After a UFC weigh-in which featured a brief skirmish between main eventers Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm as well as a Rousey “promo” on Holm after, search interest for the fight has trended down. UPDATED 4:31pm: As you can see from the graph, that keeps updating, searches are back up. As you can see from […]
UFC App now on Amazon
UFC announced the launch of an official app on Amazon’s Appstore. The app will be available on Amazon Fire streaming devices which will allow users access to UFC PPV broadcasts starting with this Saturday’s UFC 193 and UFC Fight Pass. Via UFC press release: “We are thrilled about the new UFC app on Amazon’s Appstore […]
TUF 22 Episode 8 draws 539,000 viewers
The 8th episode of TUF 22 drew an average viewership of 539,000 in its first run on Wednesday night on FS1. The rating is a 30% boost from last week’s lowest-rated episode of the season. The episode rating is the third highest of the season and brings the average viewership up to 520,000 viewers. The replay […]
UFC preparing for copyright violators for Rousey fight
Zuffa has sent out a reminder to media members to not post any highlights from UFC 193 until the UFC says so. The message comes in anticipation of another Ronda Rousey “vine” ending. The notice cites 17 U.S. Code section 411 which is an advance notice of potential copyright infringement. Per the notice from the UFC’s […]
Cro Cop first UFC fighter flagged by USADA
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 […]