Jumping on the possibility of receiving mainstream possibility from an off-hand remark made by Meryl Streep during her acceptance speech at The Golden Globes Sunday night, Scott Coker sent out an invitation for her to attend Bellator’s event on January 21st. Streep, making a statement with her speech on immigration, made a flippant remark that […]
Archives for January 2017
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UFC 207 early PPV estimates: 1.1M buys
UFC 207 looks to have done well on PPV as initial estimates by The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer have the PPV at 1.1 million buys. UFC 207 featured the return of Ronda Rousey as she faced Amanda Nunes for the UFC bantamweight title. Nunes stopped Rousey in the first round. The 1.1 million PPV buys […]
Updated UFC 207 Prelims ratings, peak at 1.8M
The UFC 207 Prelims peaked with more than 1.8 million viewers. The Friday night event on FS1 was up over 45% from last year’s UFC 195 prelims. The event which featured Johny Hendricks and Neil Magny in the feature fight peaked during the last quarter hour 9:45-10pm ET. In comparison’s to last year’s PPV show, […]
UFC sells one of its office buildings in Vegas
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the UFC has sold an office building at its current headquarters in Las Vegas. According to the report, it sold the building for $1.45 million to a criminal defense law firm. The criminal defense law firm has purchased the building but is leasing it back until the UFC moves […]