MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 19 was down substantially from its debut last week. It registered just 320,000 viewers on Wednesday night. The second episode of TUF featuring Team Edgar vs. Team Penn received the lowest overnight rating for the TUF franchise on FS1 […]
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UFC on Fox 11 salaries: Werdum on top
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from this past Saturday’s UFC on Fox 11 from Orlando, Florida. The disclosed payroll released by the Florida State Boxing Commission was $974,000. Via MMA Junkie: Fabricio Werdum: $175,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Travis Browne: $50,000 Miesha Tate: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Liz Carmouche: $17,000 Donald Cerrone: […]
UFC on Fox 11 ratings adjusted up to 2.5 million viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Fox source that the Live plus Same Day ratings for Saturday’s UFC on Fox 11 event raised the initial overnight of 1.99 million to 2.5 million viewers. The peak of 3.3 million viewers occurred during the main event between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne. The main event received a […]
UFC on Fox 11 Prelims on FS1: 521,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Fox source that the UFC on Fox 11 Prelims received an average viewership of 521,000 viewers. In the male 18-49 category, the UFC Prelims received 244,000 viewers. The three hour Prelims event went up against the first day of the NBA Playoffs, the NHL Playoffs and MLB games during this time […]
MMA sponsor offers $5K for Rousey KO
Bloody Elbow reports that MMA sponsor Americana is offering a fighter $5,000 if they are the first to KO UFC’s women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey. You may recall that Americana MMA was the same brand that claimed the UFC priced it out of sponsoring three women fighters that were leaving the independent ranks to be […]