ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto PPV drew between 500-600K PPV buys according to industry sources contacted by Rafael. It is the lowest PPV output by Mayweather under his contract with Showtime. UPDATED: Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that his source says it did “roughly” 400K PPV buys. 145,000 buys […]
Rousey and Cejudo express support for Nick Diaz
Ronda Rousey and Henry Cejudo have expressed support of Nick Diaz in light of his 5 year suspension and fine by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Cejudo has made the statement that he will not fight in Nevada due to the commission ruling. According to MMA Fighting, Cejudo sent a letter to the web site […]
DVR + 3 ratings bring TUF 22 Ep 1 up 45%
MMA Payout has learned that last Wednesday’s 2 hour debut of The Ultimate Fighter 22 drew a DVR +3 rating of 902,000 viewers which is a 45% increase from the overnight rating. The information, obtained from a Nielsen source, reflects an improvement from TUF 21’s debut episode this past spring and TUF 20’s debut this […]
Wanderlei Silva files appeal with Nevada State Supreme Court
Wanderlei Silva has filed its brief with the Nevada State Supreme Court seeking to overturn a lower court ruling which allowed discipline over him despite the fact he was not licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission at the time. You may recall that Silva sought judicial review in the Nevada Superior Court of the […]
Combate Americas lands title sponsor, El Patron as commentator
Combate Americas which debuts its live MMA fight series beginning this Thursday, September 18th announced that Yaveo, a Spanish-language over-the-top streaming entertainment service from DirecTV will be the title sponsor for the series on NBC Universo. In addition to the news that Yaveo will be a title sponsor, the former WWE and Lucha Underground pro […]