Bellator 152 drew an average of 580,000 viewers on Spike TV Saturday according to Sports TV Ratings. It was the first Bellator event overseas as the card took place in Turin, Italy. In the main event of the broadcast, Patricky Frieire defeated Eimilson Souza. The event, which lasted from 8:00-10:02pm PT, drew 271,000 viewers in […]
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Evans tops UFC on Fox 19 salaries
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC on Fox 19 this past Saturday. Glover Teixeira and Rashad Evans topped the roster. The Florida State Boxing Commission released the disclosed payouts from this weekend’s fights. Via MMA Junkie: Glover Teixeira: $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus) def. Rashad Evans: $150,000 Rose Namajunas: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus) […]
Coker announces Kimbo Slice-James Thompson for July London show
Despite failing a drug test in Texas, Bellator’s Scott Coker announced on ESPN that Kimbo Slice will face James Thompson on July 16 at London’s The O2 as part of Bellator 158. The co-main event will feature Josh Koscheck-Paul Daley II. Slice-Thompson first met in EliteXC with Kimbo inning via TKO after blowing up Thompson’s […]
WSOF set to acquire NY-based MMA World Expo
The World Series of Fighting has announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the New York City-based MMA World Expo. The organization said that it plans to stage a series of bouts at the Javits Center in Manhattan this December. Via WSOF press release: “This is a very exciting and momentous […]
Spike announces “Fighters First” initiative
Spike TV announced that it is launching a new marketing campaign around the network’s sports programming. The campaign dubbed, “Fighters First” seeks to promote the fighters as individual brands. It can be viewed as a slight at the UFC which has shown its brand is bigger than its fighters, the campaign highlights the fighter in […]