UFC 248 takes place Saturday night in Vegas with two titles on the line featuring Israel Adesanya defending his middleweight title against Yoel Romero and Weili Zhang defending her strawweight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Israel Adesanya is the favorite coming into this title defense against Romero. The Last Stylebender is coming in at a -175 […]
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Will Coronavirus scare hurt UFC 248 gate?
UFC 248 takes place this Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thus far, the ticket sales for this weekend’s fight may be slowed due in fact to the Coronavirus. According to SeatGeek, as of yesterday the get-in price was $125 which was down 14 percent from the past week. But, a look […]
USADA reduces Penne’s sanction to 20 months for second violation
This past Friday, USADA announced that Jessica Penne had her four year sanction for her second violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy reduced to 20 months. According to the release, Penne tested positive for “trace levels for two metabolites of stanozolol” as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample on April 8, 2019. A reason […]
UFC on ESPN+27 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN+27 took place in Norfolk, Virginia Saturday and offered up a Fight of the Night featuring two young bantamweights. Kyler Phillips and Gabriel Silva earned a Fight of the Night $50,000 bonus with Phillips earning the unanimous decision victory. The Performance Bonuses went to Megan Anderson and Jordan Griffin. The event took place […]
Dapper Labs to offer UFC collectibles via blockchain
The Vancouver, B.C.-based Dapper Labs, an start-up company in the blockchain space has forged a licensing deal with the UFC to produce collectibles for the promotion. According to a press release from the company, its consumer platform, Flow, will host the UFC’s digital collectibles. Via the Dapper Labs press release: UFC is one of the […]