Bonuses for UFC 198 were announced post-fight at the UFC press conference. The new Heavyweight champion, Stipe Miocic, headed the list of winners. Miocic stopped Fabricio Werdum with one punch in the first round to earn the title. In addition, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza earned a performance of the night for his stoppage of Vitor Belfort. […]
Monster Energy re-ups with Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA has reached an agreement with Monster Energy Drink to extend its sponsorship agreement which will see the green “M” in the Bellator cage for years to come according to a press release. Via Bellator MMA press release: Monster will continue to own highly visible inventory inside the Bellator cage and sponsor concourse activations […]
UFC lightweight latest flagged by USADA
Carlos Diego Ferreira was flagged by USADA of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. The notification is a result of an out-of-competition sample collection. He has been taken off o the May 29th UFC card in Las Vegas where he was to meet Abel Trujillo. The UFC has issued its standard statement with respect to being […]
Canelo-Khan PPV buys reported between 460-600K
There are conflicting reports on the PPV buys for the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan fight this past Saturday. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the fight drew around 600,000 PPV buys according to Golden Boy’s Oscar de la Hoya. Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports indicates that it drew 460,000 PPV buys based on information from cable and satellite […]
TUF 23 Episode 4 draws 336,000 viewers
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 23 drew a live plus same day rating of 336,000 viewers. It’s one of the lowest viewership ratings for a TUF episode. In the fight of the show, Andrew Sanchez defeated Myron Dennis via unanimous decision. Per Sports TV Ratings, the episode drew 226,000 viewers in the adult […]