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 […]
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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 […]
UFC on ESPN+ 40 bonuses
UFC on ESPN+40 took place at The UFC Apex in Las Vegas Saturday night. On a night where there were finishes throughout the Prelims, it was tough to pick out the $50K winners. Alexandr Romanov and Giga Chikadeze picked up the Performance Bonuses while Raoni Barcelos and Khalid Taha earned Fight of the Night. Notably, […]