The Sports Business Journal is reporting that Most Valuable Promotions is evaluating a foray into MMA dependent on its May 16th show. The move could apply at least a modicum of pressure to the UFC which has been less than stellar with its past several shows. Nakisa Bidarian told SBJ that if the May 16th […]
WWE Smackdown (04.03) draws 1.5M viewers
Programming Insider reports that Friday Night Smackdown on the USA Network drew 1.508 million overall viewers. The telecast drew 0.43 in the A18-49 demo. Friday night was the big reveal in storyline for Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton as it was revealed that the mystery caller was Pat McAfee. According to Dave Meltzer (revealed in […]
Van title defense pushed back a month
Plaintiffs seeking $270K from Dominance MMA
Plaintiffs in the Johnson and Cirkunov antitrust cases have filed a Motion for Attorney Fees for allegedly not complying with a subpoena to provide documents in its lawsuits against Zuffa. The subpoena requested documents in 12 categories from the sport agency’s management and representation of UFC MMA fighters. After negotiating with Dominance’s attorneys, they withdrew […]
UFC Vegas 115 Bonus winners
UFC Vegas 115 took place on Saturday at The Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion handed out 4 $100K bonuses and four $25K finish bonuses. The Performance of the Night went to Alice Pereira and Alessandro Costa. Pereira earned her bonus with a KO of Hailey Cowan in round 2 of their fight. Costa earned […]