Tuesday’s Mayweather-McGregor Press Conference on FS2 drew 124,000 live viewers according to Nielsen. A re-air of the World Tour on FS1 drew 133,000 viewers. The launch of the World Tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles aired live on FS2 at 2:30pm. It peaked with 176,000 viewers. The re-air on FS1 at 8:00pm peaked […]
Archives for July 2017
Taking a look at the Motion to Dismiss hearing in the Mark Hunt lawsuit
It’s not often that you get the transcript from a court hearing for free (relatively speaking). But Brock Lesnar’s attorneys have attached the entire hearing from the parties’ Motion to Dismiss on May 22, 2017 as an exhibit to its current Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint of Mark Hunt. MMA Payout takes a […]
UFC 213 Prelims are the lowest this year
The UFC 213 Prelims on FS1 drew 657,000 viewers Saturday Night per Nielsen. It’s the lowest-rated Prelims this year. The feature fight for the Prelims was Travis Browne taking on Oleksiy Olynik with the Russian winning via rear naked choke. Per Nielsen it drew 0.24 in the A18-49 demo. The post-fight show 1:12am-2:12am ET on […]
Gaethje tops TUF 25 Finale salaries
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the payouts from TUF 25. Newcomer to the UFC, Justin Gaethje drew $300,000 including bonuses for Friday’s fight against Michael Johnson. Via MMA Junkie: Justin Gaethje: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Michael Johnson: $47,000 Jesse Taylor: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Dhiego Lima: $15,000 Drakkar Klose: $24,000 […]
Overeem tops UFC 213 salaries
The Nevada State Athletic Commission disclosed the salaries for UFC 213 which took place this past Saturday. Heavyweight Alistair Overeem was the highest paid fighter on the event with $800,000. The main event competitors Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero earned $350,000 each. Whittaker did not draw a win bonus although both drew the Fight of […]