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UFC

UFC 

After UFC 229 Brawl Fiasco, Time for UFC to Enact Code of Conduct

October 7, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   UFC 229, headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor, will be recorded Saturday night as

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UFC 

UFC Sowed Seeds of Saturday’s Ugly Brawl During Weeks Leading Up To UFC 229 By Allowing Vicious Smack Talk On Religion, Ethnicity, Family

October 7, 2018October 8, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Nevada Athletic Commission withheld UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s purse after he flew “like

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UFC 

Conor McDollar Set To Deliver Record-Breaking Pay-Per-Views For UFC 229 Saturday

October 5, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Lawrence Epstein

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas-based UFC, which relies on pay-per-view buys for a significant share of its annual

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The Notorious has been known to get a free pass when it comes to his behavior.
UFC 

McGregor Is UFC’s Meal Ticket, So His Hall Pass Allows Everything From Attacking Buses to Press Conference Whiskey

September 25, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   Conor McGregor walked onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the first press

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McGregor is worth too much money to UFC to not be fighting in the Octagon.
UFC WNBA Aces 

Harmonic Convergence of Aces’ Travel Woes, McGregor/White and Wild Bill Shows Power of The Mighty Dollar

August 4, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   After the Las Vegas Aces travel headaches, you have to wonder how many metal dollies

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UFC 

UFC Needs Fresh, Talented Fighters And To Move Away From McGregor, Lesnar Stunts

July 26, 2018 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Brock Lesnar, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Demetrious Johnson, Floyd Mayweather, Jon Merrill, Nate Schmidt, Ronda Rousey

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   No sports organization has mixed mano-a-mano cage violence, soap opera and spectacle as successfully as

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NBA Summer League Day 2 was a sellout of 17,500, including this big crowd watching the Suns-Kings game.
Lights NBA Summer League T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UFC WNBA Aces 

NBA Summer League Day 2 and UFC 226 Are Sellouts, While WNBA Aces’ Attendance Is Down Saturday

July 7, 2018July 8, 2018 Alan Snel Lance Evans, Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Golden Knights finished their season a month ago, the Las Vegas Raiders

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UFC 

Las Vegas-based UFC Cuts TV Rights Deal With ESPN, Finishing Agreement That Began With Digital Rights

May 22, 2018May 23, 2018 Alan Snel Dana White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   After UFC sold digital rights to new streaming platform ESPN+ two weeks ago, the Las

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Expect to see Dana White more on ESPN.
UFC 

UFC Cuts Subscription Deal To Show Fight Events, Dana White Content On ESPN+, ESPN Platforms

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 Alan Snel Dana White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Expect to see more Dana White — and UFC fights and content — on ESPN,

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UFC lined up many new corporate partnership deals this year. This scene is from a hallway at UFC's new headquarters that opened earlier this year.
UFC 

UFC Scored Numerous Sponsorship Deals in 2017

December 25, 2017December 26, 2017 Alan Snel Dana White, Floyd Mayweather, Lawrence Epstein

By ALAN SNEL   Poor UFC.   After selling for more than $4 billion and opening a gorgeous new corporate

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LVSportsBiz Contact

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip 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

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip


May 24, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

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LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

 

 

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