The long, winding and bitter lawsuit between Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin and his promoter World of Boxing has come to an end with the parties stipulating an end to their lawsuit via a filing last week. The two boxers were scheduled to fight in May 2016 in Russia but due to a failed drug […]
Archives for September 2019
Endeavor to launch IPO this Friday
Endeavor Group Holdings intends to launch its IPO this Friday, September 27th. The company plans to price the IPO at $30-$32 per share trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the EDR ticker symbol. The company is backed by Silver Lake among other underwriters and is targeting an $8 billion valuation per The Financial […]
UFC Mexico City bonuses
UFC Mexico City took place Saturday night with a Fight of the Night featuring strawweights Carla Esparza and Alexa Grasso. The former inaugural women’s strawweight champion earned a majority decision in the entertaining fight that earned $50,000 for each. Additionally, featherweight Steven Peterson’s spinning backfist of Martin Bravo earned him a Performance Bonus and maybe […]
BMF Belt being made; The Rock set to present winner
The BMF belt is a real thing as Dana White confirmed that the belt will be awarded to the winner of the Jorge Masvidal-Nate Diaz winner at UFC 244 on November 2nd. White told TMZ Sports that the belt is being manufactured and will cost around $50,000 to make. In addition, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson […]
NXT Episode 1 on USA Network draws 1.179M viewers
The debut of WWE’s NXT on the USA Network Wednesday night drew 1.179 million viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the first show on cable television for the WWE-owned “developmental” roster of sports entertainers. The debut gets a head start on the debut of the new AEW wrestling promotion that will be shown […]