MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 38 ratings dipped for the second week in a row with an average of 150,000 viewers for its MTV2 broadcast. Despite moving its start time to avoid UFC Fight Night overlap, it still had low ratings. Bellator’s replay airing at midnight the same night PT/ET drew 97,000 viewers. Via MMA […]
Archives for March 2011
Lesnar appearance on Jimmy Fallon
Brock Lesnar made an appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show on NBC last night to promote his autobiography and The Ultimate Fighter 13 premiering this Wednesday. Unlike his previous promotion for his book, Lesnar was clean shaven, affable and played along with Jimmy Fallon. Lesnar even participated in a “mini-skit” where he reverses a Fallon […]
Chael Sonnen Sentencing Postponed Until April 8, 2011
Following up on my post, Chael Sonnen Guilty Plea, I checked the docket and it appears that the Court adjourned Sonnen’s sentencing hearing from March 28, 2011 (i.e. today) to April 8, 2011. As you may recall from my earlier post, here are some of the allegations from the Superseding Information: On or about June 20, […]
UFC Fight Night Seattle: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective featuring UFC Fight Night from the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The main event featured Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis versus Antonio Rogerio Noguiera. MMA Payout was on the scene. The first fight started at 2:45pm. Even with an early start time, there were a considerable amount of fans in […]
UFC Fight Night Seattle a sellout, gate of $1.1 million
MMA Weekly reports via twitter that Seattle’s UFC Fight Night was a sellout of over 14,212 with a gate of $1,182,850. The draw was the most out of any UFC Fight Nights. The event was scheduled to house 8,000 but increased demand had the UFC open the upper bowl of the KeyArena. On Friday, the UFC released […]