NEW YORK — In an unassuming white house sandwiched between a row of strip malls in Staten Island, a 2,000-foot state-of-the-art facility is churning elite athletes into powerhouse pros. Four weeks after flattening Diego Sanchez in 98 seconds, professional UFC fighter Al Iaquinta is back to his regular regimen at the NY Sports Science […]
There isn’t a ton of sports-specific technology for MMA or combat sports, as James Kimball explained, but within the newly-launched UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, the sports property is “testing out a few toys” and also weaving in bits of technology to enhance athletes’ performance and recovery. Kimball is the Vice President of Operations […]
The following interview is part of our ongoing Expert Series that asks C-level professionals, team presidents, league executives, athletic directors and other sports influencers about their latest thoughts and insights on new technologies impacting the sports industry. Name: Ike Lawrence Epstein Company: UFC Position: Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Ike Lawrence Epstein is the Senior Executive Vice President and […]
The applications of Twitter technologies is “limitless,” according to Andrew Barge, Sports Partnerships Manager. With the recent launch of Periscope 360 video, the UFC became one of the first sports leagues or properties to incorporate the broadcasting experience into its digital strategy, live streaming weigh-ins for UFC 207 earlier this week from Las Vegas. It received nearly […]
While sports fandom has been around for decades, it has only been recently that fans have been able to really see what it is like to go up against their favorite athletes. While it is thrilling to see a 105 mile-per-hour fastball from Aroldis Chapman, it is completely different if you the fan was actually […]
