This past Tuesday’s ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on professional wrestler “Nature Boy” Ric Flair drew 1.831 million viewers. It was the highest-rated cable program on Tuesday. The documentary, directed by Rory Karpf, looked at the life and times of Ric Flair including the good and bad of the character and person. The documentary was […]
TUF 26 Episode 9 draws 239,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday
The Ultimate Fighter 26, episode 9 drew 239,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The show featured two quarterfinal fights as Roxanne Modafferi stopped Emily Whitmire and Sijara Eubanks defeated DeAnna Bennett. The episode focused on the weight-cutting of Eubanks as she struggled to make the mandatory weight while Lauren Murphy was waiting to […]
Anderson Silva flagged for potential anti-doping violation
Anderson Silva has been flagged by USADA for a potential UFC anti-doping violation. He has been pulled from his upcoming fight against Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai, China on November 25th. An out-of-competition sample collected on October 26, 2017 was flagged by USADA. Due to the proximity of his fight which happens in 15 days, he […]
Hearing on Expansion of Ali Act gets heated
Testimony was heard before a Congressional Subcommittee on the possibility of expanding the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to combat sports. Randy Couture, Marc Ratner, Greg Sirb and Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor testified at Thursday morning’s hearing. The testimony centered around the business of MMA and the possible expansion of the Ali Act and at times […]
PFL draws 238K unique viewers for last Thursday’s online event
The Professional Fighters League announced it drew its largest online audience ever for its card last Thursday. The online streams provided 238,000 unique views. The four-bout card was on a Thursday and went up against NFL Thursday night football, NBA and NHL on television. The event was headlined by Blagoy Ivanov vs. Caio Alencar. It […]