It was officially announced on FS1’s America’s Pregame that Jon Jones is out of UFC 178 due to a leg injury and his title fight with Daniel Cormier has been postponed until the January 3, 2015 card. In its place, Demetrious Johnson will face Chris Cariaso for the flyweight title. The news of Jones’ injury […]
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NSAC will review video before determining action in Jones-DC melee
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has not ruled on whether there will be any repercussions following today’s brawl during a promotional square off for UFC 178 between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. The fisticuffs (click the link) between the two main event fighters on September 27th occurred during the standard face to face between fighters. […]
UFC Fight Night 45: 640,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that UFC Fight Night 45 airing on FS1 Wednesday night received an average viewership of 640,000. The Prelims which preceded the main card on FS1 scored an average of 415,000 viewers. The viewership is comparable to the past Wednesday night shows. In January, UFC 35 from Duluth, […]
TUF 19 Episode 12: 586,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the season finale of TUF last Wednesday received 586,000 viewers which was the third highest in the season. Overall, the season average was 477,000 viewers. Payout Perspective: We will be trying to obtain the DVR number to round out the graph. Unfortunately for UFC fans, this was one of the […]
UFC 175: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 175 which was the centerpiece for International Fight Week. The main event from the Mandalay Bay in Vegas had Chris Weidman defending his middleweight title against Lyoto Machida. Weidman defends belt against Machida It was a tough title defense, but […]