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UFC Fight Night 68 attendance, gate and bonuses

June 7, 2015 by Jason Cruz 20 Comments

MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 68. The bonuses were awarded to Dustin Poirier, Shawn Jordan, Brian Ortega and Thiago Tavares. Each drew $50,000 bonuses. Poirier and Jordan earned “Performance of the Night” honors and Ortega and Tavares put on the “Fight of the Night.” UFC Fight Night […]

Show Money Episode 5 discusses UFC and PBC lawsuits

June 7, 2015 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Show Money Episode 5 is back with Bloody Elbow’s John Nash and Paul Gift. In this episode we discuss the status of the UFC antitrust lawsuit and the PBC lawsuit filed by Golden Boy. If you would like to know a little more about the PBC lawsuit, you can find some more information here.

MMA Bill in New York may see adjustments

June 5, 2015 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

In the waning days of the 2015 New York State Assembly, the bill seeking to legalize MMA in the state is being revamped in hopes of passage according to the Press & Sun Bulletin in Albany. Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle expects to expand the MMA bill to include other legalized combative sports as well […]

TUF 21 Episode 7 draws 371K viewers

June 5, 2015 by Jason Cruz 4 Comments

Wednesday’s seventh episode of TUF 21 drew a rating of 371,000 viewers on FS1 in the first run of the episode in the 10:00pm ET slot. The viewership reflects a modest increase from last week. In the fight of the show, the Blackzilians scored another win as Vicente Luque submitted ATT’s Nathan Coy in the […]

UFC announces “UFC Lab”

June 4, 2015 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

In addition to announcing its anti-doping program on Wednesday, the UFC will also establish what it is calling a “UFC Lab” for its contracted fighters. The idea of the new facility will be to have a place for fighters to work out and rehab injuries. The “UFC Lab” will be part of a new campus […]