The mystery illness afflicting Brock Lesnar has been revealed as an intestinal infection. Sherdog has the story: Brock Lesnar is being treated in an unidentified hospital for a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract, UFC President Dana White told the Associated Press on Monday. “He’s in stable condition and should be released soon,” said White. Payout […]
UFC-WWE PPV Comparison
The UFC is the only MMA organization currently employing the PPV business model, so it’s difficult to compare the company to anything other than its own historical data. However, by taking a look at the WWE – somewhat of a substitute, using the same business model – we can put some of the UFC’s success this year into […]
More on Strikeforce-CBS Ratings
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer sheds some more light on the Strikeforce on CBS ratings of last weekend: The show did a 2.3 in the target Males 18-34 demo that the network took the chance with MMA largely to reach. Usually in that time slot they do a 0.9. They beat ABC’s regional college football […]
UFN 20 Officially Announced on Spike
Spike TV has officially announced that UFC “Fight Night” 20 will be broadcast on Monday, January 11th, 2010: New York, NY, November 16, 2009 – “UFC Fight Night” on Spike TV heads to the suburbs of Washington D.C. on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 9:00pm ET/PT for the first ever UFC fight in Virginia with […]
Rumour: GSP and Hardy Considered for TUF
Gareth Davies of the UK Telegraph writes about the possibility of Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy coaching on a future version of The Ultimate Fighter: The Telegraph also understands that the UFC may be considering offering coaching places to the pair for the next series of The Ultimate Fighter. The irony in that is that Hardy has just bought […]