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Las Vegas Sports Buffet Serves Up Team Grappling As A Snack Before UFC 245 Saturday

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Alan Snel Chad Mendes, Gordon Ryan, Kazushi Sakuraba

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Just when you thought the sports industry in Las Vegas could not come up with

NFR contestant Tim O'Connell chats with UFC star Amanda Nunes after a UFC panel chat at MGM Grand hotel-casino Wednesday afternoon.

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UFC + NFR = Alphabet Soup of Modern Gladiators

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Tim O'Connell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Rodeo has down-to-earth, humble cowboys riding bulls and bucking horses when not wrestling steers to

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UFC Redesigns Fight Pass Subscription Streaming Service; Wilder Fight Generates Gate Of More Than $4 Million At MGM Grand Garden Arena Last Month

December 5, 2019 Alan Snel Dana White, Deontay Wilder

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC, the MMA fight show promoter, has unveiled a redesign of its UFC

Deontay Wilder v Luis Ortiz on the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Fight Night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 23, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Fox Sports/PictureGroup)

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On Boxing/MMA: 2020 Could Be A Monster Boxing and MMA Year In Las Vegas

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Alan Snel Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Raiders football is not the only big sport set to make a big splash in

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On Combat Sports Marketing: Saturday’s UFC vs. Boxing Showdown Was A Win For All Fans

November 4, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Dana White, Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Sergey Kovalev

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com It was the night that a championship boxing bout in Las Vegas and a high-profile

The Sept. 27, 2020 NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway could spark Las Vegas' biggest sports weekend ever. Photo by Daniel Clark.

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September 2020 Could Deliver Mother Lode Of Sports Weekends In Las Vegas: ‘This Would Be Unbelievable’

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Kevin Camper, Peter Guzman

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas tourism and sports leaders are working on creating the mother lode sports weekend in

The last fight of Dana White's Contender Series tonight at the UFC APEX building in Las Vegas.

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UFC’s Original Programming Sets MMA Fight Show Promoter Apart From All Others In Las Vegas

August 27, 2019August 28, 2019 Alan Snel Craig Borsari, Dana White, TJ Brown

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Raiders have their own show on

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UFC Joins Forces With Canadian Company For 8-Year Deal To Study Impact of CBDs on UFC Fighters

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Dana White, Darren Karasiuk, Terry Booth

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s in UFC’s DNA to push the frontier for

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With First Round TKO Over Holm At UFC 239 In Las Vegas Saturday, Nunes Gives Prez Dana White Another Reason To Ratchet Up Marketing Push She Earned

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Conor McGregor, Cris "Cyborg" Justino, Holly Holm, Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Ronda Rousey

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com The powerful Brazilian with two UFC division belts pummelled the Las Vegas -based promotion’s biggest

UFC fighter Pannie Kianzad fields a question during UFC 239 media day.

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Two UFC Unknowns Hope UFC 239 Is Springboard To Bigger Fights and Paydays

July 4, 2019July 6, 2019 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Chance Rencountre, Jon Jones, Pannie Kianzad

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They’re tucked in the corners of the UFC media day room on Independence Day Thursday,

July 5, 2021

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

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Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

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