The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the Nevada State Athletic Commission has named Bob Bennett as its Executive Director. Bennett, a former Marine and FBI agent replaces Keith Kizer who stepped down earlier this year. Bennett is a current boxing judge in Nevada and will take over one of the most high profile jobs […]
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TUF 19 debut and UFC TUF Nations ratings
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source the ratings from Wednesday night of UFC programming. Notably, the debut of TUF scored just an overnight average of 595,000 viewers. Preceding TUF was the UFC TUF Nations Finale from Quebec City. The Prelims which started at 2pmPT/4pmET received a viewership of 263,000 viewers whereas the main […]
TUF Nations Finale attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Wednesday’s TUF Nations Finale from Quebec City. The event drew slightly over 5,000 for a gate of $340,000. The event which started Wednesday afternoon took place at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec. Tim Kennedy defeated Michael Bisping in the main event of the card. […]
EA Sports unveils UFC release date, game cover, & details
Last year, EA Sports announced that Jon Jones would be on the cover of this year’s EA Sports UFC video game. Alexander Gustafsson also joined Jones after being voted in by the fans after defeating GSP in the finals. Below is the finished cover for the game. Amazon.com currently lists the EA Sports UFC video […]
UFC Fight Night 39 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the performance bonuses for today’s UFC Fight Night 39 from Abu Dhabi. Clay Guida, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Ramsey Nijem and Roy Nelson nabbed the $50,000 bonuses. In addition the attendance and gate were announced during the post-UFC press conference. Fight of the Night: Guida-Kawajiri Performance Bonuses – Nijem and Nelson Both Nijem and […]