BoxingScene.com reports that the PPV price point for the Floyd Maywether Jr. v. Canelo Alvarez fight set for September 14, 2013 will be set at $75 for HD and $60 for SD. This is a $5 price increase from Maywether’s May fight against Roberto Guerrero. Its being billed as the biggest fight in years and […]
Archives for July 2013
White responds to criticism on fighter pay
MMA Junkie reports that Dana White’s solution to the complaints about UFC fighter pay is to eliminate fight bonuses. The Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night and KO of the Night would be done away with in order to compensate the lower tiered fighters. Via MMA Junkie: “You don’t like the structure? All […]
Invicta FC PPV now available on DirecTV
Bloody Elbow reports that Invicta FC will be available on PPV through DirecTV. Invicta president Shannon Knapp made the announcement on its Facebook page Tuesday. In an interview with The Wrestling Observer last week, Knapp indicated that there was an issue with the bandwidth for DirecTV which precluded the Invicta PPV from being on its […]
Showtime may seek MMA content
Fox Latino News reports that Showtime Networks may still be looking for an MMA organization to put on its network. Showtime Sports’ lead Stephen Espinoza indicated that they may still be interested in MMA at a press tour stop for the Maywether-Alvarez fight. Espinoza indicated that there might be too much MMA on telelvision at […]