With her surprise win at UFC 193, Holly Holm has usurped Ronda Rousey as the first woman of the UFC. Holm has spent the last 11 days doing the media rounds as the new UFC women’s bantamweight champion. Will she be able to be as big a star as Rousey? The media blitz has helped […]
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TUF 22 Episode 9 draws 495,000 viewers
WSOF hires Sonnen for on-air work
Chael Sonnen will be doing color commentary for the World Series of Fighting according to a press release from the company. Sonnen will begin his new duties starting Friday, September 18th on NBC Sports Network. Via WSOF press release: “I am stoked to join the powerhouse team at World Series of Fighting, and call their […]
Combate Americas announces live events geared toward Hispanic audience
Combate Americas announced a monthly live event promotion on Spanish language cable station NBC Universo (formerly mun2) according to a press release. Combate Americas, the first-ever U.S. Hispanic MMA sports franchise was founded by one of the UFC’s founders Campbell McLaren. NBC Universo is the modern sports and entertainment cable channel for Latinos according to […]
PBC on CBS Saturday posts 0.8 rating
Sports Business Daily (subscription required) reports that Saturday afternoon’s Premier Boxing Champions on CBS drew an overnight rating of 0.8 in the 4:00-6:00pm ET time slot. According to Sports Media Watch, 3 of the 4 PBC events on CBS have failed to earn at least a 1.0 overnight average. Saturday night’s fight on CBS featured […]