Event Wrap – 6.28.11 The MMA Corner Staff June 28, 2011 Events, News Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of event results, weigh-in results, suspensions, and salaries from throughout the world of MMA. UFC Live 4 Medical Suspensions Compared to the long lists of some recent events, UFC Live 4’s medical suspensions were minimal. The full list is as follows: 60 Days: Pat Barry, Christian Morecraft, Nik Lentz 45 Days: Matt Grice 30 Days: Edward Faaloloto SOURCE: MMA Weekly UFC Live 4 averages 744,000 viewers The June 26 event saw a slight up-tick in viewers after UFC Live 3 averaged just 681,000. SOURCE: MMA Junkie UFC 131 Drug Tests come back clean The five fighters – Krzysztof Soszynski, Nick Ring, Dave Herman, Donald Cerrone, and Junior dos Santos – selected for testing at UFC 131 by the Vancouver Athletic Commission all came back with no prohibited substances in any of the samples collected. SOURCE: MMA Weekly Strikeforce Challengers 16 Salaries Main-eventer Caros Fodor topped the $87,000 payroll by taking home $16,000. The full list of fighter salaries is as follows: Caros Fodor: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) James Terry: $4,000 Matt Ricehouse: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) Ryan Couture: $10,000 Lorenz Larkin: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) Gian Villante: $5,000 Jason High: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) Quinn Mulhern: $2,500 Julia Budd: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus) Germaine de Randamie: $2,500 Derek Brunson: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus) Jeremy Hamilton: $2,000 Eduardo Pamplona: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) Jerron Peoples: $3,000 Trevor Smith: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) Keith Berry: $2,000 SOURCE: MMA Junkie Strikeforce Challengers 16 Attendance and Live Gate Numbers Strikeforce Challengers 16 drew 1,901 attendees for a live gate of $42,725. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Strikeforce Challengers 16 Medical Suspensions All fighters from Strikeforce Challengers 16 received at least a precuationary seven-day suspension. Fighters receiving longer suspensions include: 60 Days: Jerron Peoples 28 Days: James Terry, Quinn Mulhern, Jeremy Hamilton 21 Days: Jason High SOURCE: MMA Weekly Strikeforce Challengers 16 ratings stay steady The Strikeforce Challengers series has been averaging 211,750 viewers over its last four broadcasts. Challengers 16 remained in line with those figures, drawing 210,000 viewers. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Bellator 46 ratings drop off from previous two events The first event in Bellator’s Summer Series couldn’t maintain the high ratings of Bellator 44 and Bellator 45, but it did fall in line with the promotion’s other nine events from the fourth season. Bellator 46 drew an average of 185,000 viewers during its broadcast on MTV2. SOURCE: MMA Junkie Photo: Dana White separates Pat Barry (r) and Cheick Kongo (Tracy Lee/Combat Lifestyle)
