The PPV replay of Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto Saturday night on Showtime drew 587,000 subscription viewers on Saturday night from 10:16pm-11:08pm per Sports TV Ratings. UPDATED: I misread the ratings a bit. The three ratings for the fight were all the same showing and was just chopped up per segment. The Mayweather-Berto fight did […]
WSOF 23 payout: 2 make $100K
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from WSOF 23 held on Friday night. Champions Justin Gaethje and David Branch were the top earners making $100,000 each which includes their win bonuses. Via MMA Junkie: Justin Gaethje: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Luis Palomino: $20,000 David Branch: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Teddy Holder: $12,000 […]
Bellator MMA Dynamite 1 draws 800K viewers
Bellator MMA’s Dynamite 1 drew an average viewership of 800,000 viewers on Spike TV Saturday night. The third “tent pole” event for Bellator was ranked #2 in the timeslot in the coveted male 25-54 and 35-49 demos on cable behind ESPN’s college football per Nielsen sources. The event aired from 9-12:42am ET and then replayed […]
WSOF 23 draws 184,000 viewers
The World Series of Fighting 23 on Friday night on NBC Sports Network drew 184,000 viewers according to Sport TV Ratings. An immediate replay of the event drew another 100,000 viewers Friday night. The live show which aired from 10:00-12:30am on Friday night reflects a 28% decrease from WSOF 22. The 2015 average for WSOF […]
NV state senator speaks out against Diaz suspension
TMZ Sports reports that Nevada state senator Tick Segerblom is speaking out against the NSAC suspension of Nick Diaz. He calls the 5 year ban “totally inappropriate.” Senator Segerblom‘s (D) district includes a portion of Las Vegas and is within Clark County, Nevada. Per the Nevada state senate web site, he is on the Senate […]