Brock Lesnar has re-signed with the WWE and foreclosed any notion that he would return to MMA in an announcement on ESPN Tuesday afternoon. Lesnar will be in the main event at Wrestlemania 31 on Sunday in Santa Clara, California. The event would have been his last under his current contract if he did not […]
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UFC Fight Night 62 draws 617,000; Prelims on FS2 draw 280,000
UFC Fight Night 62 drew an average viewership of 617,000 on Saturday night on FS1. In addition, the Prelims which aired on FS2 drew 280,000 according to Nielsen sources. The main card which went slightly over its 3 hour window from 7:00pm-10:pm PT featured Demian Maia taking on Ryan LaFlare in the main event from […]
UFC 185 Prelims over 1 million viewer average
The UFC 185 Prelims on FX drew an average viewership of slightly over 1 million viewers with 1,003,000. The event which featured Ross Pearson versus Sam Stout peaked at 1,147,000 total viewers in the 9:30pm-9:45pm ET quarter hour. It’s the fourth straight UFC Prelims which drew over 1 million viewers. The 185 Prelims were up […]
PBC adds ESPN, ABC to network stable
ESPN reports that “Premier Boxing Champions,” the upstart promotion advised by Al Haymon will replace ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” starting Saturday, July 11th. The two year deal will run through July 2017 and include two shows on the ABC network on Saturday afternoons. The deal with ESPN includes 24 events over the course of the […]
PBC on Spike TV draws 869,000 viewers
Television By Numbers and Sports TV Ratings report that the debut of Premier Boxing Champions on Friday night on SpikeTV drew an average viewership of 869,000 viewers. It received a 0.3 rating in the adult demo of 18-34. According to Spike, PBC drew 1 million viewers between 10:45pm-11:15pm ET which was during the Josesito Lopez-Andre […]