MMA Junkie reports that Alexander Gustafsson is out of UFC 178 due to an injury and Daniel Cormier will get the shot against Jon Jones. Cormier-Jones will be the main event at the September 27th show. Cormier put off surgery (UPDATED: Per Wrestling Observer podcast, Dave Meltzer stated that DC put off surgery) apparently had knee […]
Belfort license allows Belfort-Weidman at UFC 181
Vitor Belfort was granted a conditional license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday. The issuance of the license allowed the UFC to announce Belfort-Chris Weidman at UFC 181 set for December 6th in Las Vegas. With his attorney, Belfort appeared at the Commission hearing to discuss the application for license. The Commission asked […]
NSAC Commission to stream on Fight Pass
The UFC announced that the UFC Fight Pass would live stream coverage of Wednesday’s Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing on Wednesday starting at 10am PT. Among other things, the Commission will hear Vitor Belfort’s request for a license and hear the disciplinary complaint of Chael Sonnen. There are 35 new business items on the agenda […]
Bellator 120 re-air on SpikeTV: 890K viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s replay of Bellator 120, the company’s first PPV from May scored an average viewership of 890,000 viewers. The 3 hour event starting at 9pm ET/PT peaked at 1,334,000 viewers at 11:39pm. The peak occurred at the beginning of the King Mo-Rampage fight. Bellator 120 […]
The New Yorker features Rousey
Ronda Rousey is featured in the current issue of The New Yorker. The piece entitled, “Mean Girl: Why the world’s best female fighter loves to be hated” doesn’t break new ground but gives the UFC bantamweight champ more mainstream exposure. The piece written by Kalefa Sanneh gives non-MMA fans a long-form profile of Rousey. It […]