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Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson booked for UFC Fight Night 29 in Manchester

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:30:00 +0000

A lightweight matchup and potential slugfest has been added to the UFC’s return to England. UFC officials announced on Tuesday’s new edition of “UFC Tonight” that Melvin Guillard (31-12-2 MMA, 12-8 UFC) and Ross Pearson (15-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will meet at an Oct. 26 UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The contest serves as the co-main event of a card that sees Michael Bisping face Mark Munoz in the main event. The main card airs on FOX Sports 2 followig prelims that stream on Facebook. Guillard looks to build on the strength of a “Knockout of the Night” win over Mac Danzig at July’s UFC on FOX 8 event. The much-needed result helped Guillard snap out of a 1-4 slump and once again showed the potential the 30-year-old slugger always packs in his back pocket

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Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson booked for UFC Fight Night 29 in Manchester – MMA Junkie

Fight Master: Bellator MMA TV Ratings Climb to Second Best Mark of Season

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:45:24 +0000

Bellator ’s reality series, Fight Master: Bellator MMA, has had a tough time getting off the ground, launching over the summer viewing season, which is typically the off-season for America’s TV viewing audiences. Wednesday night’s Episode 6, however, saw TV ratings increase to the second highest point of the new series’ season thus far. The sixth episode of Fight Master drew an average audience of 629,000 viewers, second only to episode three, which garnered an audience of 676,000 viewers. Fight Master has bounced up and down in the ratings, but Wednesday night was a marked increase over a recent two-week slump that saw the show’s ratings drop to 505,000 and 441,000 for Episodes 4 and 5. Episode 6 benefited from a strong live fight card, Bellator 97, which drew and audience of 679,000

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Fight Master: Bellator MMA TV Ratings Climb to Second Best Mark of Season – MMA Weekly