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Teixeria leads UFC on ESPN+29 bonuses

May 14, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC returned to action on Wednesday night with another card from the VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.  Glover Teixeria was the big winner on Wednesday with a huge victory over Anthony Smith in the main event of the card. Teixeria led the way with a $50,000 Performance Bonus.  He dominated the light heavyweight contender […]

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UFC 249 Prelims draw 1.154M viewers

May 12, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC PPV Prelims for UFC 249 drew 1.154M viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  It was the second highest rated show on cable for Saturday night. UFC 249 on ESPN marked the return of the promotion to live events.  The prelims started at 6:00pm ET and went for 4 hours instead of two […]

Filed Under: ESPN, Prelims, ratings, UFC

Zab-Mayweather on ESPN tops boxing replays on network Saturday

April 29, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

ESPN aired boxing replays from some of the best fights in its library featuring Manny Pacquiao and culminated with the Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight. The most-viewed replay this past Saturday goes to the replay of the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Zab Judah fight which garnered 678K viewers.  It was followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III fight […]

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ESPN’s Saturday of Boxing rating tops out with Ali-Frazier 3

April 21, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

ESPN ran a marathon of classic boxing matchups on Saturday afternoon including the Ali-Frazier trilogy.  Viewership for the marathon fared well with there being no live sports to watch. The third fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier drew the most viewers on Saturday on ESPN with 699,000 viewers and 177,000 in the A18-49 demo.  […]

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UFC’s motivation for getting back up running: money

April 8, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Wall Street Journal reports on the UFC’s drive to put on shows is spurred on by money.  As most know, UFC Holdings, Inc. has loans out on it that it must pay back.  The Journal article notes that the company’s move to go forward with events starting April 18th is being “cheered by the […]

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