Mathematics strikes again. A computation error on the judges’ score cards meant the inaugural night for Flyweights ended in controversy for which the UFC quickly made amends. The Ian McCall-Mighty Mouse Johnson should have been declared a draw. Instead, Johnson was awarded the bout and McCall stormed out of the octagon. In the post-fight press […]
Edgar gets title shot if he moves to Featherweight
MMA Junkie reports that Dana White will offer Frankie Edgar an immediate shot at the Featherweight title if he drops down to that division. Edgar indicated that he wants a rematch at Benson Henderson for the lightweight title. Via MMA Junkie: White, who today promised Edgar an immediate shot at the featherweight title if he’s […]
The financial punch of delaying fights
Larry Pugmire of the LA Times reported on the financial impact of delaying boxing matches due to injury. Its an interesting article that shows the differences between MMA and boxing when faced with injuries. As most know, 2011 was a year wrought with injuries for the UFC. Zuffa had to shuffle around PPV lineups and […]
Slice to host debut of Spike’s “Ultimate Fighter Fridays”
Kimbo Slice will host the premiere of Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter Fridays which will show the best of the 14 seasons of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Spike TV hopes to counterprogram FX’s TUF and Bellator by utilizing the former TUF 10 competitor. Via Spike TV press release: Kimbo will discuss never-before-revealed details of […]
UFC 144 Prelims: 1.5 million viewers
MMA Junkie reports that the UFC 144 Prelims on FX scored 1.5 million viewers. Saturday night’s two hour broadcast was the best rating for the program in its short time on the network. Previously, UFC 143 garnered 1.4 million viewers and UFC 142 received 880,000 viewers. As far as competition for viewers on Saturday night, […]