Last year, UFC and FOX announced a huge 7 year TV deal worth as much as $90-$100 million per year, which would move UFC programming from Spike TV to FOX, FX, FSN’s, and Fuel TV. Now that 2012 Q1 & Q2 are in the books, we look back and analyze what type of impact UFC […]
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Will MMA ever be an Olympic sport?
MMA Fighting reports on a recent poll which indicates 25% of Americans think Mixed Martial Arts should be an Olympic Sports. The poll which was commissioned by Yahoo! Sports indicates MMA is second only to baseball (33%) in sports people would like to see in the Summer Games. In addition to baseball and MMA, softball […]
UFC 149 Prelims: 1 million viewers
MMA Weekly reports that UFC 149 Prelims on FX drew an average of 1 million viewers. The average viewership ranks below the 1.3 million viewer average for the Prelims on FX. Despite the below average ratings, the prelims featured the best action of the night as it produced the Fight of the Night (Caraway and […]
UFC 149: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the much maligned card of UFC 149 from Calgary (dramatic Lance Storm pause) Alberta, Canada. In the main event Renan Barao defeated Urijah Faber to win the interim Bantamweight title. Barao dominates Faber Same game plan, same result. Renan Barao dominated […]