MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen that Saturday’s UFC 183 Prelims on FS1 drew 1.546 million viewers which makes it the second straight card over 1 million viewers. The headliner on the FS1 prelims featured Miesha Tate versus Sara McMann. The peak almost drew 2 million viewers plateauing at 1,992,000 in the 9:30-9:45pm quarter hour. […]
Silva and Diaz fail drug tests prior to UFC 183
According to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz have failed drug tests. Silva tested for two types of performance enhancing drugs. Diaz tested positive for marijuana use. The report indicates that Silva tested positive for two anabolic steroids: drostanolone and androstane. The test occurred “out of competition” (as defined by WADA) as […]
More on Zuffa’s motion to transfer Antritrust lawsuit to Nevada
MMA Payout gives you a little more detail in what is going behind Zuffa’s request to move the Antitrust lawsuit filed by Plaintiffs in Northern California to Nevada. Zuffa’s biggest arguments about the reason for transferring the case is that the Plaintiffs signed contracts/agreements which had forum selection clauses and that for convenience of the […]
Silva, Diaz top UFC 183 salaries
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from this past Saturday’s UFC 183. As expected, Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz topped the list. Via MMA Junkie: Anderson Silva: $800,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. Nick Diaz: $500,000 Tyron Woodley: $139,000 (includes $65,000 win bonus) def. Kelvin Gastelum: $21,000 Al Iaquinta: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Joe […]
UFC files motion to transfer Antitrust lawsuit to Nevada
On Friday, Zuffa lawyers have filed a motion to transfer the venue of the Antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of California in San Jose to Nevada where the Zuffa headquarters are located. The hearing date is set for May 7th although Zuffa requests to advance the date to March 26th. In its filing, Zuffa […]