The Ultimate Fighter 27 drew 499,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card on FS1 drew a nearly identical 493,000 viewers. The main card numbers make it the lowest-rated TUF Finale to date. The TUF 27 main event featured Brad Tavares taking on Israel Adesanya. The Nigerian-born fighter dominated […]
Lesnar return to Octagon will happen in 2019
MMA Junkie reports USADA’s confirmation that Brock Lesnar entered the USADA testing pool on July 3, 2018. This means that the earliest Lesnar could return to the Octagon would be January 8, 2019 according to USADA. There was speculation that Lesnar would be ready by the UFC 25th Anniversary Show in New York in November […]
UFC 226 attendance, gate and bonuses
The UFC announced its attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 226 in Las Vegas Saturday night. The bonuses went to Daniel Cormier, Anthony Pettis, Khalil Roundtree and Paulo Costa. All were Performance Bonuses and no Fight of the Night was awarded. Cormier headlined this night as he became the second two division champion when he […]
Pacquiao-Matthysse available on ESPN+ in U.S.
One week before Manny Pacquiao’s return to the ring against Lucas Matthysse and the fight finally has a U.S. broadcast partner in ESPN + announced it will stream the fight live from Malaysia. By the time Pacquiao fights Matthysse, it will have been over a year since his last fight on ESPN against Jeff Horn […]
TUF 27 Finale attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC reports the TUF Finale 27 attendance, gate and bonuses. The numbers were disclosed post-event. The bonuses went out to Israel Adesanya, Luis Pena, Alex Caceres and Martin Bravo. Each earned $50,000 bonuses. Caceres and Bravo earned Fight of the Night while Adesanya and Pena drew Performance Bonuses. Adesanya scored the rare feat of earning […]