This past weekend, the UFC held Ultimate Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs Manuwa from London’s O2 Arena. The main event aired on the United Kingdom’s Channel 5 network, a first for the UFC in the market, which holds a 4.4% share of total monthly TV viewers in the UK. According to British TV website, DigitalSpy, […]
UFC
Dana White: FOX reason why Gustafsson is fighting on Fight Pass for Americans
Before the Ultimate Fight Night 37 London card, Dana White held one of his infamous pre-fight scrums where he tried to clear up some of the misconceptions regarding Fight Pass, including why Alexander Gustafsson ended up fighting on Fight Pass after a huge fight against Jon Jones on PPV last year. Link: TheMMAReport, Abbey Subhan […]
UFC Fight Pass goes global
Prior to UFC Fight Night 37 on Saturday, the UFC announced the launch of its digital network, Fight Pass internationally. The network can now be accessed in 178 countries giving it the opportunity to be seen in most parts of the world. UFCFightPass has GONE GLOBAL! Now in 178 countries and territories around the world. […]
UFC Fight Night 37 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC Fight Night 37 which occurred Saturday afternoon in London, England. Alexander Gustafsson scored two bonuses as he defeated Jimi Manuwa in the main event. Dana White announced attendance of 14,604 and a gate of $2,000,056 which occurred at London’s O2 Arena. It placed fourth out […]
Dana White slams ESPN for OTL piece
MMA Fighting reports that Dana White has unsurprisingly shot back at ESPN for its “Outside the Lines” piece on TRT. White denied claims that he “flip-flopped” on the TRT issue. White accused ESPN of embellishing the story by Mike Fish and Josh Gross which highlighted mainly UFC fighters applying for exemptions to use testosterone. The […]