MMA Junkie reports the attendance and bonuses from Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 95 which aired on FS1. The event drew 8,841 at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil. In addition, the bonuses went to Eric Spicely, Vincente Luque, Erick Silva and Luan Chagas. Spicely and Luque drew the performance bonuses while Silva and […]
Maynard named as Silva’s replacement as matchmaker
In case you missed it, the UFC announced Joe Silva’s replacement as a matchmaker as it named Mick Maynard as Vice President of Talent Relations. In addition, Sean Shelby was promoted to Senior Vice President of Talent Relations. According to the UFC press release, the two will be organizing UFC bouts, developing athletes on the […]
Report: Canelo-Smith draws less than 300K PPV buys
Lance Pugmire of The LA Times reports that the early information for the buy rate of the Canelo Alvarez-Liam Smith PPV last Saturday drew less than 300,000 buys. Alvarez stopped Smith in the 9th Round before a packed AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Canelo drew 450,000 PPV buys against Amir Khan this past May. Prior […]
TUF 24 Episode 4 draws 397,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter 24 episode 4 drew 397,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. The episode scored 204,000 viewers in the 18-49 demo per Sports TV Ratings. In the fight of the show, Eric Shelton submitted Yoni Sherbatov. A replay of episode 4 on the same night (10pm-11pm PT) drew 32,000 viewers […]
Bellator 161 peaks at 966,000 viewers
Bellator 161 peaked with 966,000 viewers on Friday per Nielsen. The adjusted viewership with DVR +3 ratings brought the event up to 758,000 viewers. The Spike telecast was the #3 live sporting event on cable on Friday behind college football. The event featured Cheick Kongo and Tony Johnson with Kongo taking the victory. The event […]