Strikeforce announced that it will hold a card January 12th in Oklahoma City which will feature all of the Strikeforce champs in the men’s division. There is also a rumor that Ronda Rousey is officially a member of the UFC roster. The announced matches via Strikeforce Press Release: • Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez (champion) vs. […]
UFC Primetime Episode 1 Condit-GSP earns 629K viewers
MMA Fighting reports that last Friday’s debut of the UFC Primetime: GSP-Condit Show received an average of 629,000 viewers. The average according to the article ranges from 540,000 to 560,000 viewers. It was the first of a three part series which will reintroduce the viewers to GSP as he comes back from a knee injury […]
World Series of Fighting: 198,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that World Series of Fighting ratings for its Saturday night debut as the company received an average of 198,000 viewers. The numbers are on par with boxing programming on the network. According to the Junkie article, the 198,000 viewers bested the UFC on Fuel TV series viewer average. Of course, NBC Sports […]
TUF Episode 8 and Bellator 79 ratings
MMA Junkie reports on the ratings from this past weekend’s TUF and Bellator episodes on Friday. Notably both received good ratings as TUF surpassed 1 million viewers and Bellator received a season high of 220,000 viewers. TUF Episode 8 TUF 16 Episode 1: 947,000 TUF 16 Episode 2: 872,000 TUF 16 Episode 3: 775,000 TUF […]
Rousey featured in Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports Network
Ronda Rousey is featured in this week’s edition of Sports Illustrated as well as a television feature for the NBC Sports Network. The article’s title, “Ronda Rousey lays the smack down,” appears to be a lean toward the WWE’s The Rock’s famous catch phrase. The SI article covers Rousey’s upbringing and how she became one […]