Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reports that the Showtime Boxing event Saturday night featuring Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados drew 779,000 viewers making it the best event on the network since the Deontay Wilder-Bermane Stiverne fight in January 2015. The event was held during Showtime’s free preview weekend although the free users are not […]
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Bellator 172 peaked at 1.2M viewers
Bellator 172 this past Saturday on Spike TV drew 873,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings per Nielsen. The event peaked at 1.2 million viewers. This past Saturday featured Patricky Freire and Josh Thomson as the original main event was scrapped due to an injury to Matt Mitrione. Bellator Overnight A18-49 Peak DVR + 3 Bellator […]
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Bellator sues the UFC to prevent access to company documents
Bellator has sued Zuffa in federal court in California to prevent the UFC from obtaining key financial and contract information on fighters in its possession. The Viacom-owned company is seeking to quash the subpoenas served by the UFC to obtain information that is part of the antitrust lawsuit it is involved with former fighters. The […]
Freire, Kongo and Koscheck top Bellator 172 payouts
MMA Fighting reports the payouts from Bellator 172 this past Saturday night. The salaries were released by the California State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Fighting: Patricky Freire ($40,000 + $40,000 = $80,000) def. Josh Thomson ($10,000) Cheick Kongo ($75,000 + no win bonus = $75,000) def. Oli Thompson ($25,000) Anatoly Tokov ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) […]