MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday afternoon’s UFC Fight Night 63. There was no “Fight of the Night” bonus as 4 received bonus checks for stoppages. Chad Mendes, Dustin Poirier, Julianna Pena and Timothy Johnson all earned $50,000 bonuses for their wins on Saturday. Johnson was the sole fighter on the […]
Metamoris offers OTT network
Metamoris is the latest organization to offer a subscription-based over the top platform with its “All Access” exclusive network it is offering for $7.99 per month. Many of you MMA fans that have ordered Metamoris in the past or are on its mailing list received an e-blast from the company this past week announcing the […]
Shlemenko retains lawyer for upcoming CSAC hearing
Bloody Elbow reports that Bellator middleweight Alexander Shlemenko has hired attorney Howard Jacobs to represent him to dispute the findings of a positive drug test from his February fight against Melvin Manhoef. Shlemenko will appear before the California State Athletic Commission on April 28th to apparently dispute the findings. Shlemenko has denied using any banned […]
Preliminary Injunction continued until Tuesday in Bellator-Jackson lawsuit
MMA Junkie reports that the hearing on the preliminary injunction filed by Bellator against Rampage Jackson has been continued until Tuesday morning, April 7th when Judge Karen Suter will render her decision. There was no reason given for the delay according to the Junkie article. The injunction sought to preclude Jackson from fighting at UFC […]
Top Rank to air boxing series on truTV
Earlier this week Top Rank Boxing and truTV announced a deal that would put boxing on the Turner Network starting with live fight cards on Friday, May 1st. truTV is best known for running men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament games during March. Otherwise, most sports fans would not know of the network’s existence. The series will […]