Saturday night's UFC show, headlined by Benson Henderson's lightweight title defense against Gilbert Melendez, blew away the two previous FOX show numbers outside of football season, but fell slightly below the shows with NFL game promotion.
While there were superb submissions in 2012 - including some that were technically harder to pull off than this year's winner - there was no submission that did more to change a career and the sport itself than Ronda Rousey's armbar of Miesha Tate.
With no one left in the division to fight except each other, Nate Diaz and Jim Miller locked themselves inside the cage at UFC on FOX 3 earlier this year in New Jersey, with the winner moving on to challenge for the 155-pound title in December.
Ben Henderson has wiggled himself out of a few tight spots throughout his MMA career, however, he knows his best chance to retain his lightweight title at UFC on Fox 5 is to avoid the crafty submission attempts of Nate Diaz in December at all costs.
Frankie Edgar believes Nate Diaz is a great match-up for Ben Henderson and even goes so far as to offer his services to the Stockton slugger in advance of Diaz's title shot on Dec. 8 at UFC on Fox 5.
UFC President Dana White has confirmed that after his victory over Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 150 last night (Aug. 11, 2012) in Denver, Ben Henderson will defend his title next against Nate Diaz.
UFC President Dana White has made assurances that no matter the outcome of tomorrow night's (Sat., Aug. 11, 2012) UFC 150 main event between Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson, the winner will face Nate Diaz next.
UFC President Dana White posted a picture of himself along with Nate Diaz, Cesar Gracie and Lorenzo Fertitta announcing he had just wrapped a deal with Diaz, though he didn't specify exactly what kind of deal it was.
Look out fight fans because UFC on FOX fight cards are beginning to eclipse PPV events in terms of great mixed martial arts (MMA) action. And you don't have to pay a penny to watch them on Saturday night.
UFC lightweight contender Edson Barboza talks about his upcoming fight against Jamie Varner at UFC 146, his recent string of Fight Night bonuses and potential showdown with Anthony Pettis.
Dana White releases a UFC on Fuel TV 3 video blog, but it's really a Trojan Horse so that he can unload on Dave Meltzer and the Yahoo! MMA reporter crew for their coverage of the UFC on FOX 3 ratings.
UFC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone says that should he gets past Jeremy Stephens at UFC on Fuel TV on May 15, 2012, he wants to get another fight against number one contender Nate Diaz.
UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta unconcerned by decline in viewership for UFC on FOX 3 which went down on May 5, 2012. Fertitta also says the he believes the Lightweight contender Nate Diaz is a future pay-per-view star.
The biggest news story of the week in MMA was the atrocious ratings for UFC on FOX 3. Worrying stuff for Dana White indeed, as such a poor rating is barely above WWE's annual afterthought programming on NBC of a summer WrestleMania highlight show and a winter Tribute To The Troops special, and about half what WWE gets for an average edition of Raw on the USA network.
UFC on FOX 7 TV ratings hurt by lack of NFL promotion, but still scores well
by Dave Meltzer from MMA Fighting on Apr 21, 2013 1:39 PM EDT
MMA's biggest news stories of 2012
by Dave Meltzer from MMA Fighting on Dec 24, 2012 6:15 PM EST
Submission of the Year: Ronda Rousey armbars Miesha Tate
by Luke Thomas from MMA Fighting on Dec 23, 2012 2:33 PM EST
2012 Fight of the Year: Chan-Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier, UFC on FUEL 3
by Shaun Al-Shatti from MMA Fighting on Dec 21, 2012 10:00 AM EST
History in the making: Nate Diaz dismantles Jim Miller at UFC on FOX 3 in hostile territory
by Jesse Holland from MMAmania.com on Nov 18, 2012 11:45 PM EST
UFC on Fox 5: 'Lackadaisical' Ben Henderson wants no part of Nate Diaz submission game
by Adam Guillen Jr. from MMAmania.com on Oct 30, 2012 9:00 PM EDT
UFC Quick Quote: Nate Diaz is a great match-up for Ben Henderson
by Geno Mrosko from MMAmania.com on Aug 19, 2012 5:00 PM EDT
Donald Cerrone vs Anthony Pettis fight likely, will determine next top lightweight contender
by Geno Mrosko from MMAmania.com on Aug 12, 2012 4:30 PM EDT
UFC 150 results: Nate Diaz is what's next for Ben Henderson
by Geno Mrosko from MMAmania.com on Aug 12, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Dana White: Nate Diaz will fight Ben Henderson vs Frankie Edgar winner
by Geno Mrosko from MMAmania.com on Aug 10, 2012 11:00 PM EDT
Deal Maker: UFC President Dana White announces deal with number one lightweight contender Nate Diaz
by Adam Guillen Jr. from MMAmania.com on Aug 8, 2012 8:00 PM EDT
Recent UFC on FOX fight cards outpacing pay-per-view (PPV) stinkers
by Jason Probst from MMAmania.com on Aug 5, 2012 1:30 PM EDT
Bloody Elbow 2012 Half-Year MMA Awards - Best Submission
by Tim Burke from Bloody Elbow on Jun 25, 2012 9:00 PM EDT
UFC 146’s Edson Barboza in no rush for title shot, welcomes future fight against Anthony Pettis
by Adam Guillen Jr. from MMAmania.com on May 17, 2012 5:00 PM EDT
Dana White video blog UFC on FUEL TV 3 blasts former Yahoo! MMA writer on FOX ratings
by Thomas Myers from MMAmania.com on May 14, 2012 8:30 PM EDT
Donald Cerrone: 'I want another 'Fight of the Night' scrap against Nate Diaz'
by Adam Guillen Jr. from MMAmania.com on May 11, 2012 1:00 AM EDT
Lorenzo Fertitta reacts to UFC on FOX 3 ratings, vows to promote Nate Diaz like Jon Jones
by Adam Guillen Jr. from MMAmania.com on May 10, 2012 10:00 PM EDT
Is UFC set to become a FOX afterthought like WWE on NBC?
by Keith Harris from Cageside Seats on May 10, 2012 9:39 PM EDT
Nate Diaz says Gilbert Melendez is the best 155-pound fighter on the planet
by Jesse Holland from MMAmania.com on May 9, 2012 11:14 AM EDT
Nate Diaz: A Case Study In Dominating Fight Tempo
by Dallas Winston from Bloody Elbow on May 8, 2012 3:03 PM EDT