This past weekend, the UFC held Ultimate Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs Manuwa from London’s O2 Arena. The main event aired on the United Kingdom’s Channel 5 network, a first for the UFC in the market, which holds a 4.4% share of total monthly TV viewers in the UK. According to British TV website, DigitalSpy, […]
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Dana White: FOX reason why Gustafsson is fighting on Fight Pass for Americans
Before the Ultimate Fight Night 37 London card, Dana White held one of his infamous pre-fight scrums where he tried to clear up some of the misconceptions regarding Fight Pass, including why Alexander Gustafsson ended up fighting on Fight Pass after a huge fight against Jon Jones on PPV last year. Link: TheMMAReport, Abbey Subhan […]
FS1 trending up according to Fox Sports Execs
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that executives for Fox Sports are pleased with the upswing of Fox Sports 1. Although its miles away from competing with ESPN, trends seen by execs point to a promising future. The article is premised upon the comparison that FS1 has done much better than its predecessor, the […]
WSOF Canada: 96,000 viewers
The World Series of Fighting on NBC Sports Network Friday scored just a 96,000 viewer average according to The MMA Report. The card from Canada was tape delayed from February 21st and featured Ryan Ford as he defeated Joel Power. WSOF Events WSOF 1 – 198,000 viewers WSOF 2 – 210,000 viewers WSOF 3 – 201,000 viewers […]
TUF Nations Episode 7: 161,000 viewers
TUF Nations Episode 7 which aired on Fox Sports 2 on Wednesday received an average of 161,000 viewers per Nielsen sources. TUF Nations: Australia vs. Canada Episode 1: 371,000 viewers Episode 2: 253,000 viewers Episode 3: 107,000 viewers Episode 4: 384,000 viewers Episode 5: 187,000 viewers Episode 6: 78,000 viewers Episode 7: 161,000 viewers Payout […]