The New York Times‘ William Rhoden penned a piece for the paper in lieu of the UFC event in Baltimore which deems Jones a face of the UFC. Rhoden writes, “Jones is the perfect ambassador for a polarizing sport.” Rhoden could have used polarizing to describe Jones as well. Obviously, Rhoden is not a full-time MMA fan. […]
UFC ratings wrapup shows gains for TUF 19 debut, UFC on Fox 11
UFC 172 tickets in demand based on resale market
According to SeatGeek, the UFC 172 average ticket price on the resale market is $290 which makes it the most expensive event recorded at the Baltimore Arena since 2009 according to the ticket search engine. The ticket prices are up 12% on average from UFC 171. The tickets on the secondary market for UFC 171 […]
TUF 19 Episode 2: 320,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 19 was down substantially from its debut last week. It registered just 320,000 viewers on Wednesday night. The second episode of TUF featuring Team Edgar vs. Team Penn received the lowest overnight rating for the TUF franchise on FS1 […]
Hopkins and Pac-Bradley II ratings from Saturday
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports tweeted the ratings for the live event featuring Bernard Hopkins on Showtime and the HBO replay of Pacquiao-Bradley II. The controversial split decision of Hopkins-Shumenov narrowly beat the replay of Pacquiao-Bradley II. Recap: Pac-Bradley replay 689. BHop win 760k; Porter fight, 897k; Quillin, 622k — Kevin Iole (@KevinI) April 22, […]