ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted the ratings from this past Saturday’s HBO Boxing event which featured Sergey Kovalev-Blake Caparello and Brandon Rios- Diego Chaves. Notably, the Kovalev fight drew the highest viewership on Saturday. Kovalev-Caparello drew 990,000 viewers and was the 8th most viewed US fight this year and peaked at 1.052 million. The actual main […]
UFC cites Code of Conduct for potential penalty for Monday fight
The Monday melee between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier may have ramifications for both from the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the UFC. The UFC indicated that it is looking into the incident and citing it as a violation of the UFC’s code of conduct. “We expect more from our athletes, especially these two gentlemen, […]
Spike TV to air Glory 17 PPV this Friday
Spike TV will air Glory’s PPV from this past June on Friday, August 8th per a Glory press release. “Last Man Standing,” Glory’s inaugural PPV will air at 10/9c on Spike TV. The replay will get people ready for the live Glory event, Glory 18:Chicago, which will be held on Saturday, August 9th on Spike […]
Main Events dismisses lawsuit against Golden Boy, et al.
The parties in the lawsuit involving promoter Main Events and Adonis Stevenson, Al Haymon, Golden Boy, Showtime and Stevenson’s manager have been dismissed per a letter sent to the Court on Saturday morning. As we reported, the lawsuit filed this past May was based on alleged agreement for Main Events and their fighter Sergey Kovalev […]
NSAC will review video before determining action in Jones-DC melee
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has not ruled on whether there will be any repercussions following today’s brawl during a promotional square off for UFC 178 between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. The fisticuffs (click the link) between the two main event fighters on September 27th occurred during the standard face to face between fighters. […]