Daniel Cormier will be featured on Kobe Bryant’s ESPN + show ‘Detail’ in which the Heavyweight Champion will provide analysis of UFC fights. Bryant and former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning have hosted shows which break down the respective sports of basketball and football. The UFC equivalent will be a five-part series […]
Archives for June 2019
UFC onESPN 3 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN 3 took place Saturday night in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Main event heavyweight Francis Ngannou led the list of bonus winners with his first round KO of Junior dos Santos. Also receiving $50K bonuses were Joseph Benavidez, Alonzo Menifield and Eryk Anders. There was no fight of the night. All 4 finished their respective […]
Payouts for Top Rank Boxing’s Comney-Beltran event
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the purses for Top Rank Boxing’s event in Temcula, California on Friday night. The information was disclosed by the California State Athletic Commission. Per Rafael’s post: Richard Comney: $350K plus $20K from Ray Beltran’s purse for failing to make weight. Rey Beltran: $160K minus $40K per the CSAC Carlos Adames: […]
PBC on Fox Sunday peaked with 1.832M viewers
PBC on Fox Sunday night peaked with 1.832 million viewers during the Charlo-Cota fight which seeped over the two-hour time slot. The event peaked during the 10:00pm ET-10:15pm ET quarter hour. The telecast on Fox averaged 1.211 million viewers from 8-10:15pm ET. The complete main card telecast on Fox drew 1.265 million viewers along the […]
Bellator MMA 223 draws 386,000 on The Paramount Network for tape-delayed card
Bellator MMA Live 223 drew 386,000 on The Paramount Network Saturday night. The event was a tape-delayed telecast as the show took place earlier in London. The event saw an upset as Rafael Lovato, Jr. defeated Gegard Mousasi to win the Bellator MMA middleweight world championship. The telecast aired on digital streaming service DAZN as […]