The WWE announced its upcoming rights deal with Fox Sports with SmackDown Live starting on FOX Friday night October 4, 2019 according to a company press release. The deal with Fox Sports more than triples the fees it was receiving in its prior deal with NBC Universal. The show, which currently airs on the USA […]
Archives for June 2018
Bellator announces deal with sport streaming service DAZN
Bellator announced a 9-figure, multi-year deal with sport stream service DAZN on Tuesday. The deal will feature 7 exclusive stacked fight cards per year on DAZN and another 15 that will be simulcast on Paramount Network and DAZN. DAZN will launch in the U.S. and Italy in 2018 according a press release. It is already […]
Claressa Shields latest fight draws 376,000 viewers on Showtime
Showtime Boxing Friday night drew a telecast high of 376,000 viewers for the main event featuring Claressa Shields and Hanna Gabriels. The “special edition” featured Shields as she defeated Gabriels in T-Rex’s first real challenge in her young pro career. In addition, the first bout of the telecast featured Umar Salamov taking on Brian Howard. […]
UFC Fight Night 132 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 132 took place in Singapore early Saturday for most viewing on UFC Fight Pass in North America. The event drew 6,419 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. It was the third time that the promotion has visited the country. No gate was announced post-event by UFC officials. Bonuses were awarded to Ovince […]
UFC sponsoring Outsports LGBTQ Pride March in New York
MMA Fighting reports that the UFC is sponsoring the LGBTQ Pride March in New York for SBNation web site Outsports. It is the presenting sponsor of the Outsports NYC Price March. Outsports covers LBTQ athletes and is a sister-site of MMA Fighting and Bloody Elbow. Tecia Torres, Nina Ansaroff and Sijara Eubanks will be part […]