Bellator 145, the quarterly tentpole event for the organization, drew an average of 814,000 viewers Friday night on Spike TV per Sports TV Ratings. It was a slight increase over September tentpole event, Bellator: Dynamite 1. The event aired Friday night from 9:oopm-12:27am ET. It went up against the NBA on ESPN Friday night. In […]
Belfort among 4 winning bonuses at UFC Fight Night 77
MMA Junkie reports the bonuses from UFC Fight Night 77 on Saturday night from San Paulo, Brazil. The bonuses were announced at the post-fight press conference. Vitor Belfort, Thomas Almeida, Alex Oliveira and Thiago Tavares pulled $50,000 bonuses for their performances. There were no “Fight of the Night” as all four fighters drew the bonuses […]
Recent issues dealing with media problematic with UFC stars
As many MMA fans watched Vitor Belfort battle Dan Henderson once again Saturday night, his dealings with the press leading up to UFC Fight Night 77 have been interesting to say the least. Belfort’s attempt to manage the media is just one of three interesting shots at controlling media perceptions. Deadspin and Bloody Elbow released […]
Spike TV to air “Breakfast with Fedor” on New Year’s Eve Day
Bellator MMA announced a New Year’s Eve TV event featuring Fedor Emelianenko. The 3 hour program will air on SpikeTV December 31st at 10am ET/PT. Spike will begin its coverage of the Rizin World Fighting Grand-Prix with Fedor fighting an unnamed opponent in the main event. In addition, King Mo Lawal will fight in an […]
Rousey signs on with Monster Energy Drink
Ronda Rousey has signed an endorsement deal with Monster Energy Drink. The news comes ahead of her fight next week against Holly Holm. Notably, Rousey sported a Monster logo on her official Reebok kit at UFC 190. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In addition to Rousey, Donald Cerrone, Conor McGregor and Daniel […]