MMA Fighting reports that Anderson Silva will claim that “sexual performance” medication was the cause for positive drug tests before and after UFC 183. Silva and his attorneys will put on their defense on Thursday when Silva goes before the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Despite the positive drug tests, Silva claims that he did not […]
Archives for August 2015
UFC Fight Night 73 draws 1.159M viewers; Prelims 306K
UFC Fight Night 73 drew an average viewership of 1.159M viewers on FS1 Saturday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event made it the third-most watch UFC Fight Night of 2015. In addition, the Fight Night Prelims which aired prior to the main card drew 306,000 viewers from 8-10pm ET. The main card, which […]
UFC 194 set for MGM Grand featuring Aldo-McGregor
Yahoo! Sports reports that the long-awaited fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor will take place on Saturday, December 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Speculation arose that this fight would take place at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas as part of huge extravaganza which would include Tate-Rousey III and perhaps one […]
Glory 23 posts only 295,000 viewers
Glory Kickboxing 23 on Friday night drew 295,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. Although it represents an almost 50% increase from June’s Glory 22, it still is low compared to previous events. The event aired on Spike TV from 11:00pm to 1:04am on Friday night. Glory Ratings on Spike Glory 11 381,000 Glory 12 476,000 […]
Teamsters and UNITE HERE seek to help fighters organize
Late last week, Teamsters Local 986 and UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union Local 226 announced it would be working to organize UFC fighters. In rebuttal to this opposition, the UFC provided a letter to its contracted fighters recognizing these efforts and advising them that there is an ulterior motive by the unions to use the fighters […]