Showing posts with label Randy Couture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Randy Couture. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Kim Couture gives up the info on Mark Coleman and her husband

Check out this video clip of Kim Couture giving the inside scoop on Mark Coleman's assertion that he couldn't afford a training camp, and what her husbands deal has meant for UFC fighters as a whole. A pretty informative and no-holds-barred interview. Definitely worth checking out.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

UFC 91 does gangbusters ratings wise on Spike

The UFC hates Affliction, as Dana White has stated in the past, even though they can't stop it, they don't need to help it. With that in mind, the UFC engaged in some interesting counter-programming this past Saturday night to coincide with Affliction's Fedor v. Arlovski card. The UFC showed UFC 91 which featured Brock Lesnar fighting former UFC Heavyweight and Lightweight champion Randy Couture - and it did well. Really well. According to Spike, the replay of UFC 91 was the highest rated show on all of Television Saturday night for males in the 18-34 demographic.

Going head to head with the "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" pay-per-view broadcast, Spike TV's replay of "UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar" peaked with 3.3 million viewers, Spike TV officials today announced.

According to MMA Junkie, the replay averaged over 2 million viewers at every moment of the airing, and the replay "peaked with 3.3 million viewers", making it the "most-watched taped UFC event in network history."

UFC 91 was one of the all-time best PPV shows for the UFC, but that was soon surpassed by UFC 92. If things going according to plan, the STACKED UFC 94 event featuring BJ Penn v. Georges St. Pierre will break all PPV records.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Tito Ortiz won't return to the UFC as long as Dana White is in charge

In a piece of news that shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz announced that he will not come back to the UFC as long as Dana White is in charge.

Ortiz is currently working for Affliction and will be handling some of the play by play for tonight's heavyweight clash between Fedor and Arlovski. Currently recuperating from back surgery, Ortiz's fight future is still up in the air. The earliest he might return to the ring would be sometime in early June, but it remains to be seen if Affliction will even be around by then. With Elite XC apparently out of the mix, Ortiz doesn't have many options left open for him should Affliction close up shop.

Tonight, the UFC is doing a little bit of counter-programming and will be replaying the Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture matchup from November. We'll have to wait and see how Affliction's PPV numbers stack up. So far, word is that ticket sales haven't been so hot.