MMA Fighting reports the salaries from Friday’s Bellator 160. Benson Henderson was the top paid fighter making $75,000 as disclosed by the California State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Fighting: Benson Henderson ($75,000 + no win bonus = $75,000) def. Patricio Freire ($50,000) Derek Anderson ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Saad Award ($18,000) Georgi Karakhanyan ($17,000 + […]
Bellator 160 draws 725,000 viewers
Bellator MMA Live drew 725,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. 160 represents a slight increase (approximately 8%) from Bellator 159 last month. The event featured Benson Henderson as he took on Patricio “Pitbull” Freire. Henderson won via TKO due to a broken leg sustained by Pitbull. Henderson will take on […]
UFC on Fox 21 draws 2.22M viewers
Television By Numbers reports UFC on Fox 21 drew 2.22 million viewers last night on Fox. The event is down from July’s Fox event as it went up against NFL Preseason on CBS. The event featured Demian Maia taking on Carlos Condit in the main event. Maia submitted Condit in the first round. There was […]
UFC on Fox 21 attendance, gate and bonuses
Hunter pulled from UFC on Fox fight due to potential USADA violation
For the second straight UFC on Fox show in a row, a UFC fighter has been pulled from a scheduled fight. This time USADA has flagged Adam Hunter due to a potential UFC Anti-Doping violation due to an out-of-competition sample on August 11, 2016. This time USADA has flagged Adam Hunter due to a potential […]