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 […]
Bellator 113 takes a dip: 507,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Bellator 113 on Friday night received an average viewership of 507,000. However, it did peak at 871,000 viewers. The main event featured Emmanuel Newton winning a split decision over Attila Vegh to unify the Bellator light heavyweight championship. Bellator MMA – 110 880,000, […]
Weidman injury forces Machida fight to UFC 175
Chope terminated by UFC after news of military charges of domestic violence
The UFC has let go of featherweight Will Chope when it was discovered that he was dishonorably discharged from the Air Force for domestic violence as indicated in court documents. His fight at UFC Fight Night 38 was scrapped due to the news. The news, broken by Bleacher Report, occurred one day before his fight […]