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 […]
Bellator 145 draws 814,000 viewers
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 […]