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. 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. 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 is also addressed. As of December 2009, CagePotato attracted over 850,000 unique visitors per month and nearly 4,000,000 pageviews per month , making it one of the most popular MMA sites on the web. 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?hlen&sourcehp&q=site%3Acagepotato.com+gerald+harris+tuf+blog&aqf&aqi&oq=], Efrain Escudero [http://www.google.com/search?hlen&qsite%3Acagepotato.com+efrain+escudero+tuf+blog&aqf&aqi&oq=], and Santino DeFranco [http://www.google.com/search?hlen&qsite%3Acagepotato.com+santino+defranco+tuf+blog&aqf&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.
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