Dana White appeared on FS1’s “Undisputed” Thursday morning and revealed that he was meeting with Floyd Mayweather later in the day. Although the retired boxer has claimed he is not fighting in the UFC, there could be another motive for the meeting. While White is dangling the belief that Mayweather could fight in the octagon, […]
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MPO Year in Review: 9. UFC Performance Institute opens
The UFC Performance Institute unveiled its new 15-acre, 184,000-square foot campus in Las Vegas this year. The institute serves as an upgrade to MMA training offering the latest in technology to help the company’s contracted fighters. The Performance Institute serves as a facility for training for many of the UFC fighters. Conor McGregor took advantage of […]
MPO Year in Review: 10. Bellator continues to sign former UFC stars
Another year, another group of UFC fighters are testing the other league with former Zuffa indy contractors heading over to the Viacom-owned company. Michael McDonald, Gegard Mousasi, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, Valerie Letourneau and Ryan Bader all signed with Bellator in 2017. Rory MacDonald made his promotional debut for Bellator in May with a successful […]
UFC 218 replay on FS1 Christmas Eve draws 357,000 viewers
The Christmas Eve replay of UFC 218 drew 357,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event featured the main card of the PPV event earlier this month. Last year’s Christmas Eve replay on Fox drew astounding 4.72 million viewers. This year, the special presentation aired on FS1 despite the fact that the NFL games […]
UFC 218 on FS1 Christmas Eve
UFC 218 will replay on Christmas Eve on FS1. The main event featured Max Holloway successfully defending his Featherweight title against Jose Aldo. The event also featured the brutal KO of Alistair Overeem by Heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou and Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje. Last year, Fox replayed UFC 206 on Christmas Eve highlighting certain […]