The Fox Sports 1 documentary UFC Presents: Breaking Ground, Ronda Rousey has been nominated for a Sports Emmy for Best Sports Documentary. It is just 1 of 3 Sports Emmys that the network has been nominated for in its first year in existence. The one hour documentary which originally aired in September 2013 featured the […]
Bellator 113 DVR+3: 567,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the DVR +3 data for Friday’s Bellator MMA Live 113 raised the average viewership slightly to 567,000 viewers. Its peak viewership did go up to 970,000 viewers. We reported the overnight viewer numbers taking a dip to 507,000 viewers which was a considerable drop from the positive signs of growth […]
McMahon featured in Forbes
Forbes.com posted an article which features WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. The article boasts the achievements of McMahon while cautioning about the risks of the WWE Network. The article, written by Lifestyle editor Michael Solomon, is an overall positive piece on the McMahon success story. The piece highlights the company’s big investment in the […]
Hendricks gets Times slide show
The NY Times did a feature on new welterweight champion Johny Hendricks. The story is a personal feature on Hendricks, his training and family as he prepared for his fight with Robbie Lawler. Entitled, “U.F.C’s Big Daddy: A Fighter’s Training Pays Off.” the feature is more slideshow pictorial than actual story but it focuses on […]
UFC Fight Night 38: 936,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that UFC Fight Night 38 received an average viewership of according to industry sources. The show peaked at 1.25 million viewers during the main event between Dan Henderson and Shogun Rua. UFC Fight Nights since August 2013 UFC Fight Night 26 1,780,000 UFC Fight Night 27 824,000 UFC Fight […]