09-13-2011, 10:02 AM
Zuffa owns UFC.
I went to Strikeforce fights regularly, as they were based in San Jose. They treated press pretty well - nice lammies and a good dinner. But as they grew, my position grew further and further away from the action. I started on the floor at the press table at the end, and slowly got edged backwards until the last fight where I was way in the back in some forgotten corner next to the smoke machines.
What's more, even though you're allowed to bring cameras, you're not able to shoot the fight when an event is televised - it's an exclusivity thing. If you try, you will be very unceremoniously ejected and banned from future events. Even if it isn't televised, you can't get access to cage-side. That's limited to their own photographers.
Now with UFC, it's a whole new ballgame. I'm working at figuring it out now. UFC has only staged one fight in the Bay Area before and I didn't even try to get access. I'll try to get into this one, just to feel out UFC.
I went to Strikeforce fights regularly, as they were based in San Jose. They treated press pretty well - nice lammies and a good dinner. But as they grew, my position grew further and further away from the action. I started on the floor at the press table at the end, and slowly got edged backwards until the last fight where I was way in the back in some forgotten corner next to the smoke machines.
What's more, even though you're allowed to bring cameras, you're not able to shoot the fight when an event is televised - it's an exclusivity thing. If you try, you will be very unceremoniously ejected and banned from future events. Even if it isn't televised, you can't get access to cage-side. That's limited to their own photographers.
Now with UFC, it's a whole new ballgame. I'm working at figuring it out now. UFC has only staged one fight in the Bay Area before and I didn't even try to get access. I'll try to get into this one, just to feel out UFC.
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