The UFC announced its payouts from the Reebok sponsorship deal. The apparel company paid out $137,500 for Saturday night’s event with UFC vets Anthony Johnson, Ryan Bader and Jake Ellenberger cashing in. Via MMA Junkie: Anthony Johnson: $15,000 def. Ryan Bader: $15,000 Ben Rothwell: $5,000 def. Josh Barnett: $5,000 Jimmie Rivera: $2,500 def. Iuri Alcantara: […]
Archives for January 2016
UFC on Fox 18 draws 2.43M in overnight ratings
UFC Fight Night 18 on Fox Saturday night drew an overnight average of 2.43 million viewers with an 0.8 rating among adults 18-49 and a 3 share per Television By Numbers. The event aired on Fox from 8:00pm-10:00pm ET with the main event between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader ending prior to 10:00pm. UFC on […]
UFC on Fox 18 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from UFC on Fox 18 Anthony Johnson, Ben Rothwell, Jimmie Rivera and Iuri Alcantara drew the $50,000 fight-night bonuses. Johnson and Rothwell won Performance of the Night while Rivera and Alcantara won for Fight of the Night. The bonuses were announced at the post-UFC on Fox press […]
Stations Casino IPO put on hold
The Fertitta Brothers will have to wait on an IPO that will provide them with a financial windfall. Due to stock market conditions, the Red Rock Resorts (RRR) IPO will hold off going public for now. According to the New York Post, Deutsche Bank delayed the IPO from going public on Thursday. Deutsche Bank holds […]
Feb. 6th event becomes UFC Fight Night
The UFC announced on Wednesday that UFC 196 originally scheduled for PPV on Saturday, February 6th will now be called “UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson.” The full card will be shown on FS1 with the exception of the Fight Pass Exclusive prelims. The PPV was scrapped earlier in the week after both Cain Velasquez […]