Mark Cuban’s HDNet to get UFC access
After years of a relationship that could best be termed “sometimes rocky,” billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban…
After years of a relationship that could best be termed “sometimes rocky,” billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has settled his differences with UFC president Dana White – at least enough for the UFC to open the door for Cuban’s TV network, HDNet.
Cuban said the network will now be granted access to Zuffa events and will be able to use video highlights after fights. And he said Rice and Rutten would be at UFC events as part of the “Inside MMA” show.
“Over the years, Dana and I have had some disagreements at the business level,” Cuban said on the show. “Because of those – and I can see his side of it, as well – HDNet has not had access to UFC events. We weren’t able to be at the weigh-ins, we didn’t have press credentials, we didn’t get video after fights. So Dana and I have been talking for the past few months and kind of came to some agreements and worked things out.”
Cuban said any perceived rifts with White over the years were merely the nature of business.