MMA Junkie reports that The Ultimate Fighter may be moving to Tuesday nights starting in 2013 with Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen as coaches. The move takes the show off of Fridays which has had poor ratings since airing on Fridays. The news is based on an ad placed in the UFC’s magazine as no […]
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Homeless Dana cameo criticized
UFC head Dana White starred as a homeless man during the NFL pregame show on Fox yesterday to promote this Saturday’s UFC on Fox 5. While most thought the Fox synergy was innocuous in one of the show’s weekly skits, some took to twitter to criticize White for his depiction of the homeless. White had […]
Big Nog dances in Honda commercial
Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera stars in a Brazilian Honda commercial which has Big Nog dancing. Via MMA Fighting, the commercial has Noguiera apparently playing himself but out of character. http://youtu.be/eYHiP293PLM Payout Perspective: If anyone can interpret what is being said, it may help shed some light on what is going on. It appears as though the […]
UFC 154 PPV buy estimates between 680-700K
MMA Fighting reports that GSP’s return to UFC 154 garnered between 680,000 to 700,000 PPV buys. During the UFC’s Conference Call this past Tuesday Dana White sounded pleased with the PPV buys as he called GSP the “PPV King.” The estimated buy rate would be the highest since Silva-Sonnen II this past July. That event […]
UFC event during Super Bowl weekend in 2014
The media conference call yesterday to promote next Saturday’s UFC on Fox event included some information on the possibility of a new sports channel for Fox and the possibility of a UFC card coinciding with Super Bowl weekend 2014 in the New York-New Jersey area. Fox has the rights to Super Bowl 48 will be held […]