Reebok made a major faux pas when it rolled out its t-shirts for UFC Fight Night 76 in Dublin, Ireland. A UFC shirt which depicted the country did not include Northern Ireland. MMA Fighting reports Reebok has removed the t-shirt due to fan outrage. Reebok has sent out its own apologies. For ease of reference, […]
GGG PPV draws 150K estimated PPV buys
Early estimates of the Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux PPV this past Saturday drew approximately 150,000 buys. Sports Illustrated boxing writer Chris Mannix stated that the 150,000 estimated was “in the ballpark” of the estimated buys. Fight Hype (@fighthype) reports #GolovkinLemieux generated 150K buys. I'm told final numbers aren't in, but that's in the ballpark. — Chris […]
WSOF 24: 167,000
The World Series of Fighting drew 167,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network Saturday night per a Nielsen source. The event is a 10% decrease from WSOF 23. The event on Saturday saw Jon Fitch defeat Yushin Okami via unanimous decision. In the co-main event WSOF Heavyweight Champion Blagoy Ivanov defeated Derrick Mehmen. Saturday night was […]
Weidman signs deal with Reebok, gets own shoe
UFC Light Heavyweight champion Chris Weidman has signed an individual sponsorship deal with Reebok and as a part of the deal he will get his own custom shoe. Weidman was on The MMA Hour on Monday where he made the announcement and was presented with his own signature shoe by Reebok’s senior director of combat training […]
PBC on Spike TV draws just 315K viewers
Premier Boxing Champions drew an average viewership of 315,000 on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The main event featured Andrzej Fonfara as he defeated Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision. Fonfara is best known for his last fight when he stopped Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Despite the drop of over 45% from Septembers’ […]