Co-creator of the UFC Campbell McLaren will be featured in Friday’s edition of Forbes’ “SportsMoney.” He will be talking about his work with MMA promotions including the UFC and about his new promotion Combate Americas. The MMA promotion which debuted on mun2 earlier this year which features 10 Hispanic fighters from different regions as they […]
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Rousey wins ESPY for Best Female Athlete
MMA Fighting reports that Ronda Rousey was named the Best Female Athlete of 2014 at the annual ESPY Awards handed out by ESPN. Rousey beat out the WNBA’s Maya Moore, Olympic gold medalist skier Mikaela Shiffrin and UConn’s Breanna Stewart. UFC fighters Chris Weidman and Jon Jones were up for best fighter but lost out […]
Lawal, Lashley and Kongo added to 9/5 Bellator card
MMA Junkie reports that King Mo Lawal, Cheick Kongo and Bobby Lashley have been added to Bellator 123 which takes place on September 5th in Connecticut. Lashley is a pro wrestler with TNA Wrestling and is currently its Heavyweight champion. In addition to his pro wrestling experience, Lashley has competed in MMA. The move attempts […]
TUF 19 Final DVR numbers are in
MMA Payout has obtained the final DVR numbers for TUF 19. Although the Live day viewing was considerably down the DVR numbers saw significant gains. In the end, the average Live/Same Day viewing which includes the same day replay averaged 476,00 viewers. TUF 18 (Rousey-Tate) averaged 684,000 viewers. TUF 17 (Sonnen-Jones) averaged 832,000 viewers, which […]
Fight Pass features McGregor “On the Fly”
The UFC is presenting a new, original three-part series on its UFC Fight Pass digital network featuring Conor McGregor. “UFC on the Fly” features McGregor as he makes his final preparations for his fight Saturday night in his hometown against Diego Brandao. A sample of the series is here: Payout Perspective: This has to be […]