Chris Russo bashes ‘not sports’ UFC and its fans, hilariously ignoring ESPN’s massive UFC partnership
"You sit there on Saturday night and pluck your $50 down to watch that?! Three rounds of kicking? You gotta be kidding me! That’s not sports!"
"You sit there on Saturday night and pluck your $50 down to watch that?! Three rounds of kicking? You gotta be kidding me! That’s not sports!"
The UFC on ESPN+ prices are rising again.
Rae's tweet of "I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment" took backlash. But she reportedly was never hired by the UFC.
Why would ESPN not go higher? Well, it's complicated.
“It’s, unfortunately, something the women in this room have dealt with before and will have to continue to deal with."
"I love how Ariel Helwani made it all about him. It was all about him. Such a douche."
Two days ago, Dana White said that the UFC fights would continue "unless there's a total shutdown out of the country."
UFC 246 is in Las Vegas on Saturday night, with Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone set for...
UFC won't show the actual KO but you can see the reaction from the announcers.
Daniel Cormier follows Kobe Bryant -- the series founder -- and Peyton Manning to host Detail, which features in-depth film analysis.
Combate Americas pulled in an impressive audience of 416,000 Friday.
"Now, what has happened is Disney sees 'Oh, there's money to be made in MMA,' and Disney's buying everything, and ESPN's buying everything, and now we're telling you that the violence is okay. It wasn't okay before, but now the violence is okay, and now we sell it to you with ESPN+."
To say that MMA fighter Jon Jones owes someone an explanation for why he continues to mar UFC...
This is some incredibly poor scheduling on the UFC's part.
Fox takes over SmackDown in October 2019.
This is a rather different approach than what the UFC proposed.
Cabana claims Punk told him in a text his legal bills would be "100% covered." They were not.
Not a great sign for Bristol after forking over a billion and a half dollars.
White called Schaub a "f***ing tool," and Schaub responded by saying White "got a break from folding Ronda's laundry."
In a surprise outcome, ESPN wound up with not only UFC's streaming rights but also its linear ones.
ESPN will reportedly pay $150 million a year to stream UFC events.
Fox has offered the UFC an increase, but far from the one they were seeking. Other TV-focused bids have been slow to come in. And it looks unlikely the UFC will get anywhere close to the $450 million it initially targeted.
The tech giant continues its push into live sports streaming with UFC.
Glazer will continue with his NFL work for Fox and his other gigs elsewhere.
Smith is expected to make his UFC debut with desk work for FS1 during next weekend's UFC 220.