The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that the UFC was turned away at the NFL’s Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday. NFL officials chased down UFC reps trying to obtain pictures of NFL players wearing the UFC Championship belt. The NFL did not want it around as league officials believe it was “wrestling stuff.” The official […]
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UFC Fight Night 38 in March heads to Sunday
Mike Chiapetta of FoxSports.com reports that UFC Fight Night 38 will be held on Sunday, March 23 instead of Saturday night. According to Chiappetta, the move to Sundays was not due to a scheduling conflict but a choice by the UFC and Fox. UFC/Fox “wanted to try a Sunday, the most-watched TV night of the […]
UFC Fight Night 35 and TUF Nations Ep 1 ratings
The Wrestling Observer (subscription required) reports that UFC Fight Night 35 held Wednesday night on FS1 scored 629,000 viewers. After the live event, The Ultimate Fighter Nations received an average viewership of 371,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night from 7-10pm ET which featured Luke Rockhold KO Costa Philippou was the first Fight Night in the U.S. […]
Prelims and other UFC 168 FS1 programming score big
Fox Sports sent out a press release Tuesday announcing record viewership for the UFC 168 Prelims on Saturday which aired on FS1. The 1.5 million viewer average exceeded any other prelims that aired on the network so far. It also revealed record numbers for programming related to the event. Via Fox Sports Press Release: The UFC 168 […]
13 for 13: No. 1 Ronda Rousey leads women’s MMA to the UFC
This time last year there was no women in the UFC and Dana White famously swore off women from entering the Octagon. Yet, with the acquisition of Strikeforce, the rumblings were there and at UFC 157 in February 2013, women’s MMA in the UFC became a reality as Ronda Rousey defeated Liz Carmouche via armbar […]