Junior dos Santos, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Marcos Rogerio de Lima have accepted six-month USADA suspensions after their supplements were traced back to compounding pharmacies that allegedly sold tainted supplements. Compounding pharmacies prepare their medications onsite according to specifications contained in a written prescription instead of receiving their drug inventories like retail pharmacies and drugstores. […]
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UFC Fight Night 128 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC officials announced the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC Fight Night 128 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night The event drew 9,541 for a gate of $923,720. The bonuses went to David Branch and Siyar Bahadurzada for their finishes and the Fight of the Night went to Merab Dvalishvili and Ricky Simon. In what […]
UFC on Fox 29 draws over 2M viewers; Prelims on Fox 970K
UFC on Fox 29 drew 2,020,000 viewers including the overrun for the main event featuring Dustin Poirier-Justin Gaethje. The UFC on Fox 29 Prelims which aired on Fox prior to the main card drew 970,000 viewers. UFC on Fox 29 drew 790,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and an overall household rating of 1.25. The […]
Report: UFC nearing next TV deal?
Variety reports that ESPN and Fox Sports are coming together to bid for the television rights for the UFC. The companies will split the UFC TV package and we will see 15 fight events moving to new subscription streaming service ESPN+. ESPN, according to sources, ESPN is willing to pay $120-$180 million per year. Fox […]
Poirier tops UFC on Fox 29 roster payouts
MMA Junkie has obtained the payouts from Saturday night’s UFC on Fox 29 card. Dustin Poirier topped the roster of fighters with $170,000 for his victory over Justin Gaethje. Gaethje received $110,000 for his efforts in addition to the $50,000 Fight of the Night Bonus with Poirier. Carlos Condit ($115,000) and Alex Oliveira ($100,000) were […]