UFC on ESPN 18 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion handed out 4 bonuses including one for the main eventer Anthony Smith as he submitted Devin Clark. The other Performance Bonuses went to Miguel Baeza, Su Mudaerji and Nate Maness. There was no Fight of the Night. Baeza […]
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Blaydes tests positive for COVID-19, main event for UFC on ESPN off
The main event for Saturday’s UFC event at The Apex in Las Vegas is off after Curtis Blaydes tested positive for COVID-19. His fight with Derrick Lewis will be re-scheduled according to multiple media reports. Blaydes-Lewis was the marquee main event for UFC on ESPN 18 which has a rather unremarkable lineup after the headlining […]
Crawford-Brook telecast draws 1.758M viewers on ESPN Saturday
The Terrence Crawford-Kell Brook fight on ESPN Saturday night drew an overall viewership of 1.758 million and peaked with 2.078 million during the main event. The telecast earned the third spot overall in Saturday cable ratings only third to two ESPN college football games including the lead-in of Arkansas-Florida. The main event which saw Crawford […]
UFC on ESPN 17 draws all-time low of 429K viewers
On a day dominated with Election programming, UFC Fight Night on ESPN featuring Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira drew 429,000 viewers. The event aired on Saturday night 10:11pm ET (due to overrun) and scored a 0.15 household rating. It drew 194,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It is the lowest output for a UFC […]
UFC 254 Prelims on ESPN2 draws 343,000
The UFC 254 PPV Prelims drew 343,000 viewers on ESPN 2 Saturday morning according to Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast went opposite many early College Football games on Saturday and was off of the main network. UFC 254 featured Tai Taivasa as he defeated Stefan Struve in a battle of heavyweights. Last […]