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Check out below for SI.com’s Loretta Hunt’s blow-by-blow coverage.</p> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608if_/http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=5c5808e97d/height=600/width=647" style="width:647px;height:600px;border:none;overflow:hidden; ><a href=" http: www.coveritlive.com mobile.php?option="com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=5c5808e97d"">Click here to go to the mobile chat</a></iframe><br/><br/> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Dec 29, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/12/29/ufc-155-live-blog-junior-dos-santos-vs-cain-velasquez/#comments" title="Comment on UFC 155 Live Blog: Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez"><span data-lf-article-id="4217" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 7 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-3317"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/23/as-cormier-plays-waiting-game-in-strikeforce-his-ufc-future-is-unfolding/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to As Cormier plays waiting game in Strikeforce, his UFC future is unfolding">As Cormier plays waiting game in Strikeforce, his UFC future is unfolding</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/23/as-cormier-plays-waiting-game-in-strikeforce-his-ufc-future-is-unfolding/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/09/23/as-cormier-plays-waiting-game-in-strikeforce-his-ufc-future-is-unfolding/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <dl class="wp-caption alignnone"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"></dt> </dl> <div id="attachment_3322" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/cormier.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3322" title="cormier" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/cormier.jpg?w=298&h=325" alt="" width="298" height="325"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Daniel Cormier won the championship belt after defeating Josh Barnett during the heavyweight tournament final bout of the Strikeforce World Grand Prix in May. (Kyle Terada/US PRESSWIRE)</p></div> <p>TORONTO — Daniel Cormier is so close to the UFC he can taste it. The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion was in attendance at Saturday night’s UFC 152 at the Air Canada Centre, watching the fights and looking for one.</p> <p>The undefeated 33-year-old has been promised a prominent spot on the UFC’s roster of big boys once he fights once more in the sister promotion. And he does have a bout scheduled for a Nov. 3 Strikeforce card in Oklahoma City. But no opponent. Frank Mir was to come over from the UFC, where he was a two-time heavyweight champion, but was injured in training and pulled out of the fight this past week.</p> <p>So now the prom is six weeks away, and Cormier (10-0) is left waiting for a dance partner. He’s hoping to hear a name early in the coming week, but he’s not fretting and he’s not setting a deadline. “When I fought ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, Strikeforce called me just five weeks before,” he told SI.com as he was waiting for the fights to begin. “And I had been in Louisiana for a few weeks, doing nothing. But I fought then, and I’ll fight now, no matter what. I’m not bowing out. I’m not doing that to my Okies.”</p> <p>Cormier has a history in the state where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plains. He wrestled at Oklahoma State, making it to the 2001 NCAA Division I final. He continued to live and train in the area for several years, twice making the U.S. Olympic team. That deep background in wrestling, aside from allowing him to dictate where fights are fought, has instilled in him a comfort level in taking on whomever whenever.</p> <p>“I’ve been training for Nov. 3 for a month,” said Cormier. “To get ready for a specific opponent, once one is in place, I just need a few weeks. It depends. Frank was a problem because he’s a southpaw, and I’ve never fought one before. But now if they bring me a conventional fighter, I can fall back into my comfort zone.”</p> <p>It’s not the softspoken Cormier’s way to call anyone out, but he must have a few names stored away in the back of his mind, right? “The only names that I have in my head are the ones that have stepped to the front and said they want to fight,” he said. “Roy Nelson said he’d do it. Pat Barry said he’d do it. Fabricio Werdum said he’d do it. Those guys are now on my radar. So I know that maybe I should start watching film on them a little bit, start training in accordance with what I might be doing against those guys.”</p> <p>How does one prepare for a fight that might be against kickboxer Barry or might be against jiu-jitsu ace Werdum? And then there’s the larger issue: Can a fight with either of them elevate Cormier’s status in the same way that the bout with Mir could have? “Any guy from the UFC could do that,” Daniel insisted, before acknowledging, “Maybe not as much as Frank Mir would have.”</p> <p>That’s an understatement. I mean, a win over Barry, who is 7-5 with losses in three of his last four fights, wouldn’t exactly put Cormier in the crosshairs of Junior dos Santos. Or, um, Cain Velasquez.</p> <p>Cormier smiled at the mention of his training partner, who by the time Daniel reaches the UFC might once again be the heavyweight champ. “I think he will be,” said the fellow American Kickboxing Academy fighter. “I really do believe it. He’s amazing.”</p> <p>Should Velasquez regain the belt in his Dec. 29 rematch with Dos Santos, Cormier’s options would be to drop to the 205-pound division — he wrestled at 211 pounds in the Olympics — or go for the heavyweight belt against his teammate. Cormier and Velasquez have discussed that latter possibility. “We’ve talked about it a little bit, not really going into detail,” said Daniel. “But we’ve always said that if a guy is a champion, it’s not fair for his teammate to have to say, ‘I’m going to be No. 2 for the rest of my career.’ So if and when the time comes, we’ll sit down as a family and discuss whether we want to go forward with that. I’ll tell you this: We would not allow it to rip us apart.”</p> <p>That’s a discussion for a different time. For now and for the foreseeable future, Cormier is working out alongside Velasquez five days a week. And as he sees it, sparring and grappling with the man he believes is the best heavyweight in the world puts him in good standing for his upcoming fight against an opponent who has not yet — “against TBA,” he jumped in. “And it doesn’t really matter who it is. When you’re training with No. 1 or No. 2 every day, the rest should take care of itself.”</p> <p align="right"><em><strong>– Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Sep 23, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/09/23/as-cormier-plays-waiting-game-in-strikeforce-his-ufc-future-is-unfolding/#respond" title="Comment on As Cormier plays waiting game in Strikeforce, his UFC future is unfolding"><span data-lf-article-id="3317" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-2506"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Post-fighting words: UFC 146 edition">Post-fighting words: UFC 146 edition</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_2513" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/junior-dos-santos-story-ap.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2513" title="junior-dos-santos-story-ap" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/junior-dos-santos-story-ap.jpg?w=298&h=375" alt="Junior dos Santos" width="298" height="375"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Junior dos Santos beat Frank Mir via second-round TKO in his first title defense. (Julie Jacobson/AP)</p></div> <p>The main event was scheduled for five rounds, the other bouts for three rounds. But three of the five fights on the UFC 146 main card Saturday night in Las Vegas did not make it out of the first round, with two of them lasting only a minute or so. In all, we saw four KOs. Why? Because it was the mammoth fight organization’s first all-heavyweight main card. And you know what Jimmy Cliff says about heavyweights: The harder they come, the harder they fall. One and all.</p> <p>So, since the most we got from the big guys was the 8:14 that, after a Stipe Miocic TKO, left Shane del Rosario as wobbly as a late-night tourist on The Strip, let’s go a full five championship rounds here.</p> <p>Not with fisticuffs, though, but philosophy.</p> <p>OK, maybe that’s too lofty a description of the words that were spoken inside the octagon in Sin City over the weekend. But it’s always refreshing to be reminded that — belying their fierce looks, sculpted physiques, abundant tattoos and the occasional red Mohawk — many of these men have depth, compassion and a childlike sense of humor.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/#more-2506" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>May 28, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/28/post-fighting-words-ufc-146-edition/#respond" title="Comment on Post-fighting words: UFC 146 edition"><span data-lf-article-id="2506" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-2432"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/25/experts-predictions-for-ufc-146/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Experts’ predictions for UFC 146">Experts’ predictions for UFC 146</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/25/experts-predictions-for-ufc-146/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2012/05/25/experts-predictions-for-ufc-146/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_2436" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/mir-dos-santos.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2436" title="mir-dos-santos" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/mir-dos-santos.jpg?w=300&h=215" alt="" width="300" height="215"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Frank Mir (right) guns for the UFC heavyweight title held by Junior dos Santos (left) on Saturday night in Las Vegas. (Josh Hedges/Getty Images)</p></div> <p><em>SI.com analysts Ben Fowlkes, Loretta Hunt, Jeff Wagenheim and Jon Wertheim provide their predictions for UFC 146 on Saturday in Las Vegas.</em></p> <h4>Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir</h4> <p><strong>FOWLKES:</strong> For all his skills and success and experience, Mir still has a suspect chin and an underwhelming takedown ability. The latter has improved in recent years, but the former only tends to get worse with age. JDS has faced better wrestlers than Mir and managed to stay on his feet. There’s no reason to think he won’t do it again here, which is bad news for the former champ. <strong>Dos Santos by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>HUNT:</strong> Mir has made a career out of stepping into big-time fights, and he’s had mixed success. However, Dos Santos, a striker with power and technique, is Mir’s kryptonite. <strong>Dos Santos by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> If Mir can take this fight to the ground, watch out. But how is he supposed to get Dos Santos off his feet? A more likely scenario: Mir goes to the mat all by himself, involuntarily. <strong>Dos Santos by KO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> JDS has been a tornado to everyone else’s trailer park lately. Mir will seek to take the fight to the ground and grab a limb. That’s not his best chance; it’s his only chance. <strong>Dos Santos by TKO.</strong></p> <h4>Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva</h4> <p><strong>FOWLKES:</strong> Velasquez has a lot in common with the last man to beat Silva, not the least of which are the coaches at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose. AKA teammate Daniel Cormier had little trouble putting his quickness to use against Silva’s size back in September, and I doubt Velasquez will either. <strong>Velasquez by decision.</strong></p> <p><strong>HUNT:</strong> Former UFC champ Velasquez has to be the favorite, even though he’s been nursing his knee back since last November’s loss to Dos Santos. Word out of Silva’s camp is he’s down to a svelte (for him) 270 pounds coming out of one of his best camps ever. Will Silva’s physicality be too much for Velasquez? I’m not so sure. <strong>Velasquez by TKO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WAGENHEIM:</strong> One punch last November transformed Velasquez from champion to under-the-radar second fiddle. A sure way for him to get noticed … and get a shot at his old belt: End this fight just as swiftly and suddenly. <strong>Velasquez by KO.</strong></p> <p><strong>WERTHEIM:</strong> Silva’s size is the X-factor (XXXL factor) that has enabled him to beat Fedor and succeed in Elite XC. Look for Velasquez, quicker to the punch and the better wrestler, to get back to winning. <strong>Velasquez by decision.</strong><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/25/experts-predictions-for-ufc-146/#more-2432" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>May 25, 2012</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/05/25/experts-predictions-for-ufc-146/#comments" title="Comment on Experts’ predictions for UFC 146"><span data-lf-article-id="2432" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 12 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1126"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/17/bader-learns-to-work-smart-ahead-of-ufc-139/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bader learns to work smart ahead of UFC 139">Bader learns to work smart ahead of UFC 139</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/17/bader-learns-to-work-smart-ahead-of-ufc-139/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/11/17/bader-learns-to-work-smart-ahead-of-ufc-139/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1133" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ryan-bader.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1133 " title="ryan-bader" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ryan-bader.jpg?w=300&h=217" alt="" width="300" height="217"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Once thought to be the future of the UFC, Ryan Bader (above) finds himself in a must-win situation entering his fight with Jason Brilz at UFC 139. (AP)</p></div> <p>Nine months ago, Ryan Bader was the future of the UFC. He was undefeated, under 30 and taking on fellow up-and-comer Jon Jones. Bader lost the bout while Jones went on to become the UFC’s youngest champion a month later. Bader lost his next fight too, falling to Tito Ortiz, and now the 28-year-old finds himself on the UFC 139 undercard against Jason Brilz. Both fighters need a victory to avoid a three-fight losing streak.</p> <p>“He’s still one of the up-and-comers,” said UFC middleweight Aaron Simpson, one of Bader’s MMA training partners and the guy who recruited and coached him as a wrestler at Arizona State. “He’s still pretty new to the sport.”</p> <p>Bader, Simpson, heavyweight Cain Velasquez and middleweight C.B. Dollaway all started serious MMA training between 2006 and ’07. Dollaway, Bader and Velasquez — the 184, 197, and heavyweight wrestlers, respectively — graduated from Arizona State in 2006. Simpson, the coach of ASU’s upperweights, helped the trio become part of the sixth-best wrestling team in the country — and probably the scariest team to disagree with in an argument. All four (Simpson says he’s “not your typical 37-year-old”) are now fighting in the UFC.</p> <p>“I don’t want to have a 9-to-5 job; I’ve been an athlete my whole life,” Bader said. “I like going into the gym and getting better every day.”</p> <p>Bader’s athletic mentality is what got him into MMA, but it might also be the cause of his current losing streak. Bader admits he has a “you can never get enough” training attitude that he picked up while wrestling. According to Simpson, the light heavyweight has to be forced to take time off to let his body recover and was “run down” going into his last two fights.</p> <p>“I don’t think that was the real him out there,” Simpson said. “As a coach I’ve learned it’s not just working hard, it’s working smart. I think he’s just now learning that.”</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/17/bader-learns-to-work-smart-ahead-of-ufc-139/#more-1126" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 17, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/17/bader-learns-to-work-smart-ahead-of-ufc-139/#respond" title="Comment on Bader learns to work smart ahead of UFC 139"><span data-lf-article-id="1126" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1061"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/14/stock-watch-ufc-on-fox-1-an-intial-success/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Stock Watch: UFC on Fox 1 an initial success">Stock Watch: UFC on Fox 1 an initial success</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/14/stock-watch-ufc-on-fox-1-an-intial-success/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/11/14/stock-watch-ufc-on-fox-1-an-intial-success/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1091" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1091" title="junior-dos-santos-300-ap" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/junior-dos-santos-300-ap.jpg?w=300&h=391" alt="Junior dos Santos" width="300" height="391"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Junior dos Santos knocked out Cain Velasquez in just 64 seconds at UFC on Fox on Saturday. (AP)</p></div> <p>Out of the gate, UFC on Fox is looking very much like a hot stock.</p> <p>Initial ratings from Saturday’s broadcast indicated a modest success in viewership with an audience of 4.64 million viewers, a figure in the ballpark of the second CBS-televised fight-night that featured Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson. But Fox issued a release on Sunday stating 5.7 million households tuned in to watch Junior Dos Santos club Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title.</p> <p>The initial numbers for FOX said Saturday’s event was only second to ABC’s broadcast of the college football game between Oregon vs. Stanford in adults 18-49 and tied the game with a 7 share in that age group. FOX’s revised numbers projected it to win its time slot in adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and men 18-34. UFC on FOX also beat the numbers for the first MMA event on network television, the Kimbo Slice-led “EliteXC: Primetime,” FOX said.</p> <p>These are the demographics for which advertisers pay, and they complement FOX’s track record of success in attracting young viewers. The network said it didn’t have much trouble selling ad time for UFC on FOX, same as CBS didn’t for EliteXC when Slice or Fedor Emelianenko or Gina Carano was involved. They were sellouts, and that spells longevity.</p> <p>But it also brings us to a key question moving forward. Will the numbers garnered by a high-profile fight such as Velasquez vs. Dos Santos still hold when a title isn’t at stake, or when the wattage of an event’s marquee stars is lower? CBS saw a steep drop-off in ratings in cards not packaged with bankable properties such as Slice and Fedor.</p> <p>This much is sure: The promotion leading into UFC on FOX is a tremendously encouraging sign. The network pushed the show in a big way. What we’ll find out now is whether FOX’s stellar support is enough to drive viewers to future UFC events broadcast on the network. It’s a tough market out there. MMA fans have become choosy with all the product to watch.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/14/stock-watch-ufc-on-fox-1-an-intial-success/#more-1061" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 14, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/14/stock-watch-ufc-on-fox-1-an-intial-success/#respond" title="Comment on Stock Watch: UFC on Fox 1 an initial success"><span data-lf-article-id="1061" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-1035"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/13/three-thoughts-on-ufc-on-fox/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Three thoughts on UFC on Fox 1">Three thoughts on UFC on Fox 1</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/13/three-thoughts-on-ufc-on-fox/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2011/11/13/three-thoughts-on-ufc-on-fox/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_1055" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/junior-dos-santos-story-ap.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1055 " title="junior-dos-santos-story-ap" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/junior-dos-santos-story-ap.jpg?w=298&h=375" alt="Junior Dos Santos" width="298" height="375"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Junior Dos Santos scored a first-round knockout of Cain Velasquez in 64 seconds. (Jason Redmond/AP)</p></div> <p>What does the Ultimate Fighting Championship look like on live network television? We got a taste of it Saturday when Fox aired the UFC heavyweight championship between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos. For fight fans, this was a pinnacle moment — a chance to share the very best of the sport they love with co-workers, friends and family who’d never watched it before. The fight lasted only 64 seconds, but there was much more than that to glean from this historical broadcast. Here are my observations …<strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Strong start out of the blocks</strong></p> <p>Fox Sports Media Group CEO David Hill wasn’t kidding when he told reporters earlier this week the network would add a cheeky viewer warning to the telecast. You knew you were going to be watching something different when Fox flashed this at the top of the hour:</p> <div> <p>“The following might be the most exciting live sporting event in the history of television, and it’s our duty to say: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.”</p> <p>Well played, Fox.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/13/three-thoughts-on-ufc-on-fox/#more-1035" class="more-link">Read More…</a></div> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Nov 13, 2011</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130322023608/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2011/11/13/three-thoughts-on-ufc-on-fox/#respond" title="Comment on Three thoughts on UFC on Fox 1"><span data-lf-article-id="1035" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div 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