The UFC announced on Tuesday, that the promotion will return to Baku, Azerbaijan on June 27th. The announcement comes as part of a multi-year deal through 2028. The promotion held an event in June 2025 featured two Americans on top of the card as Khalil Rountree, Jr. defeated Jamahal Hill. The announcement comes at a […]
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WWE Smackdown (04.03) draws 1.5M viewers
Programming Insider reports that Friday Night Smackdown on the USA Network drew 1.508 million overall viewers. The telecast drew 0.43 in the A18-49 demo. Friday night was the big reveal in storyline for Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton as it was revealed that the mystery caller was Pat McAfee. According to Dave Meltzer (revealed in […]
UFC 2025 PPV numbers revealed
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer revealed in his latest Newsletter the pay-per-view numbers from the last year of the UFC PPV model on ESPN. The UFC moved to Paramount+ and now fans can watch via a subscription model in addition to certain fights airing on the network. Meltzer’s numbers are from 5 events staring […]
UFC 326 on Paramount draws big audience
UFC 326 appeared on network television for the first time as part of the Paramount media deal and drew big ratings. The press release indicates it averaged 2.809 million viewers. Programming Insider notes that it had the second-highest viewership share in the Men 18-49 division only to the World Baseball Classic featuring the US taking […]