Fedor Emelianenko returns to MMA as part of “an MMA mega-event” airing on Spike TV this New Year’s Eve Thursday, December 31st. Emelianenko will main event a show taking place from Tokyo, Japan and be a part of partnership with Bellator and a new global MMA promotion run by former Pride President Nobuyuki Sakakibara. The […]
PBC on NBC for 09.12.15 draws 0.69 rating; PBC on FS1 down as well
PBC on NBC last Saturday afternoon drew a 0.69 rating per Nielsen. It is down from June’s NBC afternoon event. Also, PBC on FS1 this week was down in just its second live event on the network. The main event last Saturday was Peter Quillin taking on Michael Zerafa with Quillin taking the fight by […]
Haymon-Golden Boy lawsuit to proceed in federal court
Golden Boy Promotions won a round against Al Haymon in court earlier this week as Judge John Walter denied Haymon’s motion to stay the court action to arbitrate the issues before the court. As a result, the case will proceed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Court chided Haymon’s […]
TUF 22 Episode 2: 463,000 viewers
The second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 22 featuring coaches Conor McGregor and Urijah Faber drew 463,000 viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. It’s a little over a 25% decrease from the 2 hour debut episode last Wednesday. The show featured another leglock submission by BJJ specialist Ryan Hall. In the fight of the show […]
Bellator MMA signs deal with ESPN Deportes
Bellator MMA will return to ESPN Deportes per company announcement earlier this week. The agreement is a “multi-year, multi-platform agreement” which starts with Bellator’s next tent pole event this Saturday, “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1” Via Bellator: ESPN will be streaming preliminary matches in Spanish starting at 7 p.m. on ESPN3 and ESPNDeportes+. As part of […]