Per Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, UFC Fight Night 58 drew an average viewership of 966,000 on Saturday night which was the top FS1 show last week. The Prelims which preceded the event drew 626,000 viewers. The 2 hour main card featured Lyoto Machida and C.B. Dolloway. Machida stopped Dolloway in the first round. Saturday’s […]
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Bell Media’s TSN and RDS officially become new Canadian home for UFC
TSN, RDS and Fight Network are the official new home for the UFC in Canada according to a joint press release on Tuesday. The deal is multi-year agreement for Canadian media rights. Prior to the deal, the UFC had called Rogers Sportsnet its home. The recent release of January network scheduling on TSN revealed UFC […]
DraftKings announces partnership with Jon Jones, launch of Fantasy MMA
On Tuesday, fantasy sports web site DraftKings announced a partnership with UFC Champ Jon Jones in conjunction with the launch of Daily Fantasy MMA on its web site. In its first method of sponsor activation, DraftKings is offering a contest with winners of the first DraftKings MMA event getting a chance to meet Jones as […]
Late Holiday Gift? Try Art Davie’s “Is it Legal?”
Perhaps a late stocking stuffer or a book to pick up during your down time over the holidays is Art Davie’s book, “Is this Legal?” Released this past summer, the book chronicles what went behind putting together UFC 1 back in November 1993. The account details Davie and his path to organizing and promoting the […]
Lawyers looking at Rampage contract dispute per Coker
MMA Fighting reports that Scott Coker has turned over the Rampage Jackson issue to Bellator attorneys. The UFC announced the signing of Jackson on Saturday night. Jackson provided an official statement on his departure from Bellator on his web site. A portion of the statement reads: After five months of grueling negotiations and gray-area contract […]