The prelims for UFC 248 drew 1.195 million viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The Prelims were second in overall cable ratings only to its lead-in, the college basketball game between UNC-Duke. The game between the two rivals drew 2.232 million viewers. Once again, there was an overrun but a slight one […]
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UFC 248 salaries: Adesanya heads list with $500K
The Nevada Athletic Commission disclosed salaries for tonight’s UFC 248 event in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya led the salary roster with $500,000. Yoel Romero, the challenger, will earn $350,000 but neither main eventer will earn a win bonus. In the co-main event, Weili Zhang will earn $100,000 plus another $100,000 if she successfully […]
The Payout Picks: UFC 248
UFC 248 takes place Saturday night in Vegas with two titles on the line featuring Israel Adesanya defending his middleweight title against Yoel Romero and Weili Zhang defending her strawweight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Israel Adesanya is the favorite coming into this title defense against Romero. The Last Stylebender is coming in at a -175 […]
Will Coronavirus scare hurt UFC 248 gate?
UFC 248 takes place this Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thus far, the ticket sales for this weekend’s fight may be slowed due in fact to the Coronavirus. According to SeatGeek, as of yesterday the get-in price was $125 which was down 14 percent from the past week. But, a look […]
USADA reduces Penne’s sanction to 20 months for second violation
This past Friday, USADA announced that Jessica Penne had her four year sanction for her second violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy reduced to 20 months. According to the release, Penne tested positive for “trace levels for two metabolites of stanozolol” as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample on April 8, 2019. A reason […]