In the waning days of the 2015 New York State Assembly, the bill seeking to legalize MMA in the state is being revamped in hopes of passage according to the Press & Sun Bulletin in Albany. Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle expects to expand the MMA bill to include other legalized combative sports as well […]
TUF 21 Episode 7 draws 371K viewers
Wednesday’s seventh episode of TUF 21 drew a rating of 371,000 viewers on FS1 in the first run of the episode in the 10:00pm ET slot. The viewership reflects a modest increase from last week. In the fight of the show, the Blackzilians scored another win as Vicente Luque submitted ATT’s Nathan Coy in the […]
UFC announces “UFC Lab”
PBC on Spike TV 3 increases to 811K in DVR+3 numbers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that last Friday’s PBC on Spike TV event featuring Amir Khan taking on Chris Algieri increased in viewership to 811,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings. Its peak viewership increased to 1.3 million. Earlier this week, we reported that Friday’s event drew 772,000 viewers with a peak viewership […]
UFC announces details of drug testing policy
The UFC announced details of its new drug policy at a press conference Wednesday. The United States Anti-Doping Agency will take the reins as a third-party administrator for the UFC policy. The new rules will take effect July 1, 2015. Among the new shift in policy is that contracted UFC fighters will be subject to year-round […]