CagePotato
Encyclopedia
Cagepotato is a news/entertainment website focusing on the sport of mixed martial arts
(MMA). The site is a member of the Break Media Network, currently one of the 33rd largest web properties in the United States.
CagePotato’s MMA coverage includes exclusive fighter interviews, original videos, event liveblogs, photo galleries, and opinion columns. The site’s editorial tone 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 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+gerald+harris+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=, Efrain Escudero http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+efrain+escudero+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=, and Santino DeFranco http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+santino+defranco+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=. In February 2010, CagePotato.com launched “MMA Fightpicker,” an MMA prediction game that allows players to compete against each other in weekly pools, predicting the outcomes of MMA events. However, due to financial concerns this game was discontinued.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
(MMA). The site is a member of the Break Media Network, currently one of the 33rd largest web properties in the United States.
History
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 the site as a co-editor in May 2008. Ben Fowlkes left CagePotato in April 2010 to join the writing staff at AOL's MMAFighting.com. A new Senior Editor, Mike Russell, has stepped in to continue operations with Ben Goldstein.CagePotato’s MMA coverage includes exclusive fighter interviews, original videos, event liveblogs, photo galleries, and opinion columns. The site’s editorial tone 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
Inside MMA
Inside MMA is an hour-long program on Mark Cuban's HDNet television network hosted by Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice. The hosts, along with a revolving panel of three guests, provide commentary on mixed martial arts events around the globe...
, G4
G4 (TV channel)
G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...
’s Attack of the Show, Sirius Fight Club , RawVegas.TV
RawVegas.tv
RawVegas.tv was first launched on January 19, 2007 and is the first venture for Raw Networks LLC, a Las Vegas-based Internet television studio that creates and produces short form video content exclusively for the Internet...
, AskMen.com , Cage Radio , Yahoo! Sports, and other media outlets.
Guest columnists for CagePotato have included UFC fighters Gerald Harris http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+gerald+harris+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=, Efrain Escudero http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+efrain+escudero+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=, and Santino DeFranco http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+santino+defranco+tuf+blog&aq=f&aqi=&oq=. In February 2010, CagePotato.com launched “MMA Fightpicker,” an MMA prediction game that allows players to compete against each other in weekly pools, predicting the outcomes of MMA events. However, due to financial concerns this game was discontinued.