MMA: The NASCAR Effect?

Let’s review. We’ve got EliteXC signing a deal with a major broadcast network, CBS, to air live MMA cards. Strikeforce just announced a deal with NBC to air highlight shows after Saturday Night Live. A deal sending UFC programming to FOX is most likely in the wings. Of course, we’ve already got UFC on SpikeTV, […]

March 17th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, MMA, Strikeforce, UFC | 1 Comment

Another Day, Another TV Deal: Strikeforce to NBC

First, it was EliteXC signing a deal with CBS. Now MMAJunkie is reporting that Strikeforce, which co-promotes events with UFC, is on the verge of signing with NBC:
As part of the NBC deal, fight footage from past Strikeforce events will likely be shown in “highlights” shows, not unlike the Pride Fighting Championships shows that currently […]

March 14th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, Strikeforce, UFC | 1 Comment

EliteXC to CBS; UFC to Fox?

Wow. The news just gets bigger on the MMA TV front this week. Everyone’s heard the rumors that EliteXC would be broadcast on CBS, and now it’s official. According to a news release on Pro Elite’s web site, the deal is done:
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 — The CBS Television Network and ProElite, Inc., a Los […]

February 29th, 2008 | Posted in EliteXC, Golden Boy, UFC | 2 Comments