After a prolonged wait, CM Punk made his professional MMA debut at UFC 203 in September 2016. Punk took on Mickey Gall in a one-sided match which saw Punk do nothing until he tapped to a rear-naked choke. While there was a UFC title defense by heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, it was clear that Punk […]
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Faber leads list of UFC on Fox 22 payouts
Urijah Faber led the roster of fighters in reported disclosed pay at UFC on Fox 22 Saturday night. In his last fight, Faber registered $320,000 for his win over Brad Pickett. The payouts were released by the California Athletic Commission. Other notable payouts include Paige VanZant making $43,000 to show (and likely $43,000 if she […]
UFC on Fox 22 draws 2.69M viewers
UFC on Fox 22 drew 2.69 million viewers on Fox Saturday night per TV By Numbers. It improves upon last December’s UFC on Fox event. In the main event, Paige VanZant faced Michelle Waterson. “The Karate Hottie” upset PVZ via rear naked choke. In the co-main event Mickey Gall defeated Sage Northcutt. Last December’s UFC […]
UFC on Fox 22 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on Fox 22 attendance drew 13,136 for a live gate of $1,238,992.50 as announced at the post-fight press conference. The bonuses went to Leslie Smith, Irene Aldana, Michelle Waterson and Paul Craig. It was the 5th visit to Sacramento for the UFC but the first one in the newly opened Golden 1 Center. It ranked […]
UFC 206 estimated at 150,000 PPV buys
Early predictions from last Saturday’s UFC 206 PPV appear to be at just 150,000 buys. The event featured Max Holloway versus Anthony Pettis for the UFC interim Featherweight title. UFC 206: Holloway v Pettis drew lowest PPV num of 2016 w/ an estimated 150K buys. Prelims on FS1 drew 2nd lowest num of yr (771K) […]