The UFC and Spike TV have officially announced the cast for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz (Season 11), which will air March 31st after UFN: Gomi vs. Florian. “THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER: TEAM LIDDELL VS. TEAM ORTIZ” CAST IS ANNOUNCED 28 Middleweights To Vie For A Six-Figure Contract With The UFC […]
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The International Ultimate Fighter
Jeff Cain of MMAWeekly reports on the latest discussions surrounding the UFC taking The Ulimate Fighter on the road and making it a truly international series. “We’re working on taking it international. We’re working on that right now,” UFC president Dana White revealed following UFC 110 in Australia on Feb. 20. “We’ve got a couple […]
Kimbo-Alexander Live + 7 Day Playback: 6 Million Viewers
SpikeTV has received the TUF 10 Finale Live+7 Day playback figures from the Saturday, December 12th event, and the continued viewership over the following seven days was enough to push the Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander fight over the 6 million viewer mark. Payout Perspective: It’s a roughly 15% increase on the Kimbo fight over […]
TUF 10 Finale: Ratings
Spike TV has released the ratings numbers for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, which aired live last Saturday from Las Vegas, Nevada. The event drew a 2.4 HH rating for an average viewership of 3.7 million. The event scored well in the M18-34 (4.6), and saw over 5 million viewers tune in to watch Kimbo […]
TUF 10 Finale: Notes
Here’s a look at some of the business-related story lines to come out of The Ultimate Fighter Heavyweight Finale on Saturday: – Payouts courtesy of MMAWeekly: MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS -Roy Nelson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Brendan Schaub: $8,000 -Matt Hamill: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Jon Jones: $20,000 MAIN CARD FIGHTERS […]