MMA Junkie reports that The Ultimate Fighter may be moving to Tuesday nights starting in 2013 with Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen as coaches. The move takes the show off of Fridays which has had poor ratings since airing on Fridays. The news is based on an ad placed in the UFC’s magazine as no […]
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Homeless Dana cameo criticized
UFC head Dana White starred as a homeless man during the NFL pregame show on Fox yesterday to promote this Saturday’s UFC on Fox 5. While most thought the Fox synergy was innocuous in one of the show’s weekly skits, some took to twitter to criticize White for his depiction of the homeless. White had […]
UFC 154 FX Prelim and Primetime Ratings
MMA Junkie reports the ratings for the UFC 154 FX Prelims. In addition, MMA Payout has ratings for the 3rd episode of UFC Primetime. Both ratings are disappointing considering the anticipated return of GSP and the hopes of a good PPV buy rate for UFC 154. The UFC 154 FX Prelims garnered an average of […]
TUF 16 Episode episode 10: 643,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports the rating for episode 10 of TUF 16 drew a meager average of 643,000 viewers. Last Friday’s rating earned a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demo according to Television By Numbers. Episode 10 was the second worst for the TUF series. This season’s episode 5 was the worst of all time with […]
TUF move to Wednesday ‘highly unlikely’
Will the next season of TUF move to Wednesday nights? Although initial reports indicated that the series which will feature coaches Chael Sonnen and Jon Jones next season will move to Wednesday, FX officials are denying the claim. Via MMA Fighting: “FX has not announced the official date or night that the next installment of […]