UFC on ESPN 38 took place Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The telecast drew 668,000 viewers on ESPN Saturday night. The prelims on ESPN2 drew 416,000 viewers. The main card drew 273,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It also finished second overall in the cable ratings on Saturday. The prelims drew 159,000 […]
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Anik teams with Modelo to revitalize Vegas gym
Jon Anik is helping renovate a Las Vegas gym as part of the rebuilding together initiative with Modelo as part of International Fight Week. This past February, Modelo signed Anik to help promote the UFC’s official beer of the promotion. Anik is helping get the word out on the renovation of the Fight Capital Gym […]
UFC on ESPN 38 bonuses
UFC on ESPN 38 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company issued 5 bonuses yesterday. Thiago Moses, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Josh Parisian, Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan earned the $50K bonuses. The feature fight of the night earned the FOTN honors as Gamrot and Tsarukyan had the best fight […]
UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716K viewers on ESPN
UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716,000 viewers on Saturday nigh ton ESPN per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims drew 282,000 viewers on ESPN2. The telecast featured Josh Emmett and Calvin Kattar in a Fight of the Night feature fight. The telecast drew 283,000 in the A18-49 and a household rating of 0.37. The prelims […]
Evans-Smith accepts USADA 14-month sanction
Ashlee Evans-Smith has accepted a sanction from the UFC Anti-Doping Policy of 14 months due to a positive test for “the presence of an anabolic androgenic steroid of exogenous origin.” The sanction arises out-of-competition testing on January 3rd and 27th of this year. Evans-Smith declared dehydoepiandrostene (DHEA) on both of her doping control forms prior […]