ESPN’s Dan Rafael indicated in a Sportsnation Chat with fans that the PPV buy rates from the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight sold between 800,000 to 900,000 PPVs. Golden Boy and Showtime have yet to make an official announcement. The news of the buy rate based on Rafael’s sources are disappointing considering it’s a Mayweather fight. […]
Bellator CEO jabs at UFC pre and post PPV
Saturday night was a very interesting night of MMA for Bellator as its inaugural PPV was entertaining but depending on whom you talk to, came with questionable judging. In its lead-up to the event, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney told MMA Junkie it plans to have future PPVs. As he has been doing throughout the PPV hype, […]
UFC Fight Night 40 DVR +3 ratings
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night DVR+3 day ratings improved to 735,000 total viewers which is up from the Live+SD number of 655,000 viewers. In addition, the UFC Fight Night 40 Prelims which aired on FS2 did a 125,000 Live +Same Day average. The two hour Prelims aired prior […]
Bellator announces sponsors for PPV
Despite Eddie Alvarez being out of Bellator’s first PPV, it touts its sponsors which will be seen during Saturday night’s event. The list includes sponsor Dave & Busters which will be showing the event in all of its locations across the country. The list of blue chip sponsors touted by Bellator include: • Miller Lite […]
WWE renews with NBC Universal
Variety reports that the WWE has come to terms with NBC Universal and will stay with its USA and SyFy networks. While financial terms have not been disclosed, the decline of its stock price may foreshadow a lower than expected renewal rate. In after-hours trading Thursday, the stock had fallen almost 24% to $15.50. Of […]