MMA Fighting reports that UFC Heavyweight Champion has signed an 8 fight contract with the UFC. The deal is worth “seven figures” according to UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani who talked to Werdum’s manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. “They didn’t have to do a new deal. We’re very thankful. [Werdum] wants to end his career as a UFC […]
Rousey tops athlete Google searches for 2015
Ronda Rousey was the top athlete searched for in 2015 according to Google. She was also 5th on the list in overall trending searches. Rousey was the top active athlete searched for in 2015 by search engine Yahoo! The news released Wednesday by Google confirms that Rousey was a hot topic for 2015. Rousey fought […]
More ratings on FS1 surrounding UFC 194
More ratings from FS1 on Friday and Saturday reveal a spate of very good ratings surrounding UFC 194. As we previously reported, UFC 194 draw a FS1 prelim record of 1,931,000 viewers. It peaked during the Urijah Faber-Frankie Saenz fight at 2.38 million viewers. It was the most watch prelims airing on any network since […]
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UFC 194 Prelims draw all-time FS1 high of 1.9M viewers
UFC 194 Prelims on FS1 scored an all-time high on the network for PPV prelims with 1,931,000 viewers. The prelims preceded the UFC 194 PPV. The final fight on the prelims featured Urijah Faber taking on Frankie Saenz in a very good matchup. The average for 2015 PPV Prelims was 1,069,000 with 7 of the […]