The UFC provided an official response to the Deadspin article written by Josh Gross which reported that the UFC may have known that Vitor Belfort had been using synthetic testosterone. According to the Deadspin article, an email erroneously sent by Zuffa to fight managers and others with Belfort’s drug test results prior to his title […]
UFC 192 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from UFC 192 on Saturday night from Houston, Texas. The numbers were announced at the post-fight news conference. The UFC drew 14,622 fans for a live gate of $1.859 million at Houston’s Toyota Center. It was the fourth event at the venue for the UFC and the […]
Hendricks pulled from UFC 192 due to weight cut issues
Johny Hendricks had to pull out of UFC 192 due to “weight cutting issues” according to Dana White on Friday. The loss of Hendricks versus Tyrone Woodley depreciates the entertainment value of the PPV Saturday. Hendricks appeared at Thursday’s media day per MMA Fighting where he said he weighed 183 pounds – 13 pounds above […]
UFC 193 featuring Rousey promoted by Ellen
Ellen DeGeneres debuted the UFC 193 promo video on her own video channel, ellentube, on Friday. The video features Ronda Rousey as an 11-year-old as she discovers judo. The daytime talk show host tweeted out the video to her 48 million viewers. The video has been viewed by over 124,000 at the time of this […]
TUF 22 Episode 4: 538,000 viewers
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter drew an average viewership of 538,000. The average is up from the past two editions of TUF. Last spring’s TUF 21 drew just 286,000 viewers and was slightly up from TUF 20 last fall of 515,000 per a Nielsen source. In the fight of the show, Team McGregor […]