WHAT is the ENTITY THAT OWNS THE UFC® [ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®] BRAND OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA)?
The entity that owns the UFC® [Ultimate Fighting Championship®] brand is the world’s leading mixed martial arts sports association, formed in January, 2001 by Zuffa, LLC. The UFC® event productions feature a strong ownership and a depth of management experience across a spectrum of live event sports, television production and ancillary business development. The New UFC Brand is positioned well for the future as the standard bearer for the evolving and exciting sport of mixed martial arts.
WHAT CHARACTERIZES ULTIMATE FIGHTING® MMA EVENTS?
Ultimate Fighting® is a proprietary term and registered trademark and service mark of Zuffa, LLC, associated exclusively with the UFC® brand of MMA events. Ultimate Fighting® events feature the highest caliber mixed martial arts competition in the world between high level professional fighters who utilize the disciplines of jiu-jitsu, karate, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and other forms in UFC® live events. UFC® competitors, many of whom earned their way into the UFC events by being participants in “The Ultimate Fighter®” reality-based television series are among the best-trained and conditioned athletes in the world. While this is a highly intense sport, fighter safety is of paramount concern to UFC ownership and management: it is noteworthy that no competitor has ever been seriously injured in a UFC event.
WHAT is the ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® PRODUCTION?
The new Ultimate Fighting Championship® production is a series of international competitive mixed martial arts events televised throughout each year and available live or tape-delayed on pay-per-view and other formats, seen domestically and internationally. The New Ultimate Fighting Championship® producers are committed to providing the highest quality live event and television production available to entertain and engage viewers in a fascinating sport. The New Ultimate Fighting Championship® brand of MMA event distinguishes itself from the controversial spectacle of the last decade: The first event produced under new ownership and management was February 23, 2001.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® events are produced exclusively in cooperation with and under the exclusively ownership of Zuffa, LLC.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Best Selling Pay-Per-View in U.S.A
UFC 67 - Silva v. Lutter - 400,000
UFC 57 - Liddell v. Couture III - 400,000
UFC 68 - Slyvia v. Couture - 540,000
UFC 58 - Franklin v. Loiseau - 300,000
UFC 69 - St. Pierre v. Serra - 400,000
UFC 59 - Ortiz v. Griffin - 425,000
UFC 71 - Liddell v. Jackson II - 675,000
UFC 60 - Hughes v. Gracie - 620,000
UFC 72 - Franklin v. Okami - 200,000
No June pay-per-view event in 2006
UFC 73 - Ortiz v. Evans - 425,000
UFC 61 - Ortiz v. Shamrock II - 775,000
UFC 74 - Couture v. Gonzaga - 520,000
UFC 62 - Liddell v. Sobral II - 500,000
UFC 76 - Liddell v. Jardine - 475,000
UFC 63 - Hughes v. Penn - 400,000
UFC 77 - Franklin v. Silva II - 325,000
UFC 64 - Franklin v. Silva - 300,000
UFC 78 - Evans v. Bisbing - 325,000^
UFC 65 - Hughes v. St. Pierre - 500,000
UFC 79 - Liddell v. Silva - 600,000*
UFC 66 - Liddell v. Ortiz - 1,050,000
Total sales of events Pay-Per-View that Junior dos Santos fought = 3,250,000.00 sales
