MMA Fighting reports that UFC on Fuel TV 9 scored a ratings average of 236,000 viewers. It was the largest ever for a non-prime time broadcast on the network. Via MMA Fighting: What made this number impressive is the show aired starting at 2 p.m. on the East Coast and 11 a.m. on the West […]
Archives for April 2013
Golden Boy-Fox enter into new deal on FS1
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Fox Sports and Golden Boy Promotions have struck a deal for boxing to be on the new Fox Sports 1 Network. The deal goes through 2015 with an option for 2016. Although no official numbers were divulged, it is believed the rights fees to be $100,000 per […]
Mitrione suspended for Fallon Fox comments
Coming off of a First Round TKO Saturday, Matt Mitrione was feeling good as he returned to The MMA Hour for his “Mitrione Minute.” However, his “jokes” and then commentary on transgender fighter Fallon Fox got him suspended by the UFC. The UFC suspended Mitrione from his UFC contract based upon a violation of the […]
RYU bows out of UFC sponsorship
RYU formally announced that it is no longer a sponsor of the UFC. In its recent Form 10K (page 5) filed this April, it stated that it no longer will cater to the MMA Marketplace. Despite an initial positive outlook for the company, it failed to find an adequate financial return on its investment in […]
UFC on Fuel TV 9 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for this Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 9. Bonuses were $60,000 instead of the UFC standard $50,000. Attendance at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden were 14,506 for a live gate of $2,710,530. The first show in Sweden which featured Alexander Gustafsson was higher attended at […]