Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was the first contracted UFC fighter to be identified as having a potential violation of the organization’s anti-doping policy. Cro Cop announced his retirement from MMA due to a shoulder injury earlier this week prior to the revelation of the possible anti-doping violation. Cro Cop was scheduled to fight Anthony Hamilton […]
Nijem cut reflects no room for negotiations with UFC
HBO Boxing’s Bradley-Rios draws 910,000 viewers
HBO Boxing drew an average viewership of 910,000 subscribers according to ESPN. The event featured Timothy Bradley taking on Brandon Rios and peaked at 1.03 million viewers. In addition the opening bout on the show featured Vasyl Lomanchenko taking on Romulo Koasicha. The fight averaged 585,000 and peaked at 657,000. Per Sports TV Ratings, the […]
UFC Fight Night 77 draws 757K viewers; prelims score 609K
The main card of UFC Fight Night 77 Saturday night on FS1 drew an average viewership of 757,000 viewers. The prelims drew an average viewership of 609,000 on FS1 per Sports TV Ratings. The main card which aired from 10pm-12:56pm ET on Saturday night featured the third fight between Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort. The […]
Glory Kickboxing draws 198K in ESPN2 debut
Glory Kickboxing drew 198,000 viewers on ESPN2 per Sports TV Ratings. It was the first time on the network since leaving Spike TV last month. Glory announced the deal last week and aired Glory 25 Milan on the network on Friday night 10:30pm-12:30amPT. Payout Perspective: The Glory ratings on ESPN2 are still off from the […]