Fightland is a website covering mixed martial arts (MMA). Launched in September 2012, it is part of Vice Media, Inc. network channels. Vice Media states that Fightland is a joint venture with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The New Yorker describes it as a vertical in which the UFC is sponsoring the whole website, and in general, concludes that "Vice's sponsored material can feel like a strange beast, neither advertising nor regular content but something in between."
6-449: Fightland has been criticized by Cagepotato and Deadspin for not being transparent to their readers that it is funded by the UFC, and that it is operating as a marketing arm or acting as a shill . The UFC, Vice Media and Fightland refused to comment on the subject when asked. At UFC 164 weigh-ins, UFC president Dana White wore an official Fightland T-shirt. Fightland editor-in-chief
12-460: A credit bid for nearly all of its assets. Cagepotato Cagepotato was a news/entertainment website focusing on the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). The site was owned by Defy Media . CagePotato.com was launched by former magazine editor Ben Goldstein and Break Media Editorial Director Jonathan Small in October 2007. Ben Fowlkes, who also contributes to SI.com and CBSSports.com joined
18-490: Is Michael Hresko. A notable writer for the website is MMA analyst Jack Slack . Other notable writers include Peter Carroll and Tom Taylor. Fightland was a 2014 World MMA Awards nominee for the "MMA media source of the year" award. On May 15, 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $ 225 million as
24-995: Is marked by humor and cultural references, however topics dealing with legal developments in the field of mixed martial arts are also addressed. As of December 2009, CagePotato attracted over 850,000 unique visitors per month and nearly 4,000,000 pageviews per month. The site and its content have been featured in Fight! Magazine, Inside MMA , G4 ’s Attack of the Show, Sirius Fight Club, RawVegas.TV, AskMen.com, Cage Radio, Yahoo! Sports, and other media outlets. Guest columnists for CagePotato have included UFC fighters Gerald Harris [1] , Efrain Escudero [2] , Don Frye, Gary Goodridge, Dan Severn, Santino DeFranco [3] , and adult film actress Carmen Valentina. In February 2010, CagePotato.com launched “MMA Fightpicker,” an MMA prediction game that allows players to compete against each other in weekly pools, predicting
30-469: The outcomes of MMA events. However, due to financial concerns this game was discontinued. CagePotato has had a rocky relationship with the UFC and its president, Dana White, since October 2010 when the website leaked photos from the Playboy pictorial of UFC Octagon girl Arianny Celeste. CagePotato has been barred from attending UFC media events since then. In April 2012, UFC attorney Donald J. Campbell issued
36-610: The site as a co-editor in May 2008. Ben Fowlkes left CagePotato in April 2010 to join the writing staff at Vox Media owned MMAFighting.com, and was temporarily replaced by Mike Russell. The site is managed and edited by Jared Jones, with regular contributions from staff writers including Seth Falvo, Elias Cepeda, George Shunick, and Matt Saccaro. CagePotato's MMA coverage includes exclusive fighter interviews, original videos, event liveblogs, photo galleries, and opinion columns. The site's editorial tone
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