Last week Spike TV announced that it would air “UFC Prelims” for 12 UFC PPVs in 2011. The first one hour prelim show will be this Saturday prior to UFC 126. According to the Spike TV release, “Spike has aired 13 “UFC Prelims,” beginning with UFC 103 in September 2009, with an average viewership of […]
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Gretzky still more popular than GSP in Canada
Despite Dana White’s claim that Georges St. Pierre is more popular than Wayne Gretzky in Canada, a recent poll revealed otherwise. Via Sportsnet.ca: A Canadian Press-Harris Decima survey showed Gretzky outdistancing the mixed martial arts champion when respondents were asked to grade their opinion of Canadian celebrities. The national average was a grade of 7.29 […]
UFC Fight for the Troops 2 peaks at 2.5 million viewers
UFC announces mobile, internet tv deals in Japan
The UFC announced two Japanese media deals which will expand its reach to Japan. According to the UFC, the digital media distribution deals will enable significantly wider access to a range of UFC content to Japanese MMA fans. Via UFC press release: First, UFC® officials announced a deal with TV Bank Corp. which will provide an […]
UFC Gains Over 60,000 “Likes” On Facebook Page Over Weekend Live Stream
Last week, the UFC announced that two fights (later changed to four) on the non-televised portion of Saturday night’s Fight for the Troops event would be streamed live on its Facebook page, but as a prerequisite to watch the fights, fans had to “like” the UFC page. Since the announcement was made official by the […]