ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Timothy Bradley Jr. and Jessie Vargas drew an average of 1.121 million viewers for the live event from Carson, California. The fight peaked at 1.228 million viewers on a night where Bradley pulled off a unanimous decision. The undercard featuring Oscar Valdez and Ruben […]
UFC-Reebok unveils uniforms
The UFC unveiled its Reebok fighter “kits” in a glitzy press conference in New York City Tuesday morning. Many UFC stars were on hand to model the new uniforms which go into effect starting at UFC 189 next week. The unveiling included many fighters based on home country and then the champions of each division […]
Despite loss, Machida tops UFC Fight Night salaries
MMA Junkie reports the disclosed salaries from Saturday night UFC Fight Night 70. Lyoto Machida earned 1/3 of the total reported payouts drawing $200,000 in his loss to Yoel Romero. Via MMA Junkie: Yoel Romero: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus) def. Lyoto Machida: $200,000 Lorenz Larkin: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus) def. Santiago Ponzinibbio: $10,000 […]
Bellator 139: 764K viewers and Friday night boxing numbers
Bellator 139 drew an average viewership of 764,000 viewers on Spike TV Friday night per Sports TV Ratings. The event is down from its tent pole event of a week prior but it still was the second-best rating on the network since February. In the main event of Friday night, former UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo […]
Estate of former WWE wrestler files head injury lawsuit
The estate of another former WWE wrestler has filed a lawsuit against the organization. The mother and son of Matt Osborne (aka “Matt Borne” and “Doink the Clown”) have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company for the alleged negligent and fraudulent mistreatment of Osborne while he was a wrestler with the company. The […]