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LVSportsBiz’s 2020 Year In Review: A Stadium Is Born, Coping With COVID-19 And Different Paths To Racial Justice

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A highly-contagious worldwide virus shut down sports in Las Vegas for several months in 2020

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 30: Workers sanitize the Octagon between fights during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on May 30, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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COVID-19 and Sports: UFC Spends $17 Million On 26,300 COVID-19 Tests To Make Sure MMA Fight Shows Go On This Year

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Charles Oliveira, Dana White, Diego Lima, Tony Ferguson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Saturday was the pay-per-view finale for Las Vegas-based UFC and typically the year’s last major

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On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

Dana White at an event at the APEX building in Las Vegas last year.

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UFC Expected To Cut 60 Fighters, UFC Boss Dana White Says

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Brunson, Edmen Shahbazyan, Gilbert Burns, Ronda Rousey, Yoel Romero

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Like other industries, sports have had to cut workers, from media companies letting go of

UNLV competes against K-State at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas on December 5, 2020.

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On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Flash Momentum; Raiders Jolt Jets In Jersey

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Derek Carr, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was a little thing, really. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came away with their

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With UFC’s Big-Name Stars Fading, Las Vegas MMA Promotion Marketing Lesser-Known Fighters

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Deiveson Figueiredo, Impa Kasanganay, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Joaquin Buckley, Jordan Wright, Valentina Shevchenko

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com In this most wild year for all professional sports, Las Vegas-based UFC has found athletes

UFC Prez Dana White leaves Air Force One in Bullhead City. LVSportsBiz.cpom photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell

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UFC Prez Dana White Joins President Trump On Campaign Trail, Says Air Force One Is Bad Ass

October 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com President Donald Trump has UFC bossman Dana White on the campaign trail with him, as

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 25: Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia announces his retirement in the Octagon after his victory over Justin Gaethje in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 254 event on October 25, 2020 on UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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UFC Undefeated Champ Khabib Retires After Emotional Win At UFC 254 Saturday

October 24, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com For the first time in a decade, UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov entered a professional MMA

Dana White at the UFC Apex building next to the promotion's HQ in Las Vegas.

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UFC’s Many Controversies Are Welcomed Marketing Tools To Sell Fight Show Product

September 20, 2020September 21, 2020 Alan Snel Colby Covington, Dana White, Donald Trump, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tyron Woodley

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Controversy sells and there’s no sport organization generating more of it than Las Vegas-based Ultimate

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Michelle Waterson kicks Angela Hill in a strawweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on September 12, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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UFC (and Dana White) Have Come A Long Way With Women Fighters

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Dana White, Gina Carano, Michelle Waterson, Ronda Rousey, Weili Zhang

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship had another big night at its Apex building in the

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