UFC on ESPN 11 drew 912,000 viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims scored 513,000 viewer on ESPN right before the UFC main card. UFC on ESPN 11’s main card drew 418K viewers in the A18-49 demo or 0.32. It drew 0.48 in the M18-49 demo, 0.41 in the A25-54 demo […]
Lyman Good lawsuit for tainted supplement dismissed by court
Lyman Good’s lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors of a supplement he claimed caused him to fail a USADA drug test has been dismissed by a New York District Court Judge. The court dismissed the lawsuit which claimed that a dietary supplement was tainted with a banned substance. Memo and Opinion by MMA Payout on […]
Miller leads reported UFC roster pay with $258K from UFC on ESPN 11
UFC veteran Jim Miller topped the roster payouts with $258,000 total Saturday. Main event winner Curtis Blaydes made $180,000 total in defeating fellow heavyweight Alexander Volkov. Volkov earned $80,000 for his effort against Blaydes who made $90,000 to show and another $90,000 to win. In addition, Josh Emmett scored $75,000 to show, $75,000 to win […]
Allegations of tainted meat fail at USADA arbitration for Bruno Silva
Brazil’s Bruno Arruda da Silva has been suspended for two-years from the UFC after a USADA arbitration opinion issued on Monday declared that Silva had tested positive for the banned substance of boldenone. Despite Silva’s defense that he was set to make his UFC debut on short notice and that the banned substance was ingested […]
UFC Fight Pass sees increase in subscribers
This morning, the Sports Business Journal ran a story about the changing strategy of the UFC digital platform Fight Pass as it attempts to gain and retain subscribers. After the deal which put the UFC on ESPN+, many thought that Fight Pass would be dead. But according to the interview with the UFC’s Crowley Sullivan, […]