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Ronda Rousey ‘Breaking Ground’ documentary premieres Monday on FOX Sports 1

BAD MMA News — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:45:00 +0000

Just in time for one final buildup toward Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” FOX Sports 1 this Monday will premiere a documentary on one of the UFC’s biggest stars – Ronda Rousey.

Video: Behind the scenes of Georges St-Pierre’s new FOX Sports 1 commercial

BAD MMA News — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:00:00 +0000

The UFC debuts on FOX Sports 1 next month the same day the new cable network debuts on Aug. 17. In anticipation of the UFC’s new cable home after a year and a half on FX and FUEL TV, FOX Sports 1 on Tuesday will debut a new commercial during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game on FOX. UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre recently filmed that commercial, and now you can go behind the scenes on the set to see how things went down ahead of the spot’s Tuesday premiere. St-Pierre, who in November defends his title against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in Las Vegas, said that while he may have plenty of success in the octagon, his acting might leave a little to be desired.

Bellator Summer Series and Fight Master Open to Disappointing TV Ratings

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:17:48 +0000

Bellator and Spike TV launched the new reality series Fight Master: Bellator MMA on Wednesday night with the Bellator 96 live event serving as lead-in programming. The TV ratings for the night could only be characterized as disappointing in comparison to Bellator’s strong Season 8 showing on Spike TV. Bellator 96 drew an audience of 480,000 viewers for its two hours of live fights, while the one-hour Fight Master premiere averaged 432,000 viewers, according to Spike TV officials. To put that in perspective, Bellator 96’s audience was slightly more than half the average viewership for the promotion’s first season on Spike TV. Bellator Season 8’s live events averaged slightly less than 800,000 viewers per show. Fight Master ’s 432,000 viewers on Spike was well below the final season of its counterpart’s run on the network. The Ultimate Fighter wrapped its run on Spike averaging 1.5 million viewers per episode. Bellator 96 and Fight Master did have significant hurdles to overcome

Bellator Summer Series and Fight Master Open to Disappointing TV Ratings – MMA Weekly