The prelims for UFC 234 on ESPN drew 1.339 million viewers per Nielson via ShowBuzz Daily. The event drew 684,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It was the UFC’s second event aired on ESPN as part of the new deal beginning at the start of the year. The featured bout of the evening saw Devonte […]
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UFC 234: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 234 in Brisbane, Australia. Adesanysa defeats idol in main event With Robert Whittaker needing emergency surgery for a hernia, his middleweight title fight against Kelvin Gastelum was scratched and Anderson Silva-Israel Adesanya was inserted at the top of the […]
Strong ratings for UFC 234 Prelims on ESPN
The UFC 234 preliminaries drew a strong 1.0 metered market rating on ESPN and ESPN Deportes according to ESPN PR. The initial ratings reveal it being the second highest-rated PPV prelims on record. The UFC 234 PPV Prelims on ESPN and ESPN Deportes drew an average 1.0 meter market rating which is second to only […]
Whittaker out of UFC 234 due to hernia
Robert Whittaker is out of his main event fight against Kelvin Gastelum just hours prior to the event start. ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto was the first to report that Gastelum is out due to a hernia the middleweight champion complained of last night after the weigh-ins. According to Dana White via Okamoto’s tweet, Whittaker had surgery […]
After contract impasse, UFC gets one fight reprieve from DirecTV
For those that were going to miss this Saturday’s UFC 234 PPV since it was not going to be on DirecTV, you are saved. Dana White issued a statement indicating that they’ve brokered a one fight deal. As reported on Thursday, the two sides had reached an impasse in contract negotiations. One might infer that […]