MMAPayout.com has learned that the eighth episode of The Ultimate Fighter season 11 earned a 1.0HH rating on the basis of 1.3 million viewers on Wednesday night. The show earned a 1.54 in the M18-34 and a 1.2 in the M18-49. Quarterly hours: .91, .92, 1.05, 1.02 Payout Perspective: This was the 1.0 drop that […]
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UFC to Make Major Announcement in Toronto
The Canadian Press are reporting that the UFC will make a major announcement at Toronto’s Rogers Centre next Tuesday, but it’s unlikely that the news will pertain to legalization in Ontario. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to hold a press conference next Tuesday at Rogers Centre in Toronto, where the Las Vegas-based mixed martial […]
Rampage-Rashad Feud Gone Too Far?
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly helps to transcribe part of this week’s UFC 114 media conference call with Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson that, at several points, became quite heated. Martin then poses the following question: When does trash talk become political talk become social commentary become hate speech? Were Evans and Jackson over the line […]
Lindland on Unions in MMA
Zach Arnold of Fightopinion has transcribed a recent interview done with Matt Lindland where he talks about why he thinks the probability of a fighter union forming is pretty low. “At least in basketball or baseball or football if you don’t like [the politics], you go to another team. If you have a players union […]
UFC PPV Coming to Roku Player
The UFC has announced a new, multi-year distribution deal with streaming content provider Roku, which will allow its 500,000 subscribers to purchase UFC PPV events starting with UFC 114 on May 29th. UFC® FIGHTS LIVE ON ROKU STARTING WITH UFC 114: RAMPAGE vs EVANS Las Vegas, NV (USA) – For the first time ever, […]