The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand’s latest In Box email update reports that despite the success of the UFC’s partnership with ESPN, UFC Fight Pass is staying put. He reports that it has “around 400,000 global subscribers” and will have some changes. Ourand reports that the hiring of Crowly Sullivan as Vice President and General […]
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EPO found in Dillashaw’s USADA tests, accepts 2-year ban
T.J. Dillashaw has been suspended by USADA for two-years for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy after testing for the prohibited substance EPO. The former bantamweight champion has accepted the sanction. The 33-year-old tested positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) as a result of an in-competition sample provided on the day of his fight […]
Pettis tops UFC Fight Night Nashville payouts
MMA Payout has obtained the payouts from the UFC Fight Night event last month in Nashville. Anthony “Showtime” Pettis earned over $300,000 with his fight purse. Pettis earned a KO over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. He received $145,000 to show and another $145,00 for the win. Thompson earned $120,000 to show and would have doubled that […]
After barrage on Twitter, Conor offers to ‘move forward’
Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmogomedov escalated their war on social media yesterday which required the UFC to step in which may have spurred an “moving forward” mea culpa by the former double champion. The social media sparring began with McGregor posting a batch of pictures depicting a beaten Pauli Malignaggi after he had sparred the […]
UFC Fight Night on ESPN 2 draws 828,000 viewers, Prelims draw 480,000
UFC Fight Night on ESPN 2 drew 828,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which also aired on ESPN drew 480,000 viewers. The main card saw Justin Gaethje KO Edson Barboza in the first round of the main event. The event from Philadelphia drew 330,000 in the A18-49 demo and a 0.53 […]