Image: Fox Sports Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event from Melbourne, Australia, drew 686,000 viewers while the four-fight prelim show brought in 654,000 viewers. The main card number was the third lowest rating of 2016 for UFC on FS1 which was probably to be expected given the lineup and the main event featuring two middleweight contenders in Read more about UFC's return to Australia garners third-lowest ratings of the year for FS1[…]

1935 St. Louis, Missouri: – Man Mountain Dean beat Ernie Dusek  – Gus Sonnenberg beat Tiny Roebuck  – Joe Dusek and Paul Jones wrestled to a draw – Ernie Zeller beat Jules Strongbow  – Emil Dusek beat Hank Metheny   1940 Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown and Lee Wykoff wrestled to a 1-1 draw Read more about Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/05): TNA Turning Point 2004[…]

Last night’s UFC on FOX show told a marketing lesson that can’t be ignored. A show headlined by Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson and Mickey Gall vs. Sage Northcutt did 2.69 million viewers on the fast nationals. The number is 17 to 20 percent above what the December shows have done the past three years Read more about UFC on FOX 22 ratings teach an important marketing lesson[…]

THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff THE 2016 F4W X-MAS SHOW~! 12/24 NEWS Cain Velasquez out of UFC 207 fight against Fabricio Werdum NXT’s Osaka & Melbourne shows making their way to the WWE Network Who could be NXT in 2017?  Two more title matches set for the final SmackDown of 2016   The Read more about Daily Update: XFL, no fight week media for Rousey, B&V Christmas show[…]

Main image: @LuchaElRey The Battle of the Bulls tournament is recapped, as is the debut of the White Rabbit Tribe. Sexy Star’s fear of spiders is showcased, and Kobra Moon’s kidnapping of Drago is shown too. Mil Muertes asks how Prince Puma is alive and Catrina tells him that it was Vampiro and his dark magic. Read more about Lucha Underground results: Johnny Mundo takes on The Mack[…]

For the first time since turning heel and joining the division, Neville will be getting a shot at the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. It was announced at the end of tonight’s episode of 205 Live that Neville would challenge Rich Swann for the title at the Royal Rumble on January 29th at the Alamodome in San Read more about Rich Swann vs. Neville set for the Royal Rumble[…]

Bellator MMA had its third biggest TV audience in history on Saturday night for Bellator 170, which featured Tito Ortiz scoring a first round submission victory in the final fight of his career over the debuting Chael Sonnen. The show averaged 1.374 million viewers on Spike TV, peaking at 1.85 million for the Ortiz vs. Sonnen main Read more about Bellator 170 does big numbers for Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen[…]

Seven people were killed in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound passenger bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck that jumped a highway median strip, state police said. A tire blew out on the eastbound truck, which jumped the grass median to hit the bus travelling in the opposite direction, police officer Ray Wilson told a news conference. Read more about Seven dead in New Mexico after Greyhound bus collides with truck[…]

Additional notes added by Dave Meltzer Though it’s been assumed by most that Ronda Rousey would retire from mixed martial arts after her loss against Amanda Nunes, there hasn’t been much said by Rousey or those close to her since the immediate fallout of UFC 207. That changed with Dana White’s appearance on Tuesday’s UFC Unfiltered Read more about UFC's Dana White: Ronda Rousey is 'probably done' fighting[…]

A popular Ugandan musician turned opposition politician arrived in the United States on Saturday to seek medical treatment for what he said were injuries suffered during torture by authorities in his country. Bobi Wine – whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – posted a photograph of himself in an airport corridor, sitting in a wheelchair and Read more about Bobi Wine, Uganda’s pop star MP, arrives in US for treatment[…]