November - 2015
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
16
GUIDE TO LAUNCHING NEW
MMA PROMOTION
(PART 1)
Article By: Scott Zerr
Few MMA media types and
fans know exactly what goes
on when it comes to putting
on a show.
From the outside looking in,
the casual fan will see a cage in
the middle of an arena, some
TV cameras, and fighters mak-
ing their way into battle. It
looks like a relatively well-oiled
machine.
It’s never quite that simple.
The UFC has an army of staff-
ers whose jobs are to make a
show happen. They have a le-
gion of bodies and a virtually
limitless budget.
For 14 years with the Maximum
Fighting Championship, a very
small group that I was part of
made events come to life. We
used wit, savvy, expertise and
experience to make every show
better than the last in one way
or another.
Last week, the inaugural Pres-
tige FC event was launched,
and now looking back, it is
really quite something that it
all came together with pretty
much three people responsible
for the madness.
Prestige FC owner Derek Daku,
CEO and matchmaker Cord
Crowthers, and myself in the
role of director, had to pack a
lot of punch into making the
show come to life. It was just
the second fully-sanctioned
professional mixed martial arts
event in the Canadian province
of Saskatchewan, and the first
hosted by a homegrown com-
pany. The first event was the
recent UFC Fight Night held
Daniel Swain vs Kurt Southern (Tanner Piper/Prestige FC)
