Welcome to the annual MMA Payout countdown of MMA business/legal stories for the year. We start off with the year of Jon Jones. Jones started off the year with a resounding defeat of rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 182. It was a big PPV for the company as the promotion for the fight was centered […]
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Sterling leaving UFC to test free agency
Bantamweight fighter Aljamain Sterling is the next former UFC fighter to test free agency. Per a tweet from the fighter, it appears that the UFC will not seek to re-sign the Sterling defeated Johnny Eduardo at UFC Fight Night 80 improving his record to 4-0. It was the last fight on his contract. He made […]
Werdum signs new 8 fight deal with UFC
MMA Fighting reports that UFC Heavyweight Champion has signed an 8 fight contract with the UFC. The deal is worth “seven figures” according to UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani who talked to Werdum’s manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. “They didn’t have to do a new deal. We’re very thankful. [Werdum] wants to end his career as a UFC […]
Rousey tops athlete Google searches for 2015
Ronda Rousey was the top athlete searched for in 2015 according to Google. She was also 5th on the list in overall trending searches. Rousey was the top active athlete searched for in 2015 by search engine Yahoo! The news released Wednesday by Google confirms that Rousey was a hot topic for 2015. Rousey fought […]
More ratings on FS1 surrounding UFC 194
More ratings from FS1 on Friday and Saturday reveal a spate of very good ratings surrounding UFC 194. As we previously reported, UFC 194 draw a FS1 prelim record of 1,931,000 viewers. It peaked during the Urijah Faber-Frankie Saenz fight at 2.38 million viewers. It was the most watch prelims airing on any network since […]