Cost-Benefit Analysis: Five-Round Non-Title Fights, Prestigious or Commonplace? Aidan O'Connor January 7, 2014 Spotlight In 2013, mixed martial arts hosted several five-round fights that sent fans into rapturous applause by their conclusions. Battles including Mark Hunt vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, Georges St-Pierre vs....
UFC Fight Night 34 on Fight Pass: Explosive Start or Mundane Fizzle? Aidan O'Connor December 31, 2013 Spotlight The value of UFC’s subscription-based digital network, Fight Pass, has polarized the subjective MMA community. To some, Fight Pass is heralded as the golden ticket to the archives of elite MMA...
Sponsorship in MMA: Keys to Raising a Fighter’s Stock Aidan O'Connor December 23, 2013 News Between Mac Danzig’s "Not for Sale" attire and UFC President Dana White’s allusion to a sponsorship overhaul, product endorsement has been a hot topic in MMA news this week. Typically one of the...
MMA Media: The Roles of Balance and Bias in News Coverage Aidan O'Connor December 17, 2013 News Afraid to miss the latest breaking news, MMA media’s attention is fixed on the sport’s fighting organizations. Journalists do not dare avert their gaze often. The “greatest heavyweight fight ever,” the...
RFA 11: Zach Makovsky vs. Matt Manzanares Full Fight Video Highlights Aidan O'Connor November 23, 2013 Events, Video On Friday, Nov. 22, Resurrection Fighting Alliance returned to the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. for its 11th event. In the night's main event, the promotion's vacant flyweight title was up for grabs as...
