Glory Sports International announced that it has appointed Jon J. Franklin as Global Chief Executive via company press release. It also announced that it has extended its agreement with Spike TV to provide original kickboxing programming through 2015. Via Glory press release: GLORY Sports International and its board of directors today [August 19, 2014] appointed Jon J. […]
Promoter sues boxer Ward for defamation
Boxing promoter Dan Goossen has filed a lawsuit against boxer Andre Ward and his attorneys as a result of Ward’s lawsuit claiming that the promoter violated the Ali Act when promoting the super middleweight. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court accuses Ward, his attorney James McCarroll and McCarroll’s law firm Reed Smith of […]
Alvarez given unconditional release from Bellator
Bellator has released Eddie Alvarez from his contract with the organization per a company Media Alert. The media advisory also includes a statement from Alvarez. Via Bellator media advisory: Bellator President Scott Coker has released a statement regarding Eddie Alvarez: “We’ve granted Eddie his unconditional release. Eddie is free to explore the free agent market, […]
UFC Fight Night 47: 735,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 47 received an average of 735,000 viewers. The prelims for the event on Fox Sports 2 received an average viewership of 116,000 viewers. UFC Fight Night 47 which featured Ryan Bader defeating Ovince St. Preux in the main event was up […]
Coker says Bellator going month to month in 2015
New Bellator head Scott Coker stated that Bellator is going to focus on a monthly event in addition to four major shows which will likely feature the bigger stars for Bellator. Coker revealed the news Monday which means that the upcoming 11th season will be the last with tournament formatting…for now. Coker indicated that he […]