CagePotato

CagePotato

Logo for CagePotato
URL http://www.cagepotato.com
Slogan MMA Is Not a Crime
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Mixed martial arts, news, entertainment
Registration Optional (required for commenting and forum posting)
Available language(s) English
Owner Break Media
Created by Ben Goldstein, Jonathan Small
Launched 2007

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.[1]

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[2] 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.[3]

As of December 2009, CagePotato attracted over 850,000 unique visitors per month and nearly 4,000,000 pageviews per month.[4]. The site and its content have been featured in Fight! Magazine, Inside MMA, G4’s Attack of the Show, Sirius Fight Club , RawVegas.TV[5], AskMen.com [6], Cage Radio [7], Yahoo! Sports[8], and other media outlets.

Guest columnists for CagePotato have included UFC fighters Gerald Harris [1], Efrain Escudero [2], and Santino DeFranco [3]. 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Break Media Launches Social Game and Opens Game Studio". research.tdameritrade.com. 2010-01-25. http://research.tdameritrade.com/public/markets/news/story.asp?docKey=100-025b9405-1&clauses=. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  2. ^ "Head to Head". cbssports.com (CBS Interactive Sites). http://www.cbssports.com/mma/headtohead/cbs_exc_53108. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  3. ^ "More on MMA in New York". mixedmartialartslawblog.com (David Nelmark of Belin McCormick Attorneys At Law). 2010-01-28. http://www.mixedmartialartslawblog.com/2010/01/articles/mma-laws-and-regulations/more-on-mma-in-new-york/. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  4. ^ "Alexa Web Statistics for Cagepotato.com". alexa.com. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cagepotato.com. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
  5. ^ "Exclusive: Rawvegas.tv Vs. CagePotato Inside Wand Fight Team". rawvegas.tv. http://www.rawvegas.tv/watch/exclusive-rawvegastv-vs-cagepotato-inside-wand-fight-team/a336c09f2eda80a8068ce8db1b55e6. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
  6. ^ "Top 10: Hype-Worthy 2009 Websites". askmen.com (IGN Entertainment). 2009-10-09. http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-hype-worthy-2009-websites_6.html. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
  7. ^ "Herschel Walker’s MMA Debut Has Only Emboldened Jose Canseco". cageradio.com. 2010-02-02. http://cageradio.com/?p=4226. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  8. ^ "Did GSP's corner cheat to give him an edge?". ca.sports.yahoo.com (Yahoo!). 2009-02-02. http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Did-GSP-s-corner-cheat-to-give-him-an-edge-?urn=mma,138156. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  9. ^ Erick Schonfeld (2010-01-25). "Break Media Moves Into Social Games With MMA FightPicker". techcrunch.com. http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/25/break-media-social-games/. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 

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