Category: The Athletic

Answering the call: A day in the life of an MMA manager

On a given day, Brian Butler-Au, the founder and CEO of SuckerPunch Entertainment, will answer his phone a hundred times. It’ll be one of his company’s more than 200 fighters calling to get the status of something.
By Chuck Mindenhall January 29, 2020

Nate Diaz’s return was one hell of a contact high

Of all the bold claims Dana White has made over the years, his “Nate Diaz isn’t a needle mover” comment has offered countless hours of comic relief to the more serious matters of the fight game. To use a Diaz-like expression, all he has to do is show up and people lose their shit.
By Chuck Mindenhall August 18, 2019
The MITH