ESPN reports that UFC bantamweight Marlon Moraes has tested positive for COVID-19. Despite his diagnosis and suffering from symptoms he has agreed to a fight with Cody Garbrandt. Moraes, who challenged for the belt against Henry Cejudo last year, is at home recovering and quarantining. The Brazilian agreed to the fight with Garbrandt and stated […]
UFC 251 Prelims tops cable ratings Saturday
The UFC 251 Prelims on ESPN topped cable rankings on Saturday drawing 809,000 viewers for its four-hour block on the network according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 397,000 in the A18-49 demo as well as topping most of the other demos. The UFC 251 Prelims took place on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi […]
Report: UFC 251 draws 1.3M PPV buys
The Athletic reports that Saturday’s UFC 251 PPV drew 1.3 million viewers making it the best drawing pay-per-view since UFC 229 which featured the showdown between Khabib Nurmagemdov and Conor McGregor. UFC 251 featured Kamaru Usman taking on last-minute replacement Jorge Masvidal. It also featured two other championship title fights in Petr Yan claiming the […]
Friday Night Smackdown draws 1.9M viewer average on Fox for July 10th edition
Top Rank Boxing Thursday (07.07) draws 299,000
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN this past Thursday drew 299,000 viewers per Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzz Daily. It managed only a 0.09 household rating. The telecast featured heavyweight Carlos Takam as he earned a unanimous decision victory over Jerry Forrest. Thursday’s telecast brought down the summer average to 327,000 per telecast. The ratings remain […]