Bonuses for UFC on Fox 26 happened early as all awards were given to Prelim fighters. Alessio Di Chirico, Nordine Taleb, Julian Marquez and Darren Stewart received the $50,000 bonuses. The bonuses were announced post-event by the UFC. Marquez and Steward were awarded the Fight of the Night while DiChirico and Taleb drew Performance Bonuses. […]
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UFC 218 Prelims draw 694,000 viewers on FS1
The UFC 218 Prelims drew 694,000 viewers Saturday night on FS1 according to Nielsen. According to ShowBuzz Daily, it drew 0.26 in A18-49 demo. The event fetured Charles Oliviera and Paul Felder. The Irish Dragon defeated DoBronx via tap to strikes. The event also featured one of the fights of the year as Yancy Medeiros […]
PBC on Fox draws 1.3 million viewers
PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 1.3 million viewers on Saturday night per Television By Numbers. The event went up against stiff competition with the MLB Playoffs featuring the Cubs and Dodgers on cable TV. Also, USC played Utah on ABC opposite the Fox broadcast. The event featured Abner Mares as he defeated Andres Gutierrez […]
WME-IMG now free to solicit offers for new media rights deal
As we head into October it is worth noting that the exclusive negotiating period between WME-IMG and Fox to renew the UFC television contract came to an end. WME-IMG will be free to solicit its television deal with others. The UFC signed a 7-year deal with Fox in 2011 worth a reported $100 million per […]
Mayweather-McGregor Prelims peak at 3.1M and other ratings
Nielsen has provided some additional ratings from this past weekend’s Mayweather-McGregor fight. Notably, the prelims drew 2,568,000 viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports Go. The show peaked at 3,110,000 viewers. The Prelims on Fox drew 2,438,000 from 7-9pm ET. In the A18-49 category, it drew 1,156,000 viewers and was up over 150% versus […]