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Vegas Opens Its Sports Biz Doors For A Big Test Weekend

March 2, 2016 by eastwin5

Guest post by Tanner Simkins… Loud cars, brash fighters and a fast-paced testosterone driven Olympic sport. What do they have in common? A weekend in Las Vegas. The city known for big and bold will have a rare chance to host not two but three high octane sporting events this weekend, as the UFC fight …

The UFC Still Needs New York…

January 25, 2016 by eastwin5

Say what you want about the “growth” of Mixed Martial Arts, the real brand in the sport, the experiential one, is the UFC. Bellator has done well taking the playbook that the UFC and Spike TV co-created and running with it, but the only true global business that has been successful in the sport has …