Last week Zuffa filed several trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “BMF” and Bad Motherfucker in anticipation of its showdown in New York this November between Jorge Masvidal and Nick Diaz. Diaz used the term during his post-fight interview at UFC 241 in which he called out Jorge Masvidal. From there, […]
Pride
TUF 12 ratings increase for Episode No. 3 and Best of Pride ratings
MMA Payout has learned that The Ultimate Fighter earned a 1.3 hh rating for last Wednesday’s episode. It received a 1.71 rating in M18-49, a 1.90 in M18-34, and a 2.3 in M25-34. The episode which included an appearance by Mike Tyson had an average audience of 1.8 million viewers. The quarter hours/hh ratings are […]
Best of Pride Ratings Jump 40%
MMAPayout.com has learned that since moving from Fridays at 10PM to its new timeslot on Wednesdays at 11PM, the ratings for Spike TV’s Best of Pride series have by jumped over 40%. The last three telecasts of the series have drawn 995k, 950k, and 911k, respectively – compared to the series average of 675k in […]
MMAterial Facts (02/01/10) : Strikeforce Miami Edition
Strikeforce Miami Post-Fight News and Notes More Info On Problematic EA/Strikeforce Stream: A lot of questions were asked on Saturday as to what happened and who to blame for the bad EA/Strikeforce stream. According to Sam Strayer via Josh Gross, the executive producer of iBN Sports (who was responsible for streaming the Strikeforce Jay Hieron […]
MMAterial Facts (01/29/10)
Shine International strikes Strikeforce deals Harris Confirms WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber in May on PPV Gov’s plan to legalize mixed martial arts gets mixed reviews Michigan promoter reveals own highs and lows during state’s drive toward pro MMA “Inside MMA” to Preview “Strikeforce: Miami”, KOTC signs TV Deal With HDNet Herschel Walker ready to […]