Post UFC 87 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The purpose of these post-event notes is to answer the question “what have we learned?” Fights like Emerson vs. Gamburyan aside, there’s...
Opinion
Welcome Garth Hansen!
I’m happy to welcome Garth Hansen as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Garth, who also writes at Flying Guard Pass, will be adding his valuable thoughts,...
Welcome Nicholas Bailey!
I’m happy to welcome Nicholas Bailey as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Nicholas, who previously did his writing at Lord Humungus’ World of MMA, will be...
Weekend of MMA Affliction, Confliction and Dreams
By Eric Kamander Last weekend was a big one for MMA. On Saturday night was Affliction: Banned, and though this was Affliction’s debut event, it was...
Ratings and Fighter Rankings
By Eric Kamander Ratings and rankings are both ways to indicate someone or something’s relative standing. However, ratings seek to gauge the value within a finite...
Women’s MMA
By Eric Kamander Women’s MMA gets some flack and is sometimes even compared to WNBA. Sometimes that comparison may have some validity respective to all women’s...
Adam Swift's post on MMA Payout: “UFC 83 Review: Breaking Kayfabe”
By Eric Kamander Did you read Adam Swift’s post on MMA Payout: “UFC 83 Review: Breaking Kayfabe“ I interpreted GSP’s comments regarding him and Serra as...
Co-promotion due to non-exclusivity
By Eric Kamander Previously I wrote about UFC and co-promotion (and again UFC and co-promotion (continued…) basically saying that while eventual co-promotion was inevitable for the...
UFC and co-promotion (continued with MMA Payout’s Adam Swift
By Eric Kamander MMA Ratings had some correspondence with Adam Swift of MMA Payout regarding the UFC and co-promotion topic. Below are some excerpts: Kamander: What...
UFC and co-promotion
By Eric Kamander On the Savage Dog Show, Greg was asking what it’s going to take, if anything, for the UFC to co-promote with other organizations....
M-M-Abundance
By Eric Kamander There’s a lot of talk about saturation of the MMA market. Personally, I think its clear that MMA is experiencing saturation by design....
