With the news that Brock Lesnar may be guilty of a drug test violation, Lesnar’s UFC 200 opponent is asking for half of Lesnar’s purse or be released from his UFC contract. According to MMA Fighting, Hunt is asking UFC officials that he be given half of Lesnar’s reported $2.5 million purse or else he […]
UFC 200 estimated over 1M PPV buys; 199 does 320K
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reports that the buy rate for UFC 200 is estimated to be between 1.1 to 1.2 million PPV buys. In addition, there are reports that UFC 199 drew 320,000 PPV buys. UFC 200 featured Amanda Nunes and Miesha Tate. However, Brock Lesnar was the real feature of the card. […]
Lesnar flagged for potential UFC anti-doping violation
USADA has notified the UFC that Brock Lesnar has been flagged for a potential violation of the company’s anti-doping policy. The UFC posted its statement on the notification on Friday night. “The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Brock Lesnar of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from […]
MacDonald testing free agency?
Will Rory MacDonald be the next MMA free agent to leave the UFC for Bellator? MacDonald appears to be open to the possibility. MMA Junkie’s Chamatkar Sandhu tweeted that Bellator President Scott Coker has opened up talks with Rory MacDonald in hopes of eventually signing the welterweight. The last fight of MacDonald’s UFC contract was […]
UFC Fight Night: 609K, Prelims 311K
UFC Fight Night 91 drew 609,000 viewers on Wednesday night according to Nielsen. The event airing from 6pm to 8:43pm PT was the highest-rated sports event on cable television per Sports TV Ratings. However, it was the lowest-rated Fight Night this year. The event which featured Jon Lineker taking out Michael MacDonald drew 298,000 viewers […]