UFC on ESPN 30 drew 657,000 viewers on the network Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast drew 303,000 in the A18-49 demo and a household rating of 0.39. The main card ranked 7th in cable Saturday night. It drew 0.23 in the A18-49, 0.17 in F18-49, 0.30 in M18-49, 0.16 in A18-34, […]
UFC Flyweight takes 2-year suspension for Meldonium
UFC flyweight Liliya Shakirova accepted a two-year suspension from USADA for a finding of meldonium in an out of competition test on December 5, 2020 in her native Uzbekistan. Meldonium is a non-specified substance in the category of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators and it is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and […]
UFC on Vegas 30 bonuses
UFC on Vegas 30 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. As part of the TUF 29 finals, a pair of finalists received undisclosed bonuses in addition to those regular bonuses. Pat Sabatini, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Gerald Meerschaert and Giga Chikadze. As part of the feature bout, Chikadze stopped Edson Barboza. […]
Zingano sues Berry over movie role
Font not guilty of anti-doping violation by NAC
On Thursday the Nevada Athletic Commission determined that Rob Font’s positive drug test was caused by a non-prohibited substance. Similar to the USADA ruling in July, Font will not receive any suspension or fine. Font received a positive drug test on May 22 for traces of a substance on the UFC’s prohibited list. However, USADA […]