All Entries Tagged With: "UFC"
Saturday night ratings good for UFC and Strikeforce
The viewership numbers are in from this past Saturday, and both the UFC and Strikeforce should be quite pleased with the results. Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg averaged 576,000 viewers for the night on Showtime, and peaked with 856,000 viewers during the Carano/Cyborg main event. Meanwhile, the UFC counter-programmed Strikeforce by showing fights from the historic [...]
Leites & McCrory cut, brought back, then cut again
It’s been a tough 24 hours for UFC veterans Thales Leites and Tamdan McCrory. Yesterday I reported that both fighters were among those cut by matchmaker Joe Silva and the UFC after UFC 101. However, for awhile today, it appeared that they would be brought back to the UFC, only to be told late this [...]
Four fighters, including former middleweight top contender, released by UFC
Just one fight removed from a title shot against Anderson Silva at UFC 97, Thales Leites has been cut by the UFC. Leites was roundly criticized by the MMA community and Dana White himself for his performance against Silva which included almost as many flops to the canvas as punches thrown. He was given a [...]
UFC set to counter-program Strikeforce event with UFC 100 fights
Just as they have done in the past with Strikeforce as well as the now defunct Affliction and Elite XC, the UFC is planning on counter-programming a competitor’s event. This Saturday at 10:00pm Eastern/9:00pm Central, Spike TV will be airing six bouts from UFC 100. Included in the six contests set to be aired is [...]
Report: UFC offers Fedor 30 million dollar contract
According to Carmichael Dave at KTHK 1140am in Sacramento, the UFC offered Fedor Emelianenko and M-1 global a pretty enormous offer:
- The UFC offered Fedor a 6 fight, 30 million dollar contract.
- An immediate title shot
- The UFC offered M-1 Global a cut of the PPV on top of Fedor’s purse
- Fedor was free to wear as [...]
Fedor conference call: No UFC contract without co-promotion with M-1
Fedor Emelianenko just wrapped up his conference call, and there is little news to report. However, it appears that there is no deal imminent with the UFC, at least according to Fedor and his people.
The CEO of M-1, Vadim Finkelstein, reiterated that Fedor will only work on a co-promotional basis, which means that any organization [...]
Recapping the crazy day in MMA
Today started with the expectation that Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent for the August 1st Affliction: Trilogy main event would be named. Well, we didn’t get that, but we got a whole bunch of other news.
First, Affliction announced that the event planned for August 1st had been cancelled. It appears that Showtime was the main reason for [...]
