Bellator acted swiftly in terminating the contract of War Machine (FKA Jon Koppenhaver) after he is being identified as the prime suspect which found his girlfriend and another severely beaten. Bellator President Scott Coker has issued a statement regarding Jon Koppenhaver, War Machine: “We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates […]
Archives for August 2014
UFC 175 draws 500K-545K PPV buys
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reports that UFC 175 did between 500,000 – 545,000 PPV buys according to various cable sources. It’s the best showing on PPV since UFC 168. UFC 175 featured Ronda Rousey defending her title against Alexis Davis and Chris Weidman defending his against Lyoto Machida. Interesting enough, UFC 168 featured Rousey and […]
Sonnen readies for Metamoris, no clarification from NSAC
Despite threats from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, it appears that Chael Sonnen will participate at this Saturday’s Metamoris event in Los Angeles. Sonnnen’s legal representatives believe that he has a case that the NSAC penalty assessed in July does not apply to this event. According to MMA Junkie, Sonnen’s lawyer in this matter has […]
Mayweather fight in theaters for Sept. 13th rematch
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported earlier this week that the rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana will be shown in 570 movie theaters nationwide. Fathom Events and Mayweather Promotions announced the joint effort this week. Ticket prices vary but in my area they range from $20-$25 per ticket. The event starts one hour earlier from […]
Kovalev draws 990K viewers on HBO
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted the ratings from this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event which featured Sergey Kovalev-Blake Caparello and Brandon Rios- Diego Chaves. Notably, the Kovalev fight drew the highest viewership on Saturday. Kovalev-Caparello drew 990,000 viewers and was the 8th most viewed US fight this year and peaked at 1.052 million. The actual main […]