HBO Boxing’s event Saturday night drew 467,000 viewers for its main event featuring Dmitry Bivol as he defeated Jean Pascal. The fight peaked at 537,000 viewers per Nielsen. In the penultimate telecast for HBO boxing, Murodjon Akhmadaliev defeated Isaac Zarate by 9th round TKO in the opener. Akhmadeliev’s victory drew 405,000 viewers and peaked at […]
UFC passes on re-signing Sage Northcutt
The UFC has decided not to re-sign Sage Northcutt to another contract according to Dana White. The 22-year-old is a free agent after fighting out the terms of his contract with the company. Northcutt was a much-heralded star coming into the UFC as he was one of the fighters “discovered” on Dana White’s YouTube reality […]
TUF 28 Episode 11 draws 159,000 viewers
The penultimate episode of TUF 28 drew 159,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving episode featured the final Heavyweight fight of the house as Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa defeated Maurice Greene via submission. Espino will now face Justin Frazier a the TUF Finale on November 30th. The final fight of […]
UFC Fight Night 141 attendance and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 141 took place in Beijing, China on Saturday. The event drew over 10,000 fans at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing. The event featured Curtis Blaydes taking on Francis Ngannou with Ngannou breaking a two fight skid scoring an impressive first round KO of the heavyweight contender. According to UFC officials post fight, […]
Spider-Stylebender set for Melbourne at UFC 234
Anderson Silva will return to the UFC next year against one of the hottest star the promotion has right now in Israel Adesanya at UFC 234. The event will take place February 9th (Feb. 10th locally) in Melbourne, Australia. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto was the first to report the fight. Silva, the former UFC middleweight champion […]