UFC 255 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas with two title fights on the line. However, the Fight of the Night was the very first on the prelims. Sasha Palatnikov and Louis Cosce had a back and forth slugfest in the first fight of the night. Palatnkiov stopped a tired […]
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Prior to Performance of the Night, UFC welterweight failed USADA test
UFC welterweight Jesse Ronson has accepted a 20-month suspension after he tested positive for a banned substance in out-of-competition testing prior to his July 22nd Fight Island win at UFC on ESPN 14. The Canadian tested positive for the metabolite of metandienone. Ronson earned a submission victory over Nicolas Dalby and earned a performance bonus […]
McGregor-Poirier II set for UFC 257
Conor McGregor’s return to the Octagon is finally set as he is scheduled to face Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on January 23rd. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report that McGregor signed his bout agreement. Poirier had signed his last week. The fight was in the making on social media as the two fighters […]
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UFC on ESPN 17 draws all-time low of 429K viewers
On a day dominated with Election programming, UFC Fight Night on ESPN featuring Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira drew 429,000 viewers. The event aired on Saturday night 10:11pm ET (due to overrun) and scored a 0.15 household rating. It drew 194,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It is the lowest output for a UFC […]