MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for last night’s UFC 164 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The new lightweight champ, Chad Mendes, and Hyung Gim Lin and Pascal Krauss were bonus recipients. Here is the breakdown of bonuses with all receiving the standard $50,000: Fight of the Night: Lin-Krauss KO of the Night: Mendes Sub […]
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PPV History (or lack thereof) of UFC 164 main eventers
UFC Fight Night 27: 824,000 viewers
The Wrestling Observer (subscription required) reports the ratings for Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 27 did a 0.69 rating for an average of 824,000 viewers. While the number is good for the network, its less than stellar for UFC viewership. The good news for FS1 is that the ratings for Wednesday’s UFC live event beat out […]
UFC Fight Night 27 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC Fight Night 27. Attendance was a reported 5,950 for a gate of $355,290. In addition, bonuses were given out to the main event participants and two prelim fighters. Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann were awarded the Fight of the Night bonus while Zak Cummings (Sub) […]
DMCA takedown notices sent to porn sites on Zuffa’s behalf
It is well known that Zuffa is an aggressive defender of its intellectual property. It found itself in an unenviable position as the company it hired to issue DMCA takedown requests issued notices to child pornography sites claiming that Zuffa was the lawful rights holder. IP Arrow, the company that Zuffa hired to do this […]