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U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE December 8, 2016 TO: Members, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade FROM: Committee Majority Staff RE: Hearing entitled “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives.” I. INTRODUCTION On December 8, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold a hearing entitled “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives.” II. WITNESSES The Subcommittee will hear from the following witnesses: Randy Couture, President, Xtreme Couture; Lydia Robertson, Treasurer, Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports; Jeff Novitzky, Vice President, Athlete Health and Performance, Ultimate Fighting Championship; and Dr. Ann McKee, Professor of Neurology & Pathology, Neuropathology Core, Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University III. BACKGROUND A. Introduction Modern mixed martial arts (MMA) can be traced back to Greek fighting events known as pankration (meaning “all powers”), first introduced as part of the Olympic Games in the Seventh Century, B.C.1 However, pankration usually involved few rules, while modern MMA is generally governed by significant rules and regulations.2 As its name denotes, MMA owes its 1 JOSH GROSS, ALI VS.INOKI: THE FORGOTTEN FIGHT THAT INSPIRED MIXED MARTIAL ARTS AND LAUNCHED SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT 18-19 (2016). 2 Jad Semaan, Ancient Greek Pankration: The Origins of MMA, Part One, BLEACHERREPORT (Jun. 9, 2009), available at http://bleacherreport.com/articles/28473-ancient-greek-pankration-the-origins-of-mma-part-one. -
Finish the Fight in Ea Sports Ufc 2 Available Now
FINISH THE FIGHT IN EA SPORTS UFC 2 AVAILABLE NOW REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 15, 2016 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced the official launch of EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2, available in retail stores and as a digital download on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game features the largest roster ever for an official UFC® game, boasting more than 250 athletes, including cover stars, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, as well as all-time fighting legends like Mike Tyson, UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Bruce Lee – all unlockable by making it to the UFC Hall of Fame in Career Mode. EA SPORTS UFC 2 also introduces a Knockout Physics System that, when paired with thousands of new animations and updated character likenesses, makes knockouts more dynamic and realistic than ever. “By listening to fans, sharpening our fundamentals, focusing on areas of innovation in gameplay, and adding massive depth to modes, we believe we’ve taken the franchise and MMA games to the next level with this one,” said EA SPORTS UFC 2 Creative Director, Brian Hayes. “We’re excited that it’s finally time to ask fans to stare back at their opponent, bite down on their mouth piece, come out swinging and finish the fight.” EA SPORTS UFC 2 delivers a mode for every fight fan, including the series introduction of Custom Event Creator, UFC Ultimate Team™, and Live Events which allow players to gain in-game rewards for playing out real-world fight cards before they happen. -
Cultivating Identity and the Music of Ultimate Fighting
CULIVATING IDENTITY AND THE MUSIC OF ULTIMATE FIGHTING Luke R Davis A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF MUSIC August 2012 Committee: Megan Rancier, Advisor Kara Attrep © 2012 Luke R Davis All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Megan Rancier, Advisor In this project, I studied the music used in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events and connect it to greater themes and aspects of social study. By examining the events of the UFC and how music is used, I focussed primarily on three issues that create a multi-layered understanding of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters and the cultivation of identity. First, I examined ideas of identity formation and cultivation. Since each fighter in UFC events enters his fight to a specific, and self-chosen, musical piece, different aspects of identity including race, political views, gender ideologies, and class are outwardly projected to fans and other fighters with the choice of entrance music. This type of musical representation of identity has been discussed (although not always in relation to sports) in works by past scholars (Kun, 2005; Hamera, 2005; Garrett, 2008; Burton, 2010; Mcleod, 2011). Second, after establishing a deeper sense of socio-cultural fighter identity through entrance music, this project examined ideas of nationalism within the UFC. Although traces of nationalism fall within the purview of entrance music and identity, the UFC aids in the nationalistic representations of their fighters by utilizing different tactics of marketing and fighter branding. Lastly, this project built upon the above- mentioned issues of identity and nationality to appropriately discuss aspects of how the UFC attempts to depict fighter character to create a “good vs. -
Are Ufc Fighters Employees Or Independent Contractors?
Conklin Book Proof (Do Not Delete) 4/27/20 8:42 PM TWO CLASSIFICATIONS ENTER, ONE CLASSIFICATION LEAVES: ARE UFC FIGHTERS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS? MICHAEL CONKLIN* I. INTRODUCTION The fighters who compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) are currently classified as independent contractors. However, this classification appears to contradict the level of control that the UFC exerts over its fighters. This independent contractor classification severely limits the fighters’ benefits, workplace protections, and ability to unionize. Furthermore, the friendship between UFC’s brash president Dana White and President Donald Trump—who is responsible for making appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”)—has added a new twist to this issue.1 An attorney representing a former UFC fighter claimed this friendship resulted in a biased NLRB determination in their case.2 This article provides a detailed examination of the relationship between the UFC and its fighters, the relevance of worker classifications, and the case law involving workers in related fields. Finally, it performs an analysis of the proper classification of UFC fighters using the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Twenty-Factor Test. II. UFC BACKGROUND The UFC is the world’s leading mixed martial arts (“MMA”) promotion. MMA is a one-on-one combat sport that combines elements of different martial arts such as boxing, judo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and karate. UFC bouts always take place in the trademarked Octagon, which is an eight-sided cage.3 The first UFC event was held in 1993 and had limited rules and limited fighter protections as compared to the modern-day events.4 UFC 15 was promoted as “deadly” and an event “where anything can happen and probably will.”6 The brutality of the early UFC events led to Senator John * Powell Endowed Professor of Business Law, Angelo State University. -
Customer Acquisition Strategies and Tactics
CHAPTER 5 Customer Acquisition Strategies and Tactics anaging customer acquisition consists of a variety of interrelated tasks and activities. Among the more important are pricing programs, advertising, alternative and direct marketing M systems, sales promotions, and personal selling methods. Based on the solid foundation of developing a customer-oriented company, customer acquisition creates the lifeline of sales and return visits vital to a company’s long-term success. The product life cycle model remains an important tool for understanding how to acquire customers. The introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages of the cycle necessitate careful responses and strategies from the marketing team. Customer acquisition provides a key response to the challenges of competition, especially in the maturity stage of the product life cycle. At every point, companies face the demands of keeping current customers balanced with using tactics to find new customers. In general, three basic forms of customer acquisition are 1. developing existing or new markets, 2. developing existing or new products, and 3. branding programs. y Identifying Markets Customers are acquired through the analysis of existing markets and new markets. New customers can be located in existing markets. Some may be found through the efforts to increase brand switch- ing. Others can be identified when new needs arise as situations change, such as when television programming shifted from analog to digital signals. Further, a product may be featured as being different and better, which is the product differentiation approach to attracting new customers in existing markets. 99 100 CASES IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT Finding new markets, the second approach to identifying markets, consists of geographic expansion into domestic markets and international markets. -
Outside the Cage: the Political Campaign to Destroy Mixed Martial Arts
University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2013 Outside The Cage: The Political Campaign To Destroy Mixed Martial Arts Andrew Doeg University of Central Florida Part of the History Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Masters Thesis (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Doeg, Andrew, "Outside The Cage: The Political Campaign To Destroy Mixed Martial Arts" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 2530. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2530 OUTSIDE THE CAGE: THE CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS By ANDREW DOEG B.A. University of Central Florida, 2010 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2013 © 2013 Andrew Doeg ii ABSTRACT This is an early history of Mixed Martial Arts in America. It focuses primarily on the political campaign to ban the sport in the 1990s and the repercussions that campaign had on MMA itself. Furthermore, it examines the censorship of music and video games in the 1990s. The central argument of this work is that the political campaign to ban Mixed Martial Arts was part of a larger political movement to censor violent entertainment. -
Entertainment Design in Mixed Martial Arts: Does Cage Size Matter?
Journal of Applied Sport Management Volume 11 Issue 2 Article 10 1-1-2019 Entertainment Design in Mixed Martial Arts: Does Cage Size Matter? Paul Gift Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm Part of the Business Commons, Education Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Gift, Paul (2019) "Entertainment Design in Mixed Martial Arts: Does Cage Size Matter?," Journal of Applied Sport Management: Vol. 11 : Iss. 2. https://doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2019-V11-I2-9198 Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm/vol11/iss2/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Volunteer, Open Access, Library Journals (VOL Journals), published in partnership with The University of Tennessee (UT) University Libraries. This article has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Applied Sport Management by an authorized editor. For more information, please visit https://trace.tennessee.edu/jasm. Journal of Applied Sport Management Vol. 11, No. 2, Summer 2019 https://doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2019-V11-I2-9198 Entertainment Design in Mixed Martial Arts Does Cage Size Matter? Paul Gift Abstract This paper investigates the effect of a change in cage size on fighter performance outcomes in Zuffa-owned mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions. Variation in cage size is observed through different events over time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Results suggest that smaller cages lead to more fight finishes (knockouts and submissions) and higher rates of distance knockdowns and choke attempts, all exciting outcomes for viewers. But they also lead to a higher proportion of time with fighters pressed against the cage, a position some viewers may dislike. -
Demand for the Ultimate Fighting Championship: an Econometric
Journal of Business and Economics, ISSN 2155-7950, USA June 2015, Volume 6, No. 6, pp. 1032-1056 DOI: 10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/06.06.2015/002 © Academic Star Publishing Company, 2015 http://www.academicstar.us Demand for the Ultimate Fighting Championship: An Econometric Analysis of PPV Buy Rates Richard A. McGowan1, John F. Mahon2 (1. Boston College, MA 02467, USA; 2.University of Maine, ME 04469-5723, USA) Abstract: This study provides a framework by which the UFC can analyze the determinants of its PPV buy rates, a form of direct demand for the UFC. Accurately deriving demand is incredibly important in the UFC’s goal to maximize revenue and further grow the sport and equally as important for promoters, TV and cable networks. Given that the endogenous growth of the UFC has slowed greatly, specific event characteristics have emerged as the primary factors that govern the buy rate. Using a combination of empirical regression analysis and industry expertise, the UFC and promoters and others can more accurately estimate the buy rates of upcoming events. Key words: gaming; sports; econometric analysis JEL codes: C1, M1 In the past fifteen years, the sport of mixed martial arts has grown from no-rules, bareknuckle “human cockfighting” into a highly professional and incredibly popular mainstream sport with millions of fans around the world. Since purchasing its biggest rival in 2007, the Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has been undisputedly the largest, best quality and most popular MMA promotion in the world. In 2008, Forbes wrote an article calling it the “Ultimate Cash Machine”, valuing it at $1 billion (Miller Matthew, 2008). -
TECHNICAL GUIDE New Construction and Renovations Guiding Principles Implemented by UFC 1-200-02 (December 2016)
TECHNICAL GUIDE New Construction and Renovations Guiding Principles Implemented by UFC 1-200-02 (December 2016) Contact: [email protected] Website: GuidingPrinciples.gbci.org Dated: January 2019 TECHNICAL GUIDE UFC 1-200-02: Chapter 2 Building Design & Construction Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 3 TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ................................................................................................................................ 4 2-1. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Technical Guidance Overview ...................................................................................................... 4 Life Cycle Cost Analysis ................................................................................................................. 4 Project Team Definitions .............................................................................................................. 6 Projects Outside of United States ................................................................................................. 6 Compliance with federal requirements ....................................................................................... -
UFC 3-101-01 Architecture, with Change 1
UFC 3-101-01 16 December 2020 Change 1, 5 January 2021 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) ARCHITECTURE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED UFC 3-101-01 16 December 2020 Change 1, 5 January 2021 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) ARCHITECTURE Any copyrighted material included in this UFC is identified at its point of use. Use of the copyrighted material apart from this UFC must have the permission of the copyright holder. Indicate the preparing activity beside the Service responsible for preparing the document. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND (Preparing Activity) AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/) Change No. Date Location 1 1/5/2021 2-4.3 1407.7.1 ccr 9099; 3-2 ccr 9208; 3-3 ccr 8235 and 8541; 3-6.2 ccr 9570 This UFC supersedes UFC 3-101-01, dated 28 November 2011, with Changes 1-5, dated 25 September 2019. UFC 3-101-01 16 December 2020 Change 1, 5 January 2021 FOREWORD The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD (AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all DoD projects and work for other customers where appropriate. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA). -
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) the Evolution of the Sport
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) The evolution of the sport The UFC is the most exciting combat sport in the world because there are so many ways to win and so many ways to lose…..Boxing is your father`s sport. Dana White What makes UFC so great is that every single man on the planet gets it immediately. It`s just two guys beating each other up. Lorenzo Fertitta We`re not for everyone, and we don`t try to be. If you don`t like fighting sport, great, this is America, that`s your right. All we ask is that people understand what we are. Dana White In early February od 2010, Bryan Johnston, the chief marketing officer for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), returned to his office at Zuffa LLC, the parent company for the UFC, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was frustrated by the numerous athlete injuries that continue plague scheduled events, most recently UFC 108 on January 2, 2010. This situation gave him cause to reflect on some much bigger issues he had been dealing with since leaving his role as vice president of partner marketing at Burton Snowboards to join the UFC and take full control of the organization`s marketing activities in June 2009. Johnston was the first denior memeber of the firm who did not come from a background in boxing or television. He felt a great deal of pressure to ensure that the UFC continued to meet the high expectations that had been set by its phenomenal early success. The name UFC had become synonymous with mixed martial arts across North America. -
UFC 4-010-01 Dod Minimum Antiterrorism Standards For
Appendix 1 E UFC 4-010-01 9 February 2012 Change 1, 1 October 2013 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) DoD MINIMUM ANTITERRORISM STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED UFC 4-010-01 9 February 2012 Change 1, 1 October 2013 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) DoD MINIMUM ANTITERRORISM STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS Any copyrighted material included in this UFC is identified at its point of use. Use of the copyrighted material apart from this UFC must have the permission of the copyright holder. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Preparing Activity) NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER Record of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ ... /1/) Change No. Date Location 1 1 Oct 2013 See Change Summary sheet for details. Editorial changes throughout. 2 3 This UFC supersedes UFC 4-010-01 dated 8 October 2003 with Change 1 of 22 January 2007. UFC 4-010-01 9 February 2012 Change 1, 1 October 2013 FOREWORD The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD (AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all DoD projects and work for other customers where appropriate. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.) Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the most stringent of the UFC, the SOFA, the HNFA, and the BIA, as applicable.