Saturday’s Benson Henderson vs. Nick Diaz main event would, based on FOX numbers alone, is the ninth-most watched MMA fight in U.S. television history. The 5.7 million viewers drawn by the main event would rank it behind only five UFC fights in history, the record-breaking Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos fight on November 12, [...]
The overnight ratings for UFC on FOX 5 are in and while not the final tally, already show improvement over the last two UFC on FOX outings. According to TVByTheNumbers.com, the event earned 3.41 million average viewers from 8-10 p.m. ET. The show earned a 1.6 rating in adults 18 to 49 years of age. [...]
Japan’s annual New Year’s Eve combat sports spectacular added three MMA fights to its docket of action with official confirmation from DREAM and Golden Glory officials on Friday. The show, with the messy title of “GSI presents DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 Tokyo – New Year’s Eve Special,” will take place from the Saitama Super [...]
The UFC women’s division has its debut date. It will come on Feb. 23, 2013, when Ronda Rousey fights Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC 157. The history-making show will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., ending years of long-held belief that the organization would never promote women’s fights in [...]
The UFC kicks back into gear on Saturday night with UFC on FOX 5. The event at Seattle’s KeyArena boasts a loaded main card, headlined by Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz for the lightweight championship. Who stands to gain, who has a lot to lose, and what looks like the fight of the night? My [...]
The MMA Hour is back in your life on Monday with another jam-packed show. Below is a rundown of who will be stopping by and when: 1:00 p.m. ET — Strikeforce welterweight Tyron Woodley will talk about training with B.J. Penn for UFC on FOX 5 and his future in Zuffa. 1:20 — Josh Barnett [...]
Strikeforce: Champions is no longer an accurate title for the Jan. 12 show after Luke Rockhold’s unhealed wrist injury robbed the card of another belt-holder, leaving only Nate Marquardt defending an actual championship. His inability to make that date infuriated his challenger, Lorenz Larkin, who after hearing about it, accused Rockhold of a cardinal sin [...]
MMAjunkie.com returns from vacation with UFC on FOX 5 main-card fighter Matt Brown (in studio) and his opponent, Mike Swick, who both join today’s show. We also catch up with top Strikeforce middleweight contender Lorenz Larkin and football handicapper Sammy “The Squid” (in studio). MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. [...]
Resurrection Fighting Alliance puts its featherweight title up for grabs when it returns this week. The show is set for Friday’s RFA 5 event in Nebraska with a seven-bout main card, including Jared Downing vs. Jordan Rinaldi for the 145-pound title and WEC vet James Krause vs. Joe Jordan. RFA 5 takes place Friday at [...]