The UFC has announced that the tickets for UFC 180 sold out in just 8 hours. It’s the first UFC event to be held in Mexico on November 15th at Mexico City’s Arena Ciudad de Mexico. The event features Cain Velasquez defending his heavyweight title against Fabricio Werdum. Per the UFC, it’s the fastest sell-out […]
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Barao out of main event at UFC 177
MMA Junkie reports that Renan Barao is out of tomorrow’s UFC 177 main event against T.J. Dillashaw. Barao passed out while attempting to cut weight for Friday’s weigh-ins. As a result, former Bellator champ and newcomer Joe Soto gets the shot tomorrow night. Soto was set to take on Anthony Birchak on the prelim card. […]
TUF Latin America debut a success with 7.2M viewer peak
MMA Fighting reports that the debut episode of TUF Latin America featuring UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum as opposing coaches peaked at 7.2 million viewers on Televisa Ch. 5 in Mexico. The viewer average was not available according to the article by Dave Meltzer. But, according to the report TUF Latin America […]
More info on UFC Fight Night 49 ratings including prelims
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that the UFC Fight Night 49 Prelims received a viewership rating of 113,000 on FS2 and also drew 97,000 viewers on FS1 due to an MLB rain delay. In addition, the main card on FS1 drew a peak viewership of 962,000 viewers. First, more main card information. The […]
UFC apologizes for judge removal
MMA Junkie reports that the UFC has issued an apology for the removal of a judge at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 48 in Macau. The statement apologized to judge Howard Hughes “for calling his professional judgment into question.” White removed Hughes after the first two fights on Saturday’s card after he believed that Hughes was […]