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TUF 21 Finale attendance, gate and bonuses

July 12, 2015 by Jason Cruz 2 Comments

MMA Junkie reports the TUF 21 Finale attendance, gate and bonuses announced at the post-fight press conference. Stephen Thompson and Kamara Usman topped the Performance of the Night bonuses. Thompson executed a perfect spinning head kick to end the night for Jake Ellenberger. Usman earned a second-round submission of Hayder Hassan with a head an […]

UFC 200 to open new MGM Arena

July 12, 2015 by Jason Cruz 16 Comments

The UFC announced plans for next year’s UFC International Fight Week main card as it plans to hold UFC 200 at the new MGM Arena set to open early next year. The announcement was made at the beginning of this year’s Fan Expo. UFC 200 will take place at the new MGM Arena on Saturday, […]

UFC 189 attendance, gate and bonuses

July 11, 2015 by Jason Cruz 21 Comments

UFC 189 set a record for attendance and gate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event drew 16,019 for a gate of $7.2 million. In addition, Conor McGregor, Thomas Almeida, Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald earned the performance bonuses. The numbers were announced post-fight by Dana White during its press conference. […]

Will UFC 189 produce a PPV hit?

July 10, 2015 by Jason Cruz 52 Comments

Based on the MGM Friday, the crowd for Saturday’s UFC 189 should be amazing. The question as we always like to speculate is how well will it do on PPV? Jose Aldo pulling out of the fight had to hurt some of the momentum the event promotion had gained from the initial world tour this […]

UFC holds Browne out of International Fight Week activities

July 10, 2015 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC has suspended heavyweight Travis Browne from all International Fight Week festivities this week after pictures were posted by Browne’s partner, Jenna Renee Webb, alleging Browne caused her bodily harm. Webb posted pictures and a statement on her Instagram account although it appears that she may not press criminal charges against him. In a […]