Kevin Gastelum has settled his suspension with the New York State Athletic Commission and can now compete at UFC 206 next week. Gastelum was issued a six-month suspension due to not making weight for his scheduled fight against Donald Cerrone. Technically, Gastelum did not stand on the scale at the weigh-ins but it was due […]
UFC Fight Night 101 draws 686K, prelims 654K
UFC Fight Night 101 drew 686,000 viewers on Saturday night on FS1 per Sports TV Ratings. The prelims which preceded the main card drew 654,000. The main card (10:00-12:56 am ET) was headlined by Robert Whittaker taking on Derek Brunson. Whittaker won via first round stoppage. The event drew 342,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 […]
Upheaval within PFA as Smith, Middlebrook withdraw support
Leslie Smith has written an open letter in which she states she is no longer supporting the Professional Fighters Association. Per MMA Fighting, labor lawyer Lucas Middlebrook is also severing ties with the organization he helped found with agent Jeff Borris. The information of a possible board of fighters was leaked to the media which […]
TUF 24 Episode 11 draws 304,000 viewers on FS1
The penultimate episode of TUF 24 drew 304,000 viewers on FS1 this past Wednesday per Sports TV Ratings. It was the first time that the series scored over 300,000 viewers in 3 weeks. The episode featured 2 semifinal fights which leads to the reveal of the winner of TUF 24 and faces Demetrious Johnson this […]
Ward-Kovalev draw 160K PPV buys
The Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev PPV drew just 160,000 PPV buys as first reported by Kevin Iole. TheRing.tv also reported the PPV buy rate for last Saturday’s event. Ward defeated Kovalev in somewhat of a controversial decision as unofficial scorers had the fight for Kovalev. Hearing that the Kovalev-Ward PPV numbers are going to come in […]