be all “juiced-up” lunatics, and any investigative report associated with the sport would have focused on its brutality and underground roots. Wall Street and Mixed Arts, let alone Mixed Martial Artists, would never be associated with each other. For better and/or for worse, times have changed. Most noticeably when UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar and Strikeforce Women’s 135lb. Champion Ronda Rousey rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange a couple of weeks ago. The most recent investigative report on Mixed Martial Arts, was a piece done by ESPN’s Outside the Lines, the “20/20” of sports journalism, which focused on fighter pay and caused quite a stir in regards to how much money the sport is generating, specifically in the UFC, compared to what fighters are paid. In the past, no one cared much about the sport, let alone what the athletes are paid. Today, there are calls for increased fighter pay, and rights. And like all of the major stick and ball sports in the past 15 years, Mixed Martial Arts has its own PED and steroid debates and scandals. Performance Enhancing Drugs are illegal in Mixed Martial Arts competition, but how athletes are tested, how often they are tested, and what they are tested for is left up to the state athletic commissions where the events are held. Commissions in California, New Jersey and Nevada have led the way with protocols taken from the World Anti-Doping Association, with stricter testing guidelines and stiff penalties and fines for those that test positive not only for PED’s, but for drugs of abuse. Some of the top names in the sport have recently tested positive for PED’s and drugs of abuse namely Strikeforce Women’s 145 lb. Champion Christiane “Cyborg” Santos, UFC Heavyweight Allistair Overeem, UFC Middleweight Contender Chael Sonnen and UFC Welterweight Contender Nick Diaz. For Overeem, his pre competition positive test for elevated testosterone levels derailed his bid for the UFC Heavyweight Title. Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his unsuccessful bid for the UFC Interim Welterweight Title. Both are currently serving suspensions handed down by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
BAMF NATION who do you think is a better fighter...Jones or Silva....This could be a great discussion.. Let the arguments begin... BAMF would personally like to see that fight..
A series of fights have been added to the upcoming UFC on FX debut event on January 20 in Nashville, Tennessee, providing depth to the previously announced Melvin Guillard vs. Jim Miller headliner.
Among the fight agreements released by the UFC on Tuesday include a middleweight fight between Jorge Rivera and Eric Schafer, as well as featherweight and light-heavyweight bouts.
Rivera will be looking to snap a two-fight losing streak after dropping back-to-back bouts against Michael Bisping and Constantinos Philippou. Prior to that, Rivera (18-9) had won three straight.
Schafer (12-6-2) is coming off a three-round unanimous decision loss to Aaron Simpson at UFC 136.
Meanwhile, former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will attempt to forge his first multi-fight win streak since mid-2009, and will need a win over Vagner Rocha to do it. After a two-fight losing streak, Brown (25-8) found the win column at UFC 133 with a unanimous decision victory over Nam Phan.
Rocha (7-2) recently captured his first octagon win when he forced Cody McKenzie to tap out to a rear naked choke at September's UFC Fight Night event in New Orleans.
The third announced fight features the UFC debut of Ryan Jimmo, a Canadian light-heavyweight who hasn't lost since his career debut in 2007, winning 16 in a row. Jimmo had been the current reigning champion in Canada's Maximum Fighting Championships before vacating that belt to sign with the UFC. In his last fight, he earned the judges' nod in a win over former UFC fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou.
Jimmo will face Czech fighter Karlos Vemola (8-2), who dropped his last fight in an August decision at the hands of Ronny Markes.
UFC on FX will be hosted by Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.