UFC Fight Night 135 drew 596,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims on FS2 drew 273,000 viewers. The main event featured Justin Gaethje against James Vick with The Highlight delivering one with a KO in the very first round. The event started 11 minutes late with the first […]
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UFC Fight Night 135 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 135 took place in Lincoln, Nebraska Saturday night. The event drew 6,409 in attendance for $478,000. The main event saw Justin Gaethje KO James Vick in the first round. Gaethje was one of the bonus winners on Saturday. Eryk Anders, Cory Sandhagen and Iuri Alcantara were the other bonus winners. Anders scored […]
UFC announces 25 short films in honor of 25th Anniversary
UFC announced that it is introducing a 25-part short film series in honor of its 25th Anniversary. The shorts will begin on Monday, September 17th on UFC Fight Pass and will be rolled out in an eight-week span leading up to the final film on Monday, November 12, UFC’s official 25th anniversary. Via UFC press […]
Huge demand for UFC 229 makes average resale price $1,100
UFC 229 looks to be one of the biggest events in the UFC’s business history. Tickets sold out last week when available to the public and its tracking to be the second-highest ticket demand in promotion history. At this point, the UFC’s New York debut featuring Conor McGregor winning his second UFC title against Eddie […]
Court denies Plaintiff’s request for Conor McGregor financial info, deposition in thrown can lawsuit
The plaintiff in the Conor McGregor lawsuit claiming injury to a thrown can during the August 2016 pre-fight press conference at UFC 202 was dealt a huge blow in discovery as the Court denied motions to compel financial information from McGregor and his deposition. William Pegg claims he was injured as a result of McGregor […]