Last week Lorenzo Fertitta made an appearance on CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report” where he spoke glowingly about the growth of business overseas including the announcement of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America. Fertitta also touched on other subjects in the brief spot on the program. Among the things Fertitta talked about was the company plans […]
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TUF 19 Episode 5 Live + SD: 417,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that last Wednesday’s TUF 19: Edgar v. Penn averaged 417,000 viewers which includes the live viewership plus same day replay. In the fifth episode of the season, Corey Anderson defeated Josh Clark in the fight on the week’s episode. The 5th episode, which was filmed around Halloween, […]
UFC Fight Night 40 DVR +3 ratings
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night DVR+3 day ratings improved to 735,000 total viewers which is up from the Live+SD number of 655,000 viewers. In addition, the UFC Fight Night 40 Prelims which aired on FS2 did a 125,000 Live +Same Day average. The two hour Prelims aired prior […]
MMA Bill awaits vote in NY State Assembly…again
MMA Fighting reports that the New York Senate has passed a bill that would legalize MMA in the state. It now faces the task of having it pass the General Assembly, a hurdle that it has failed to accomplish despite several years of heavy lobbying. UFC women’s bantamweight Alexis Davis made the rounds in Albany […]
UFC Fight Night 40: 655,000 viewers; Post-fight coverage does well
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 40 received an average viewership of 655,000. In addition, UFC’s post-fight coverage Saturday night on Fox Sports Live had one of its highest rated shows on FS1. The ratings reflect a 2% increase from the last live event on FS1, the UFC TUF […]