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 […]
Plaintiffs get pre-discovery win in UFC antitrust lawsuit
As discovery begins in the UFC antitrust lawsuit brought by former fighters, plaintiffs attained a favorable ruling Wednesday as the court will allow one of the plaintiffs’ attorney, Rob Maysey, to access documents in discovery. The UFC identified Maysey as a “competitor” and wanted him precluded from access to some of the company’s confidential documents in […]
Rousey leads list of fighters drug tested by USADA
USADA has provided the names of the UFC fighters it has tested in the first round of its drug testing protocol. Ronda Rousey tops the list with the third party drug testing agency testing the women’s bantamweight champ 5 times. Aside from Rousey, there was a tie for second-most tests with Bethe Correia, Thiago Alves […]