Bellator MMA 148 drew 566,000 viewers on Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event is off approximately 18% from the last Bellator event this past December. The event on Friday featured Paul Daley in his first round KO of Andy Uhrich. His quick work sets up his fight with Josh Koscheck nicely. Bellator […]
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UFC on Fox 18 Reebok Payouts
The UFC announced its payouts from the Reebok sponsorship deal. The apparel company paid out $137,500 for Saturday night’s event with UFC vets Anthony Johnson, Ryan Bader and Jake Ellenberger cashing in. Via MMA Junkie: Anthony Johnson: $15,000 def. Ryan Bader: $15,000 Ben Rothwell: $5,000 def. Josh Barnett: $5,000 Jimmie Rivera: $2,500 def. Iuri Alcantara: […]
UFC on Fox 18 draws 2.43M in overnight ratings
UFC Fight Night 18 on Fox Saturday night drew an overnight average of 2.43 million viewers with an 0.8 rating among adults 18-49 and a 3 share per Television By Numbers. The event aired on Fox from 8:00pm-10:00pm ET with the main event between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader ending prior to 10:00pm. UFC on […]
Feb. 6th event becomes UFC Fight Night
The UFC announced on Wednesday that UFC 196 originally scheduled for PPV on Saturday, February 6th will now be called “UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson.” The full card will be shown on FS1 with the exception of the Fight Pass Exclusive prelims. The PPV was scrapped earlier in the week after both Cain Velasquez […]
UFC 196 moves to FS1
Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC 196 has been switched from PPV to an FS1 broadcast. After the main event of Cain Velasquez-Fabricio Werdum disintegrated when both fighters pulled out within 24 hours, the UFC made the move to scrap the PPV and move it to its broadcast partner. The FS1 main event will be a […]