MMAPayout will be covering in detail the FOX – UFC TV deal, quarterly and weekly, in order to analyze the performance of both properties throughout the lifespan of the TV deal. In this week’s edition, we will be looking at the UFC on FOX sports network ratings for the week of 12/30 – 1/05. […]
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Rockhold, Miller top UFC Fight Night 35 salary list
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from UFC Fight Night 35. Luke Rockhold topped the salary earners according to the disclosed paydays by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission. Via MMA Junkie: Luke Rockhold: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus) def. Constantinos Philippou: $23,000 Brad Tavares: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Lorenz Larkin: $26,000 T.J. Dillashaw: […]
UFC Fight Night 35 and TUF Nations Ep 1 ratings
The Wrestling Observer (subscription required) reports that UFC Fight Night 35 held Wednesday night on FS1 scored 629,000 viewers. After the live event, The Ultimate Fighter Nations received an average viewership of 371,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night from 7-10pm ET which featured Luke Rockhold KO Costa Philippou was the first Fight Night in the U.S. […]
UFC Fight Night 35 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 35 from the Gwinett Center in Duluth, Georgia. Headliner Luke Rockhold heads the list of bonus winners for the event. Bonuses were the standard $50,000 per fighter and were as followers: Fight of the Night: Yoel Romero-Derek Brunson KO of the Night: […]
GSP speaks out about UFC drug testing
Bloody Elbow reports comments made about UFC’s drug testing policy by former UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre during a recent run-in with the media. GSP expressed disappointment with the company and stated that the UFC was a “monopoly”. MMA Fighting has the comments from GSP (via BE): “This is a relatively new sport. There’s […]