In case you missed it, the UFC announced Joe Silva’s replacement as a matchmaker as it named Mick Maynard as Vice President of Talent Relations. In addition, Sean Shelby was promoted to Senior Vice President of Talent Relations. According to the UFC press release, the two will be organizing UFC bouts, developing athletes on the […]
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TUF 24 Episode 4 draws 397,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter 24 episode 4 drew 397,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. The episode scored 204,000 viewers in the 18-49 demo per Sports TV Ratings. In the fight of the show, Eric Shelton submitted Yoni Sherbatov. A replay of episode 4 on the same night (10pm-11pm PT) drew 32,000 viewers […]
Nevada Athletic Commission files complaints against Diaz, McGregor
MMA Junkie has obtained the NSAC complaints against Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor as it relates to the dustup between the two and Diaz’s camp at the UFC 203 pre-fight press conference. As you may recall, the press conference ended abruptly after McGregor showed up late and Diaz left soon thereafter. Verbal exchanges were made […]
UFC Fight Night 94 draws 826,000, Prelims 637,000
UFC Fight Night 94 held on Saturday night drew 826,000 for the main card on FS1 according to Sports TV Ratings. The prelims drew 637,000 viewers and the post-coverage drew another 280,000 viewers. The prelims were delayed slightly due to an overrun from an extra innings baseball game on FS1. The main card peaked at […]
UFC 203 PPV buys estimated between 425K-475K
MMA Fighting reports that UFC 203 early projections have it between 425,000-475,000 PPV buys. The numbers would make it the best UFC PPV not featuring Conor McGregor or UFC 200 which brings up the question of whether the CM Punk experiment helped boost the buy rate. The event’s main event featured Stipe Miocic defending his […]