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 […]
Showtime halts releasing PPV buy rates
Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza has announced that it will withhold upcoming PPV buy rates due to the controversy surrounding the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana PPV. Espinoza told BoxingScene.com that the buy rates will only be released if the event sets a PPV record. The Mayweather-Maidana PPV reportedly received 900,000 PPV buys although ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported it […]