UFC on ESPN 53 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The bonuses included a special ‘Bite of the Night’ bonus for Andre Lima. Lima was bit by his opponent Igor Severino in the second round. As a result Severino was disqualified. Originally, Lima was awarded $25K but when Dana White […]
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The UFC Antitrust Lawsuit is over…odds and ends
Aldo returns for UFC 301
UFC International Fight Week receives $250K from Las Vegas tourism board
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved more than $1M in funding for “”three different sporting events in separate unanimous votes.” The UFC is one of those events with $250,000 going to the promotion “tied to UFC 303” which occurs June 29th as part of UFC International Fight […]
UFC 299 Prelims on ESPN draw 1.48M viewers
The UFC 299 Prelims on ESPN drew 1.48 million viewers per Sports Media Watch. It drew 748,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The telecast had the largest single-network UFC audience since the UFC 272 prelims which also had the UNC-Duke game as a lead-in. This time around the UNC-Duke game drew 3.076 million viewers. In […]