The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service has revised Zuffa, LLC’s financial outlook to negative from stable on weaker operating performance. It has indicated that it anticipates a 40% decline in EBITDA in 2014 and credit measures will weaken due to the decline. In a press release disseminated by S&P, it stated that the negative rating […]
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TUF 20 Episode 8 numbers up to 840,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that last week’s TUF 20 episode 8 drew an additional 262,00 viewers in Live +3 ratings. Episode 8 total viewership including adjusted average is now at 840,000 viewers. Payout Perspective: The average viewership after the adjusted ratings is at 812,000 viewers. After the 8th episode, the average […]
WSOF 15: 161,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the World Series of Fighting 15 Saturday night on drew 179,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network up against stiff competition from both the UFC and Bellator. The main event featured David Branch defeating Yushin Okami via TKO. In the semi-main event, Justin Gaethje defeated Melvin Guillard […]
UFC 180 Prelims: 624,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned form a Nielsen source that the UFC 180 Prelims on FS1 Saturday drew an average of 624,000 viewers for its two hour show between 8:00-10:00pm (5:00-7:00pm). The prelims on Saturday peaked in the 9:45-10pm quarter hour (6:45-7pm west coast) with 771,000 total viewers (Live + SD) according to Nielsen. UFC PPV […]
UFC does not produce at “The Time is Now”
The UFC hyped up a big announcement for Monday afternoon. However, the news came as a disappointment to most as the UFC released its 2015 calendar with Dana White making a subtle reference that the big announcement did not get done in time. It was disappointing that there was no follow up (at least from […]