The UFC announced Tuesday that recently re-signed Nick Diaz will face the returning Anderson Silva on January 31, 2015. The card will be in Vegas although no venue was announced. Silva will be back from recovering from having his leg broken at UFC 168. Diaz will be back after contemplating retirement following his fight with […]
UFC on Fox 12: 2.5 million viewers
UFC on Fox 12 Prelims on FOX: 1.3 million viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the UFC on Fox 12 Prelims drew an average viewership of 1.3 million. It was the first time that Fox had aired the prelims on its network. The network exposure helped the prelims which preceded the main card. The last fight before the main card had […]
Bellator 122: 582,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Friday night’s Bellator MMA Summer Series on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 582,000 total viewers. The peak for Bellator 122 occurred during the co-main event of Brandon Halsey defeating Brett Cooper which drew 807,000 viewers. The overnight rating is down from last Friday’s re-air […]
UFC apparel deal likely to feature Rousey
UFC Senior Vice President Mike Mossholder states that Ronda Rousey will likely be the face of the UFC’s first official outfitting deal according to reports on FoxSports.com and AdWeek. Although Mossholder did not indicate the clothier, he stated that the UFC were in active negotiations with a “premium apparel line” per the AdWeek article. But, […]