In an effort to provide transparency for its new anti-doping policy, the UFC and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have made its year-round Anti-Doping Policy available online. The policy will go into effect on July 1, 2015. The online policy is broken down into 4 sections: UFC Anti-Doping Policy, UFC TUE Policy, UFC Whereabouts […]
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UFC Fight Night 69 attendance and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance and bonuses for Saturday’s UFC Fight Pass only event from Berlin, Germany. Joanna Jedrzejcyzk and Jessica Penne earned Fight of the Night honors while Mairbek Taisumov and Arnold Allen drew Performance of the Night bonuses. Each earned $50,000. UFC Fight Night 69 drew 8,155 fans from the O2 World Arena […]
White downplays fighter concerns about Reebok deal
In a recent Periscope chat, UFC head Dana White downplayed the outcry from fighters about the Reebok deal. White indicated that the fighters are “freaked out” about the change. White answered a variety of questions including stating that he estimated that UFC 189 should do over 1 million PPV buys. He also stated that they […]
TUF 21 Episode 9 draws 322,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter 21 episode 9 drew 332,000 viewers on Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. The first showing of the episode on FS1 was down 22% from episode 8. Notably, a same-day replay on FS1 at 10:00pm PT (1:00am ET) drew another 72,000 viewers. In the fight of the episode, Kamaru Usman of the […]
How will Bellator 138 do on Spike TV Friday?
Bellator 138, the organization’s latest “tent pole” event occurs Friday night on Spike TV with Kimbo Slice taking on Ken Shamrock in the featured event. Last Friday, Spike TV aired “Countdown to Unfinished Business” which drew 215,000 viewers according to Nielsen sources. The shoulder programming was preceded by a PBC event which drew 446,000 viewers. […]