WWE set a 52 week record for stock price as it announced its end of year earnings for 2016 this past Thursday. According to its earnings call, WWE Network subscribers grew 14% to 1.41 million paid subscribers. Revenue increased 11% to a company record $729.2 million. Per a company press release, “[T]he Company reported Net […]
Archives for February 2017
Cyborg requests retroactive TUE
Cris “Cyborg” Justino is requesting a retroactive Therapeutic Use Exemption according to an ESPN report. Justino’s out-of-competition drug test was flagged by USADA this past December. Justino tested positive for the banned substance spironolactone although she claims that a doctor had prescribed it to her. Thus, the reason for the retroactive TUE. According to the […]
UFC 208 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for UFC 208 in Brooklyn. Notably, there was only one Performance of the Night bonus. Jacare Souza earned the only POTN bonus with his first round submission of Tim Boetsch. The first fight of the PPV, Dustin Poirier-Jim Miller drew the Fight of the Night. All three […]
UFC 208: Will you buy it?
UFC 208 will be the third time that the company has held a show in the state of New York since it legalized professional MMA last fall. Are fans interested in this PPV? In the main event, Holly Holm takes on Germaine de Randamie for the new UFC women’s featherweight title. Also, Anderson Silva returns […]
Attorneys battle over experts in Povetkin-Wilder case
This week Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin went to trial to determine whose fault it was that cancelled their fight in Russia this past May. The sole issue to be decided at trial is whether Povetkin took Meldonium after January 1, 2016, the date that it was banned by WADA. The trial is a battle […]