With three fights left on his contract, Yoel Romero has parted ways with the UFC according to a report Friday from MMA Junkie who confirmed the transaction with Romero’s agent. The middleweight contender last fought at UFC 248 in March, a loss to Israel Adesanya. The 43-year-old former Olympian first fought in the UFC in […]
Rodriguez suspended 6 months for USADA infraction
USADA has sanctioned Yair Rodriguez for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy for not updating his Whereabouts information during a 12-month period. Rodriguez has accepted a six-month sanction. At his post-event press conference for UFC on ESPN 18, Dana White was vague regarding a question came up about Rodriguez and when he might fight again. He […]
NXT 712K, AEW 710K
NXT earned a narrow victory over AEW during an abbreviated week due to Thanksgiving. Ratings per Nielsen AEW drew 710,000 viewers and 340,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It drew a household rating of 0.39. It drew 026 in the A18-49, 0.37 in M18-49, 0.16 in A18-34, 0.30 in A25-54 and 0.29 in over 50. […]
Report: Tyson-Jones, Jr. PPV draws over 1M buys
Michael Woods of NYFights.com is reporting that the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones, Jr. PPV drew over 1 million buys on Saturday night. The number could go higher according to the report. Tyson-Jones, Jr. squared off in an exhibition which was determined to be a draw. In addition, Jake Paul knocked out Nate Robinson in the second […]
UFC on ESPN 18 draws 1.055M viewers
UFC on ESPN 18 scored over 1 million viewers Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event drew 1.055M viewers and finished 8th overall in cable ratings Saturday night. UFC on ESPN 18 featured Anthony Smith and Devin Clark after the main event of Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes was cancelled due to […]