Archive - The MMA Draw Newsletter

UFC Marketing Partner Closely Linked to Convicted 'King of Coke'?

Rudy Silva just got sentenced to 17+ years for drug trafficking. For years he claimed to be associated with Jocko Willink's Victory MMA gym. Was he?

Mar 19 •

One week after Bryce Mitchell, UFC highlights Sean Strickland's racist stench

Ari Emanuel's shop is rolling in the mud during billion-dollar media negotiations.

Feb 6 •

The UFC's Most Valuable Fighters

TKO has not been in the business of making MMA fighters into stars and it's starting to show.

Feb 24 •

Big Law wants Big Bucks from UFC $375M antitrust settlement

Will Judge Richard Boulware rubber stamp some eye-popping payoffs?

Feb 3 •

You no longer matter to fight promoters. What happened?

A hustler's race to copy UFC & WWE is a formula for death.

Feb 17 •

How much life cycle is left for UFC's current audience?

If demography is destiny, when will today's MMA fan lose interest?

Mar 20 •

UFC fans unsatisfied as Endeavor execs are showered in cash

The take-private deal transforms TKO's owner into WME Group as angry fans are primed to mutiny if they ever figure out where their money goes

Mar 27 •

Report: UFC PPV numbers 'are way way down since ESPN deal started'

The NY Post's Erich Richter reports that things are much worse between the UFC & ESPN than previously known

Mar 15 •

WWE fans are getting TKO'd by UFC value extraction tactics

Endeavor's one-size-fits-all approach to economics is a rolling avalanche.

Mar 30 •

TKO's monopoly mask-off moment for UFC & boxing

Pure process and raw power, with little interest in substance or fight promotion.

Mar 9 •

It Don't Matter Anymore: UFC in NYC

New York, New York: Endeavor isn't bringing the goods to Madison Square Garden.

Nov 4, 2024 •

Ari Emanuel's new Endeavor after UFC 300 & Wrestlemania XL

Everyone is asking when he's selling. He's got unfinished business with CAA.

Apr 18, 2024 •

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