UFC Heavyweight Ben Rothwell has been notified of a potential UFC Anti-Doping Violation as USADA has flagged an out-of-competition sample from February 6th. Rothwell was scheduled to face Fabricio Werdum at UFC 211 on May 13 in Dallas. Per the UFC Anti-Doping policy, Rothwell is provisionally suspended pending the USADA investigation. MMA Fighting obtained a […]
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UFC 209 Prelims draw over 1M viewers
The UFC 209 Prelims drew 1,033,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night per Sports TV Ratings. According to Sports TV Ratings, the event drew 510,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo. In the featured fight of the prelims Marcin Tybura defeated Luis Henrique Barbosa. The prelims also featured two very good come-from-behind victories by Iuri Alcantara […]
UFC 209: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 209 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Woodley wins rematch with Wonderboy The last seconds of the last round were really the most exciting part of this tactical fight. There was not a lot of action for the […]
UFC 209 main card paydays
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto obtained the salaries for Saturday night’s UFC 209. The salaries, disclosed by the Nevada Athletic Commission, reflects some notable six figure paydays. Due to complications from weight-cutting, Khabib Nurmogemonov lost out on a $500,000 payday. Tony Ferguson was to have made $250,000 to show and another $250,000 to win in the bout […]
UFC 209 attendance, gate and bonuses
Darren Elkins, Iuri Alcantara, David Teymur and Lando Vannata earned bonuses at UFC 209 on Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bonuses, attendance and gate were announced post-fight. Elkins scored a Performance of the Night with a come from behind victory over Mirsad Bektic. Alcantara also fought back from adversity and […]