MMA Junkie reports the salaries for Saturday’s World Series of Fighting 9 event obtained from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The new champs, Rousimar Palhares and Marlon Moraes topped the fighter payroll. The total disclosed payroll was $251,500. Champ Rousimar Palhares: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Steve Carl: $20,000 Champ Marlon Moraes: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) […]
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TUF Nations Episode 11: 267,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Fox sources that the 11th episode of TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia scored an average viewership of 267,000 viewers. The overnight rating from this past Wednesday was the best overall rating on either FS1 or FS2 for that day. TUF Nations was the most watched show on FS1 last Wednesday. […]
FS1 doc on Rousey nominated for Sports Emmy
The Fox Sports 1 documentary UFC Presents: Breaking Ground, Ronda Rousey has been nominated for a Sports Emmy for Best Sports Documentary. It is just 1 of 3 Sports Emmys that the network has been nominated for in its first year in existence. The one hour documentary which originally aired in September 2013 featured the […]
Bellator 113 DVR+3: 567,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the DVR +3 data for Friday’s Bellator MMA Live 113 raised the average viewership slightly to 567,000 viewers. Its peak viewership did go up to 970,000 viewers. We reported the overnight viewer numbers taking a dip to 507,000 viewers which was a considerable drop from the positive signs of growth […]
UFC Fight Night 38: 936,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned that UFC Fight Night 38 received an average viewership of according to industry sources. The show peaked at 1.25 million viewers during the main event between Dan Henderson and Shogun Rua. UFC Fight Nights since August 2013 UFC Fight Night 26 1,780,000 UFC Fight Night 27 824,000 UFC Fight […]