UFC Fight Night St. Louis drew 1.285 million viewers on FS1 Sunday per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims drew 1.079 million viewers on FS1. The event surpassed last year’s event which took place on the same Sunday of the MLK Holiday weekend in January. The event, which featured BJ Penn-Yair Rodriguez drew slightly over […]
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Belfort asks for pay after Hall pulls out of UFC St. Louis
MMA Fighting reports that Vitor Belfort has asked the UFC to pay him for being ready to fight at UFC St. Louis but it appears that Dana White is claiming that due to the fact that he turned down replacement fights, he will not be compensated. Belfort’s opponent, Uriah Hall, was unable to weigh-in on […]
Report: UFC 219 draws in the range of 340,000 to 380,000 PPV buys
UFC 219 is estimated at doing between 340,000 to 380,000 buys according to Dave Meltzer writing for MMA Fighting. It would make it the third-highest selling PPV of 2017. The event featured Cris Cyborg taking on Holly Holm. It’s the first event featuring a women’s bout not including Ronda Rousey that has eclipsed 200,000 buys. […]
Will the UFC hold an event in Russia in 2018?
Could the UFC be heading to Russia in 2018? According to a report from RT Sport, the UFC has secured Moscow’s Olympic Stadium, for an event on September 14th or 15th. The UFC told ESPN that there is no official event to announce but indicated its interest in the market. Via ESPN: “UFC continues to […]
Jimmy Smith joins UFC broadcast team
Jimmy Smith has joined the UFC broadcast team according to a company release. Smith will be a part of all facets of UFC programming including UFC broadcasts for Fox Sports, PPV events and pre-fight programming. “I am honored to join the world’s premier combat sports brand in 2018. It is a privilege to call fights […]