Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC 175 will do a gate of $5 million as well as provide an economic impact of $175 million for the city of Las Vegas. It will be the most expensive ticket of 2014 for the UFC and if Dana White’s estimate is correct, it would be the […]
Sonnen remains on Metamoris 4 card
Metamoris has issued a statement concerning Chael Sonnen. Despite failing two drug tests, the organization will allow him to remain in his match against Andre Galvao. We are not cutting Chael Sonnen from the Metamoris 4 card on August 9th. Why not? Because we don’t currently test for PED’s and we are not an MMA […]
Showtime signs on with Reebok
MMA Junkie reports that Anthony Pettis has signed a sponsorship deal with Reebok. The deal will include Pettis promoting the company’s new running shoe, Zjet. Showtime was picked as a Reebok guy due to his “…explosive speed, and bold confident style,” told Reebok executive John Lynch to MMA Junkie. Via MMA Junkie: “For our newest […]
Crawford-Gamboa on HBO Saturday receives 1.2M viewers
ESPN reports that Saturday night’s HBO live boxing event featuring lightweight Terence Crawford defeating Yuriorkis Gamboa scored a rating of 1.208 million HBO subscribers with a peak at 1.286 million. The Crawford-Gamboa fight was a back and forth action-packed fight. It was the second week in a row that had an entertaining fight as Robert […]
Ticket demand for UFC 175 most expensive this year
UFC 175 is set to be the most expensive ticket for the UFC this year according to SeatGeek, a search engine ticket finder. This weekend’s event from the MGM Grand is the 7th most expensive UFC event since 2010. For those wondering, the most expensive event since 2010 has been UFC 167 which featured Georges […]