On Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 58 broadcast, Jon Anik announced that the UFC had re-signed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The news comes with controversy as Bellator President Scott Coker stated that Jackson is under exclusive contract with the Viacom-owned company. The signing of Jackson will likely be the start of a legal battle between the […]
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Machida tops list of performance bonus winners for UFC Fight Night 58
The bonuses for UFC Fight Night 58 included Lyoto Machida, Renan Barao, Vitor Miranda and Erick Silva. There were no Fight of the Night bonuses given. The bonuses were announced post-event. Each received the standard $50,000. Machida earned his bonus with his main event win over C.B. Dolloway. Machida stopped Dolloway with a liver kick […]
UFC to TSN in Canada?
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reports that TSN appears to have retained UFC programming in Canada. The inference of the deal was made as January network scheduling for TSN came out including UFC programming. For those not in Canada, TSN is the U.S. version of ESPN down to similar logos. TSN is owned by Bell Media with […]
UFC on Fox 13 ratings adjusted to 2.8M, peak at 3.8M
UFC on Fox 13 this past Saturday peaked with 3.8 million viewers during the Junior dos Santos-Stipe Miocic fight. The overall rating for the 2 and a half hour show, which was adjusted from the overnight rating, was 2.8 million viewers. It was first in network programming in key demos including men 18-34 (1.2M), men […]
UFC 181 estimated between 375K-400K PPV buys
MMA Fighting reports that UFC 181 held on December 6th drew between 375,000-400,000. In addition, Dave Meltzer in his latest Wrestling Observer (subscription recommended) revealed the PPV numbers from UFC 178-180. UFC PPV estimates UFC 178-181 and its respective main events UFC 181: ~375K-400K (Hendricks-Lawler/Pettis-Melendez) UFC 180: ~185K-200K (Werdum-Hunt) UFC 179: ~160K-200K (Aldo-Mendes) UFC 178: […]