MMA Junkie reports UFC on Fox 14 reportedly drew a record 30,000 in attendance for a gate of $3.1 milion. It was the biggest European attendance and gate in the company’s history. Perhaps most remarkable about the attendance was that the event occurred during the middle of the night in Sweden. UFC General Manager for […]
UFC on Fox 14 bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the bonuses from Saturday night’s UFC on Fox 14. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson earned a title shot with his win as well as led the bonuses for the night. Johnson, Gegard Mousasi, Makwan Amirkhani and Kenny Robertson all earned “Performance of the Night” bonuses. There was no “Fight of the Night.” The bonuses […]
Haymon buys time on Spike TV
MMA Fighting reports that Spike TV has added Al Haymon’s boxing organization to its Friday night lineup as the network will rebrand Friday nights as a combat sports night. The new deal which was announced at a press conference on Thursday is reported to be another time buy by Haymon’s group. Spike TV has Bellator […]
Wilder-Stiverne on Showtime scores 1.24M
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s boxing event on Showtime between Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne drew an average of 1.24 million viewers per Nielsen. The peak for the fight was 1.34 million viewers. The estimated average is based solely on the actual fight and not the overall event televised on the premium cable […]
NYS Assembly Speaker Silver arrested on corruption charges
New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday. The charges include mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion. In MMA circles, the state assemblyman had been the one that prevented a vote on the legalization of MMA in the state. The Complaint obtained by the NY Times alleges that […]