Television By Numbers reports that the third episode of The Ultimate Fighter on Tuesday scored an average of 1.191 million viewers. Despite the much-hyped knockout, the ratings were down once again. According to TBN, TUF received a 0.7 rating. The spin kick executed to perfection by Uriah Hall was hyped by the UFC and drew […]
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UFC 156 Prelims: 1.86 million viewer average
UFC 156 Payouts: Overeem/Evans big winners
MMA Junkie reports the salaries for UFC 156. Despite losing on Saturday night, Rashad Evans and Alistair Overeem top the list of fighters as the UFC had a payroll over $1.7 million. Via MMA Junkie: Jose Aldo: $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus) def. Frankie Edgar: $120,000 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $174,000 (includes $67,000 win bonus) def. […]
UFC 156: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 156 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center from Las Vegas, Nevada. Aldo sends Edgar to third straight loss Thud. The leg kicks of Jose Aldo last night were reminiscent of those he delivered to Urijah Faber at WEC 48 which […]
A look back at the PPV buy rates for UFC 156 fighters
As we head into the annual Super Bowl weekend PPV, MMA Payout takes a look at the previous PPV history of the main and co-main eventers. We start with the challenger to the Featherweight title, Frankie Edgar. For purposes of this discussion, we look at his PPV appearance since winning the Lightweight title in Abu […]