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UFC Minneapolis Draws 1.09 Million Average Viewers

UFC Minneapolis did solid numbers as the event drew an average of 1,091,000 viewers last week (Saturday, June 29, 2019). According to MMA Fighting, the show peaked during the main event as 1,247,000 viewers saw Francis Ngannou dispatch of former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in just over a minute. As a result, it was […]

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UFC Minneapolis did solid numbers as the event drew an average of 1,091,000 viewers last week (Saturday, June 29, 2019).

According to MMA Fighting, the show peaked during the main event as 1,247,000 viewers saw Francis Ngannou dispatch of former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in just over a minute. As a result, it was the highest rated show on cable on the day in Adults and Men 18-49 and 18-34.

Overall, however, it was second on the day behind the Women’s World Cup game which took place in the afternoon. There was also a huge gap between the main card and the prelims as the latter, headlined by Ricardo Ramos vs. Journey Newson, only averaged 553,000 viewers.

The first ESPN Fight Night was also headlined by Ngannou when he took on Cain Velasquez at UFC Phoenix in February. That event averaged 1,463,000 viewers. UFC Philadelphia which was headlined by Justin Gaethje vs. Edson Barboza, meanwhile, averaged 828,000 viewers.

With a stacked card in UFC 239 taking place this week, it will be interesting to see how the prelims fare on ESPN in comparison. The event takes place July 6 in Las Vegas and will be headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos.

Do you expect huge numbers for UFC 239?

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UFC Rankings Update: Francis Ngannou Stays Put, Joseph Benavidez Takes Top Spot

This past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) UFC Minneapolis took place from the Target Center in Minnesota. In the main event of the night, Francis Ngannou made quick work of former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. With the victory, Ngannou remains at the No. 2-ranked spot in the updated heavyweight rankings. Also, in the […]

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This past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) UFC Minneapolis took place from the Target Center in Minnesota.

In the main event of the night, Francis Ngannou made quick work of former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. With the victory, Ngannou remains at the No. 2-ranked spot in the updated heavyweight rankings. Also, in the co-main event, Joseph Benavidez picked up a big win.

Benavidez finished Jussier Formiga with a head-kick and punches to make a solid case for the next 125-pound title opportunity. The full UFC rankings update has been released following UFC Minneapolis, and you can check them out below (via MMA Mania):

UFC Rankings Update

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Jon Jones
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Henry Cejudo
5 Max Holloway
6 Amanda Nunes 
7 Kamaru Usman
8 Dustin Poirier
9 Conor McGregor +1
10 Robert Whittaker +1
11 Stipe Miocic -2
12 Tony Ferguson
13 Valentina Shevchenko
14 Tyron Woodley
15 Jessica Andrade

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Joseph Benavidez +1
2 Jussier Formiga -1
3 Alexandre Pantoja
4 Deiveson Figueiredo
5 Tim Elliott
6 Rogerio Bontorin
7 Ryan Benoit
8 Jordan Espinosa
9 Kai Kara France
10 Alex Perez
11 Raulian Paiva
12 Matt Schnell
13 VACANT
14 VACANT
15 VACANT

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Marlon Moraes
2 Aljamain Sterling
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Petr Yan
5 Pedro Munhoz
6 Dominick Cruz
7 Cody Garbrandt
8 Jimmie Rivera
9 Corey Sandhagen
10 John Lineker
11 Cody Stamann
12 Rob Font
13 John Dodson
14 Alejandro Perez
15 Thomas Almeida

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Alexander Volkanovski
2 Brian Ortega
3 Jose Aldo
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Zabit Magomedsharipov
6 Chan Sung Jung
7 Jeremy Stephens +1
8 Yair Rodriguez -1
9 Josh Emmett +1
10 Renato Moicano -1
11 Calvin Kattar
12 Mirsad Bektic
13 Ricardo Lamas
14 Shane Burgos
15 Darren Elkins

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Dustin Poirier (Interim Champion)
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Conor McGregor
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Justin Gaethje 
6 Al Iaquinta
7 Edson Barboza
8 Kevin Lee
9 Anthony Pettis
10 Paul Felder
11 Charles Oliveira
12 Gregor Gillespie
13 Alexander Hernandez
14 Islam Makhachev
15 James Vick

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Kamaru Usman
1 Tyron Woodley
2 Colby Covington
3 Rafael Dos Anjos
4 Jorge Masvidal
5 Ben Askren
6 Darren Till
7 Stephen Thompson
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Santiago Ponzinibbio
10 Robbie Lawler
11 Leon Edwards
12 Demian Maia
13 Neil Magny 
14 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
15 Vincente Luque

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Israel Adesanya (Interim Champion)
2 Yoel Romero
3 Kelvin Gastelum +1
4 Jack Hermansson +1
5 Ronaldo Souza +1
6 Chris Weidman +1
7 Paulo Costa +1
8 Derek Brunson +1
9 Jared Cannonier +1
10 Ian Heinisch +1
11 Brad Tavares +1
12 Uriah Hall +2
13 Antonio Carlos Junior
14 David Branch +1
15 Anderson Silva *NR

(Note: Luke Rockhold has been removed from the middleweight rankings after moving up to light heavyweight.)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Thiago Santos
3 Anthony Smith
4 Dominick Reyes +1
5 Alexander Gustafsson -1
6 Jan Blachowicz
7 Volkan Oezdemir
8 Corey Anderson
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Glover Teixeira
11 Aleksandar Rakic
12 Johnny Walker
13 Mauricio Rua
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Misha Cirkunov

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic
2 Francis Ngannou
3 Junior Dos Santos
4 Curtis Blaydes
5 Derrick Lewis
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Alistair Overeem -1
8 Cain Velasquez
9 Aleksei Oleinik
10 Shamil Abdurakhimov
11 Blagoy Ivanov
12 Tai Tuivasa
13 Marcin Tybura
14 Walt Harris
15 Augusto Sakai

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Jessica Andrade
1 Rose Namajunas
2 Tatiana Suarez
3 Nina Ansaroff
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5 Claudia Gadelha +1
6 Weili Zhang -1
7 Michelle Waterson 
8 Tecia Torres
9 Carla Esparza
10 Cynthia Calvillo
11 Alexa Grasso +1
12 Felice Herrig -1
13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
14 Randa Markos
15 Cortney Casey

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1 Jessica Eye
2 Katlyn Chookagian
3 Liz Carmouche
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5 (T) Roxanne Modafferi
5 (T) Joanne Calderwood +1
7 Andrea Lee
8 Alexis Davis
9 Jennifer Maia
10 Lauren Murphy
11 Montana De La Rosa
12 Mara Romero Borella
13 Maycee Barber
14 Paige VanZant
15 Poliana Botelho

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de Randamie +2
2 Holly Holm -1
3 Ketlen Vieira -1
4 Aspen Ladd
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Cat Zingano
7 Yana Kunitskaya
8 Marion Reneau
9 Irene Aldana +1
10 Sara McMann -1
11 Macy Chiasson
12 Lina Lansberg
13 Tonya Evinger
14 Sijara Eubanks
15 Bethe Correia

What do you think about the UFC Rankings update this week?

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UFC Rankings Report: Two New #1 Contenders

The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Minneapolis! Check out all the changes below! Pound for Pound: Stipe Miocic moves down two spots to #11, and Robert Whittaker (#10) and Conor McGregor (#9) move up one spot. Strawweight: Weili Zhang retu…

The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Minneapolis! Check out all the changes below! Pound for Pound: Stipe Miocic moves down two spots to #11, and Robert Whittaker (#10) and Conor McGregor (#9) move up one spot. Strawweight: Weili Zhang returns down to #6  and Claudia Gadelha returns to #5. Alexa Grasso moves up […]

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Joe Rogan Reacts To Francis Ngannou’s UFC Minneapolis Win Over Junior dos Santos

In the main event of UFC Minneapolis, Francis Ngannou was looking to extend his winning streak to three when he took on Junior dos Santos. There, for the first time in his career, Ngannou was dropped, although it was from a leg kick. But, Ngannou recov…

In the main event of UFC Minneapolis, Francis Ngannou was looking to extend his winning streak to three when he took on Junior dos Santos. There, for the first time in his career, Ngannou was dropped, although it was from a leg kick. But, Ngannou recovered and TKO’d dos Santos in the first round. One […]

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UFC Minneapolis Medical Suspensions: Maurice Greene Leads With Six-Month Sit

The UFC Minneapolis medical suspensions are in. The event took place this past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) in Minnesota from the Target Center, and was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos. According to the Minnesota Office of Combative Sports, heavyweight Maurice Greene and light heavyweight Vinicius Moreira lead the […]

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The UFC Minneapolis medical suspensions are in. The event took place this past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019) in Minnesota from the Target Center, and was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos.

According to the Minnesota Office of Combative Sports, heavyweight Maurice Greene and light heavyweight Vinicius Moreira lead the suspensions with six-month sits. Greene has a minimum 30-day sit and will require x-rays before getting cleared by a physician. As for Moreira, he has a minimum 30-day sit as well before requiring a clear CT scan to resume action.

Main event winner Francis Ngannou was given 14 days of mandatory rest, while Junior dos Santos was given a 45-day medical suspension. Check out the full list of medical suspensions here (via MMA Fighting):

  • Francis Ngannou: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Junior dos Santos: 45-day medical suspension
  • Jussier Formiga: 45-day medical suspension
  • Joseph Benavidez: 30-day medical suspension
  • Demian Maia: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Anthony Rocco Martin: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Roosevelt Roberts: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Vinc Pichel: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Drew Dober: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Marco Polo Reyes: 45-day medical suspension
  • Alonzo Menifield: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Paul Craig: 90-day medical suspension
  • Ricardo Ramos: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Journey Newson: 30-day medical suspension
  • Eryk Anders: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Vinicius Moreira: 180-day medical suspension (60-day minimum, requires clear CT scan)
  • Jared Gordon: 30-day medical suspension
  • Dan Moret: 30-day medical suspension
  • Dalcha Lungiambula: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Dequan Townsend: 45-day medical suspension
  • Emily Whitmire: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Amanda Ribas: 14-day mandatory rest period
  • Maurice Greene: 180-day medical suspension (30-day minimum, requires x-rays)
  • Junior Albini: 45-day medical suspension

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UFC Minneapolis Medical Suspensions: Two Fighters Face Extended Sit

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in the battle at UFC Minneapolis, it’s their time to face those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.  Francis Ngannou vs. Junior dos Santos in a heavyweight b…

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in the battle at UFC Minneapolis, it’s their time to face those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.  Francis Ngannou vs. Junior dos Santos in a heavyweight bout served as the main event. In the co-headliner, Demian Maia vs. Anthony Rocco […]

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