PBC on Fox drew 1.06M viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numvers. The event featured Victor Ortiz taking on Devon Alexander in a fight that ended in a draw. The event drew a 0.3 rating in the A18-49 demo and a 1 share. The event came in 4th in its overall timeslot […]
UFC 220 buys estimated between 340K-380K
According to Dave Meltzer in a report at MMA Fighting, UFC 220 is estimated at doing 340,000 to 380,000 pay-per-view buys. The ratings are similar to numbers in line for UFC 219 in December. UFC 220 featured two title fights. The main event was Stipe Miocic defending his title against Francis Ngannou. The co-headliner was Daniel […]
Magomedov and Tukhgov accept 2-year sanctions for violating UFC Anti-Doping Policy
Ruslan Magomedov and Zubaira Tukhgov have accepted two-year sanctions for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. They will be eligible to fight in the UFC in September 2018. Both fighters accepted two-year suspension as a result of out-of-competition positive tests on September 7, 2016 revealing ostarine in their systems. Tukhugov also tested positive for ostarine in […]
Canadian MMA promotion sues WSOF for breach of Franchise Agreement
A Canadian mixed martial arts regional promotion has filed a lawsuit against MMAWC, LLC and associated entities with the World Series of Fighting promotion in Clark County Superior Court in Nevada. The lawsuit, filed on February 1, 2018, also names Carlos Silva, Ray Sefo and Keith Redmond. Aggression Fighting Championship (“AFC”) claims that in mid-2013 […]
Jon Jones CSAC hearing set for February 27th
The California State Athletic Commission will have a hearing in Anaheim on Tuesday, February 27th to address an appeal from Jon Jones’ doping violation and license suspension from UFC 214. The agenda posted by the CSAC website confirmed the hearing. Jones was suspended after winning the UFC Light Heavyweight title in Anaheim this past July. […]