HBO’s Boxing After Dark drew an average of 719,000 viewers on Saturday night for the main event featuring Lucas Matthysse and Tewa Kiram according to Nielsen. The fight peaked with 769,000 viewers. Mathysse stopped Kiram in the 8th round. The event drew a 0.26 in the A18-49 demo. The opening bout of the night saw […]
UFC on Fox 27 Prelims draw 566,000 viewers
The UFC on Fox Prelims drew 566,000 viewers on FS1 prior to the event on the Fox network. The feature fight of the prelims saw Bobby Green defeat Erik Koch. The 566,000 viewers improves from this past December’s UFC on Fox 26 Prelim event. According to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. UFC on Fox Prelims – […]
Miocic tops UFC 220 salaries
The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission revealed the salaries for UFC 220. As expected, the main event competitors made the most on the card. As compiled by MMA Junkie: Stipe Miocic $600,000 (no win bonus) def. Franciso Ngannou $500,000 Daniel Cormier $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Volkan Oezdemir $350,000 Calvin Kattar $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus) def. […]
UFC on Fox 27: 1,770,000 viewers
UFC on Fox 27 drew 1,770,000 viewers on Saturday night according to Nielsen making it the lowest-rated UFC on Fox card ever. The event was headlined by Ronaldo Souza taking on Derek Brunson. The previous low for the UFC events on the network was August 2016’s UFC on Fox 21 which drew 1,983,000 viewers. That […]
The Interview: Jeff Unay
I had the opportunity to interview filmmaker Jeff Unay whose debut documentary, “The Cage Fighter,” opens this Friday, February 2nd in select theaters across the country and video on demand. It’s an interesting interview about the behind the scenes of the independent film-making process and one man’s MMA passion. For more on the film, visit […]