Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This week we take a look at UFC 143 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada where Nick Diaz took on Carlos Condit for the interim welterweight belt. Condit frustrates Diaz for interim belt We saw the Stockton Slap but Carlos Condit executed his game [...]

Rampage Jackson has signed a three app deal to develop mobile games. His deal with Fountain Valley, California’s MEDL Mobile includes an executive position with the company. Via MEDL press release: Jackson, an active gaming enthusiast, has been appointed to the role of Creative Game Development Executive at MEDL and will work closely with its [...]

One of the UFC’s benefits of partnering with Fox is the unfettered media access to NFL stars. In this video, NFL stars make their picks on this weekend’s UFC 143 the eve before the Super Bowl. Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Dhani Jones, Kurt Warner and others make their picks, based on very vague reasons, on [...]

A Reuters report states that the US Government shut down 16 web sites related to the illegal streaming of live sports. The sites provided links to pirated sites where viewers could watch sports including NBA, NFL, WWE and TNA pro wrestling for free. The sweep of illegal sites is in preparation for Super Bowl Sunday. [...]

Bad Left Hook reports that Floyd Mayweather will take on Miguel Cotto on May 5th in Las Vegas. Apparently, the negotiations with Manny Pacquiao broke down as the once dreamed of Superfight may never happen. Its rumored that Pacquiao will take on Timothy Bradley in June. Prior to Bradley, Cotto was a candidate for Pacquiao [...]

Earlier today, Josh Gross from ESPN.com broke the news that the Federal Trade Commission has closed a non-public investigation into the UFC’s purchase of Strikeforce as of last week. ESPN reports: Documents published on the FTC website dated January 25, confirm the FTC’s Bureau of Competition conducted an investigation to determine whether the $34 million [...]

Bad Left Hook reports (via Boxing Scene) that HBO is seeking permission from the WBC at this Saturday’s event to use new technology that will enable the tracking of statistics of a boxer during a fight. The device is a 1 inch by 1 inch sensor which will be in the wrist of the boxing [...]

Saturday night’s UFC on FOX  2 event from the United Center in Chicago posted a 2.6/5 national rating/share, averaging 4.66M viewers and peaking at just over 6 million according to figures released by Nielsen Media Research today. Fox Sports Media Group Ratings Press Release: As expected, FOX dominated the night on the important younger demographics. [...]

Earlier today, Yahoo producer Dave Doyle announced that this was his last day as MMA/Boxing editor over at Yahoo! Sports. Doyle stated the following message via social media website Twitter: Today is my last as MMA/boxing editor at Yahoo! Sports. It’s been an awesome ride working with great folks. Thanks for everything. Sources tell MMAPayout.com [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM) announced today that HDNet will be the official sponsor of four, live 3D theatrical broadcasts of UFC® Pay-Per-View events in 2012 at nearly 75 Cinedigm affiliated theatres. Beginning with the live 3D broadcast of UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT on Saturday, [...]