TUF 24 Episode 2 drew 347,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. The second episode featuring the flyweight fighters saw a decrease from last week’s debut. However, per Sports TV Ratings, the ratings were up slightly in the adult 18-49 demo. In the fight of the show Hiromasa Ogikubo defeated Nkazimulo Zulu […]
UFC 202 PPV buys estimated at 1.65M
Cerrone-Lawler set for UFC 205 in NY per White
UFC President Dana White indicated that Donald Cerrone will fight Robbie Lawler as part of the company’s debut in New York at UFC 205. Lawler lost his welterweight title to Tyron Woodley at UFC 201 in July. Cerrone, who recently signed a new contract with the UFC, defeated Rick Story at UFC 202. White mentioned […]
Punk given waiver for license by Ohio commission
MMA Junkie reports that CM Punk was given clearance by the Ohio commission to obtain a license to fight this Saturday. CM Punk was granted a license despite the fact he has no amateur or professional MMA experience. The rules in Ohio cite that “A mixed martial arts fighter will be required to have a […]
Report: Crawford-Postol PPV draws 50K-60K PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael notes that July’s HBO PPV featuring Terrence Crawford as he took on Viktor Postol drew between 50,000-60,000 PPV buys. Bob Arum noted that a “stronger-than-expected” gate helped offset losses although he noted that Top Rank lost $100,000 on the fight. Arum noted in the ESPN piece that he wanted the fight to […]