The UFC issued a press release Tuesday announcing it had served a demand for retraction from MMA web site Cage Potato. In Nevada, the demand is a prelude to a defamation lawsuit. The UFC’s issue concerns a post on the web site on April 14th. The post is in regards to Jon Jones wearing UFC […]
Bellator 65: 163,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 65 ratings grabbed 163,000 viewers on MTV2. This week’s average is less than 64 but above the season’s average. Bellator 64: 175,00 viewers Bellator 63: 140,000 viewers Bellator 62: 175,000 viewers Bellator 61: 108,000 viewers Bellator 60: 169,000 viewers Payout Perspective: Although down from the week prior, the hope is […]
TUF Live Episode 5: 1 million viewers
TUF Live Episode 6 garnered a 1 million viewer average as reported by MMA Junkie. The number is slightly better than episode 5’s 947,000 viewer average – an all-time low for the TUF series. TUF Live Episode 1: 1.28 million viewers TUF Live Episode 2: 1.1 million viewers TUF Live Episode 3: 1.2 million viewers […]
WWE reports WM 28 buys: 1.3 million
The WWE is reporting that the preliminary PPV buy rate for Wrestlemania 28 is 1.3 million buys worldwide. It also is reporting that global gross sales exceeded $67 million including the live event. If I am reading the WWE’s release correctly, the gross sales includes the live gate which was originally reported as $8.9 million. […]
UFC coaching certain fighters in interviews?
Cageside Seats reports on an interesting part of the job for the UFC fighter that is somewhat glossed over: the post-fight interview. Dave Metzler suggested on his radio show that the UFC assists certain wrestlers with talking points for their interviews. The discussion of the post-fight interview comes from Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 2 […]