In the second half of its third season, WWE Total Divas drew a season high rating average of 1.41 million viewers according to Television By Numbers. The WWE reality show on the E! network received help from the Kardashians. Total Divas drew a 0.7 rating while it was aided by lead-in Kourtney & Khloe Take […]
UFC renews with In Demand
Zuffa has reached an agreement with In Demand to distribute its UFC PPVs which include the ability to sell UFC Fight Pass to subscribers. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed although the report by MultiChannel.com indicates it’s a multi-year deal. New wrinkles to the deal include an “electronic sell-through” and affiliates can offer the […]
UFC 182 Prelims scores 1.03M average viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the UFC 182 Prelims on FS1 drew a viewer average of 1.02 million making it the best viewership of a prelim show since UFC 168 in December 2013. The Prelims Saturday peaked between 6:30-6:45pm PT with 1,346,000 viewers. The last fight on the UFC Prelims was Paul Felder taking on […]
Nevada AG may review Jones’ commission testimony
MMA Fighting reports that the Attorney General of Nevada is looking into whether it will investigate the possibility that UFC light heavyweight champ lied under oath while testifying before the Nevada State Athletic Commission this past September. Based on the commission review of the incident including Jones’ testimony, he was fined $50,000 and given 40 […]
NSAC calls Jones’ testing “administrative oversight”
MMA Fighting reports further on the Jon Jones drug test and how the news of his positive test came to light. The Nevada State Athletic Commission remains a little vague on the reasons it tested Jones for a recreational drug not banned outside of competition. Bob Bennett on why Jones was tested for a recreational […]