The UFC announced that Cain Velasquez is out of UFC 180 with a right knee injury. As a result, Mark Hunt is stepping in to replace him to face Fabricio Werdum for the interim Heavyweight title. The knee injury suffered by Velasquez occurred during training on October 16th or 17th. According to MMA Fighting, he […]
Cung Le suspension lifted by UFC
The UFC announced Tuesday that it has rescinded the 12 month suspension of Cung Le. The news comes as a surprise considering Le and the UFC were heading to arbitration over the suspension. Via UFC.com: At UFC Fight Night Macao on August 23rd, UFC contracted with an independent drug testing laboratory in Hong Kong to […]
Bellator 129 posts lowest ratings of season
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday’s Bellator 129 received a season low of 564,000 viewers with a peak of just 780,000. It was the worst output of the season for Bellator. Bellator Season 11 overnight ratings Bellator 123: 667,000 Bellator 124: 771,000 Bellator 125: 742,000 Bellator 126: 656,000 Bellator 127: 609,000 […]
GGG fight on HBO tops 1.3 million
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin (aka GGG) taking on Marco Antonio Rubio drew an average of 1.304 million viewers. The fight was the fifth most viewed TV fight in the U.S. this year per Rafael (via Nielsen). GGG’s decimation of Rubio lasted only two rounds but […]
Top Rank seeks to dismiss claims in Garcia’s lawsuit
This past Friday, attorneys for Top Rank Boxing filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in U.S. District Court in Nevada seeking to dismiss a bulk of boxer Mikey Garcia’s lawsuit. Garcia’s lawsuit was originally filed in Riverside County (CA) Superior Court. Top Rank lawyer’s removed the case to Federal Court in Nevada via […]