The UFC has signed former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks. His first fight comes in less than a month as he faces Ross Pearson on July 8th at the TUF 23 Finale in Las Vegas. Brooks replaces James Krause. Off of a two fight win streak, Krause pulled out of the fight earlier this week. […]
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Mendes flagged by USADA, Means takes reduced penalty
Chad Mendes was flagged by USADA of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation related to an out-of-competitions sample collection. Also, Tim Means accepted a reduced sanction after he was pegged for using a banned substance. The UFC provided its standard comment acknowledging it was notified by USADA of the potential violation. No word on the substance […]
McGregor makes Forbes’ annual “World’s Highest-Paid Athletes”
Forbes released its annual report on the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes from June 2015 to June 2016. Conor McGregor is the first UFC fighter to make the top 100 list. McGregor landed at number 85 on the list earning a total of $22 million. His salary is reported at $q8 million while he made another $4 […]
UFC hires Farragut Partners to address Ali Act expansion
According to a PR industry web site O’Dwyer’s PR, the UFC has retained a Washington D.C. lobbying firm Farragut Partners to combat the expansion of the Muhammad Ali Act. The D.C. based firm was formed this year. They are an offshoot of partners from another firm. They have a list of clients in the telecommunications, […]
TUF 23 Episode 8: 376,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter Episode 8 drew an average of 376,000 viewers in Live + SD rating on FS1. Per Sports TV Ratings, the viewers for this episode in the adult 18-49 demo was 199,000. The season average increases slightly to 376,000. In the fight of the episode, Team Joanna finally posted a victory with Josh […]