This past month’s UFC 114 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas officially drew 14,246 spectators for a $3,730,125 live gate. Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer today emailed the official figures to MMAjunkie. Of the 14,246 fans, 13,294 fans purchased tickets, and just 952 were issued complimentary admission. Additionally, [...]
A lightweight bout between Thiago Tavares (14-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) and Melvin Guillard’s (23-8-2 MMA, 6-4 UFC) planned for UFC 114 has been scratched. Tavares recently pulled out of the fight due to an elbow injury, his manager, Alex Davis, alerted MMAjunkie. The UFC has not officially announced the change to the fight, which was [...]
The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board’s Nick Lembo today confirmed the drug tests of the UFC 111 and all the competitors in the event tested negative in the performance enhanced drugs as well as drugs for abuse or recreational drugs. The UFC 111 fight event took place on March 27 at the Prudential Center [...]
Lawmakers in the state of Nevada lashed out at President Obama on Tuesday after he made another reference to Las Vegas while explaining how people should make tough choices on spending. The issue is sensitive to Las Vegas because its economy is largely based on tourism, and several lawmakers said they were shocked that Obama [...]
Two major cable networks – ESPN and Discovery – said Tuesday they plan to start beaming 3-D entertainment into peoples’ homes for the first time. Riding what could be one of the next big waves in consumer electronics, ESPN said it will have a 3-D channel for broadcasting live sports events in time for the [...]
The first thing Tiger Woods needs to do if he wants to remake himself is dump all the enablers. The so-called mentors who taught him how to play rent-a-hostess in Las Vegas. The fawners who laughed at his crude jokes. The apologists who conspired to create such a towering phony. There are a lot of [...]
While Houston Alexander (9-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) quickly became a UFC fan-favorite after impressive TKOs of Keith Jardine and Keith Jardine three-straight losses in the organization served to reveal the single-faceted nature of his striking attack. But as “The Assassin” prepares to face Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at Saturday’s The Ultimate [...]
A highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Cain Velasquez (7-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) may take place Down Under. Despite reports circulating today that Nogueira and Velasquez will meet at UFC 109 in Las Vegas, MMAjunkie has learned from sources close to the organization that the UFC is actually [...]
While “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II” was routinely criticized for what some considered a lackluster main event, the show still delivered a $3 million live gate at the box office. UFC president Dana White said at the event’s post-fight press conference that 10,529 fans watched UFC 106 live at Mandalay Bay Events Center in [...]
After Tito Ortiz famously edged out Forrest Griffin in a 2006 split-decision win, “The Ultimate Fighter” winner immediately said he felt ready for two more rounds. In the main event of Saturday night’s “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II” at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Griffin got three. In a repeat performance of [...]