MMA Junkie reports that the debut telecast of UFC Primetime: St. Pierre vs. Shields received 610,000 viewers. The first of three original episodes, the show accompanies The Ultimate Fighter as part of Spike TV’s Wednesday night’s lineup. Via MMA Junkie: The debut episode of “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields” earned the smallest audience to date for a first […]
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Tough Enough ratings: 3.3 million viewers
WWE’s Monday night debut of its resurrected reality show, Tough Enough, received a huge audience of 3.3 million viewers. The reality show featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin has 14 individuals competing for a WWE contract. Via Zap2it.com: WWE TOUGH ENOUGH is #2 new reality series premiere of the year on cable in P18-49 and P18-34. […]
Its official: UFC purchases Strikeforce
The UFC acquisition of Strikeforce was offically announced this morning after Saturday’s surprising announcement. Via Zuffa press release: Forza, LLC, a subsidiary of Zuffa, LLC, which owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship® brand, announced today that it has purchased the assets of Explosion Entertainment, LLC dba Strikeforce®. Under the terms of the deal, all Strikeforce fighter […]
Penn and Fitch head UFC PR tour of Australia
B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch toured Australia last week to promote their February 27th bout in Sydney. The promotional tour may assist in educating Aussie fans with mixed views of mixed martial arts. Via Fight Opinion: BJ Penn, Jon Fitch, George Sotiropoulos, and Kyle Noke went on a public relations tour yesterday in Australia to […]