UFC on Vegas 30 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. As part of the TUF 29 finals, a pair of finalists received undisclosed bonuses in addition to those regular bonuses. Pat Sabatini, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Gerald Meerschaert and Giga Chikadze. As part of the feature bout, Chikadze stopped Edson Barboza. […]
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Font not guilty of anti-doping violation by NAC
On Thursday the Nevada Athletic Commission determined that Rob Font’s positive drug test was caused by a non-prohibited substance. Similar to the USADA ruling in July, Font will not receive any suspension or fine. Font received a positive drug test on May 22 for traces of a substance on the UFC’s prohibited list. However, USADA […]
PFL Playoffs 2 draws 350K viewers Thursday night on ESPN
The Pro Fighters League 2 Playoffs drew 350,000 viewers on ESPN Thursday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast featured the second set of playoffs featuring Kayla Harrison. The telecast took place on Thursday night while the other two playoffs take place Friday. The event featured the women’s light heavyweight division semifinals as well […]
PFL Playoffs on ESPN2 draws 205K viewers
The Professional Fighters League Playoffs on ESPN2 drew 205,000 viewers on Friday night. It was the first set of playoffs for this season. In the featured bout of the evening, Ray Cooper III moved on to the finals by defeating Rory MacDonald in convincing fashion. Also of note, Raush Manfio moved on to the finals […]
Judge tentatively denies Attar’s Preliminary Injunction to stop Pac-Spence fight
The preliminary injunction hearing filed by Audie Attar against Manny Pacquiao will be heard on Friday, August 6th. According to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger the Court has issued a ‘tentative’ ruling which denies Attar’s request to halt Pacquiao’s fight against Errol Spence, Jr. on August 21st. A judge has tentatively ruled to deny @AudieAttar’s motion to […]