MMA Junkie reports the payouts from this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 123. Marlon Moraes took home the highest disclosed payout of $146,000. Moraes knocked out Aljamain Sterling with a knee. For his troubles, Sterling earned $36,000. Brian Ortega received $68,000 including a $29,000 bonus and Cub Swanson earned $76,000. The payouts were disclosed by the […]
UPDATED: UFC Fresno ratings: main card peaks at start of telecast
Updated ratings information from UFC Fight Night Fresno on FS1 Saturday night show that the card peaked at 1,037,000 viewers from 10:15-10:30pm ET according to Nielsen. The prelims peaked at 826,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night during the last quarter hour, 9:45pm-10pm ET according to Nielsen. From our original post: UFC Fight Night 123 drew […]
Bellator 190 draws 394,000 on a busy Saturday night of televised combat sports
Bellator 190 from Florence, Italy drew the lowest-rating of the promotion’s time on Spike TV with only 394,000 viewers on Saturday night. There was stiff competition Saturday night with a UFC Fight Night and ESPN showing Top Rank’s card of Vasiliy Lomachenko taking on Guiellermo Rigondeaux. In addition, there was another boxing card on HBO. […]
Trifecta Nutrition announces it is an official partner of the UFC
Trifecta Nutrition announced it is an official partner of the UFC. The company touts former WEC/UFC fighter Urijah Faber as Managing Partner of the company. The announcement was made by Trifecta Nutrition in an email blast. The company’s signage was seen in the Octagon this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 123. The company describes […]
Loma-Rigo draw 1.73M viewers on ESPN Saturday night
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 1,730,000 million viewers. It is the second-highest rating for Top Rank since partnering the network in July. The event featured Vasiliy Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeux in the main event. Loma easily earned the victory when the Cuban challenger quit on the stool due to a hand injury. […]