{"id":123916,"date":"2014-12-27T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T22:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=123916"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:58","slug":"executive-ufc-going-promotor-entertainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/executive-ufc-going-promotor-entertainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive: UFC Going From Promotor To Entertainer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/cm-punk-mcmahon-fired-wedding-day\/cm-punk\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120825\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120825\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CM-PUNK.jpg\" alt=\"CM PUNK\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CM-PUNK.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CM-PUNK-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CM-PUNK-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), is easily the largest mixed martial arts organization in the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion has made footprints all over the\u00a0globe in recent years, and\u00a0plans to continue it&#8217;s expansion in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The organization already\u00a0has it&#8217;s eyes set on South Korea, Scotland and Russia among others for future UFC events.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;As we grow as a business, we&#8217;re moving from a fight promoter to a world-renowned sports media and entertainment company,&#8221; UFC Chief Global Officer Garry Cook told Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The promotion recently continued it&#8217;s push in to mainstream sports, this by\u00a0signing a long term deal with Reebok who will outfit all UFC fighters with uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC also made some serious waves by announcing the signing of former WWE champion CM Punk earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Both moves have seen their fair share of criticism, but the UFC is confident that they are moving in the right direction as a company.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the\u00a0UFC will likely\u00a0find itself in court in 2015, this after former roster talent took issue with prior business tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Is the UFC moving in the right direction? 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The organization already\u00a0has it&#8217;s eyes set on South Korea, Scotland and Russia among others for future UFC events. &#8220;As we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":120825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[5637,9,9925,6327,8706,9924,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Executive: UFC Going From Promotor To Entertainer | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Executive: UFC Going From Promotor To Entertainer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/executive-ufc-going-promotor-entertainer\/\" \/>\n<meta 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