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Zingano-Rousey to coach TUF 18 on FS1 in September

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With Cat Zingano defeating Miesha Tate Saturday night, Dana White announced that the next season of TUF will premiere on Fox Sports 1 during the TUF Finale on FX.  A press release later that night confirmed the move and that it would premiere Wednesday, September 4th featuring Zingano and Ronda Rousey as the coaches. Fox […]

Bellator MMA Live First Season a Success

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Bellator’s inaugural season on Spike TV scored an average of 861,000 viewers according to a recent press release.  Despite some issues during the season, it was an overall success. Via Bellator press release: Spike TV’s debut season of Bellator MMA was a ratings success for the network, delivering an average of 861,000 viewers, culminating with […]

TUF 17 Episode 12: 1.09 million

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Television By Numbers reports that the season finale for TUF 17 scored a viewer average of 1.09M.  The finale ratings garnered a 0.6 share. TUF 17 Season TUF 17 Episode 1: 1.51 million TUF 17 Episode 2: 1.27 million TUF 17 Episode 3: 1.191 million TUF 17 Episode 4: 1.25 million TUF 17 Episode 5: […]

UFC on Fuel TV 9: 236,000 viewers

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MMA Fighting reports that UFC on Fuel TV 9 scored a ratings average of 236,000 viewers. It was the largest ever for a non-prime time broadcast on the network. Via MMA Fighting: What made this number impressive is the show aired starting at 2 p.m. on the East Coast and 11 a.m. on the West […]

Golden Boy-Fox enter into new deal on FS1

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The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Fox Sports and Golden Boy Promotions have struck a deal for boxing to be on the new Fox Sports 1 Network.  The deal goes through 2015 with an option for 2016. Although no official numbers were divulged, it is believed the rights fees to be $100,000 per […]