Conor McGregor’s return to the Octagon is finally set as he is scheduled to face Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on January 23rd. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report that McGregor signed his bout agreement. Poirier had signed his last week. The fight was in the making on social media as the two fighters […]
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UFC Fight Night 182 bonuses
UFC on ESPN 17 draws all-time low of 429K viewers
On a day dominated with Election programming, UFC Fight Night on ESPN featuring Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira drew 429,000 viewers. The event aired on Saturday night 10:11pm ET (due to overrun) and scored a 0.15 household rating. It drew 194,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It is the lowest output for a UFC […]
UFC on ESPN+ 40 bonuses
UFC on ESPN+40 took place at The UFC Apex in Las Vegas Saturday night. On a night where there were finishes throughout the Prelims, it was tough to pick out the $50K winners. Alexandr Romanov and Giga Chikadeze picked up the Performance Bonuses while Raoni Barcelos and Khalid Taha earned Fight of the Night. Notably, […]
Makhachev out of Saturday’s main event with RDA
UFC Fight Night 182 headliner Islam Makhachev is out of his fight with Rafael dos Anjos this Saturday night. The UFC is looking for an opponent for RDA. The main event for next Saturday’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas was to feature Mackhachev and RDA in a fight positioning for the lightweight division. […]