The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the Nevada State Athletic Commission has named Bob Bennett as its Executive Director. Bennett, a former Marine and FBI agent replaces Keith Kizer who stepped down earlier this year. Bennett is a current boxing judge in Nevada and will take over one of the most high profile jobs […]
The Wrestling Post – 04.18.14
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this edition we write about a new PPV announced, DirecTV plays hard ball and the latest ratings from Total Divas. Ring of Honor tries PPV Sunday June 22nd This week Ring of Honor announced that it would be holding its first PPV ever for the company […]
TUF 19 debut and UFC TUF Nations ratings
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source the ratings from Wednesday night of UFC programming. Notably, the debut of TUF scored just an overnight average of 595,000 viewers. Preceding TUF was the UFC TUF Nations Finale from Quebec City. The Prelims which started at 2pmPT/4pmET received a viewership of 263,000 viewers whereas the main […]
TUF Nations Finale attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses from Wednesday’s TUF Nations Finale from Quebec City. The event drew slightly over 5,000 for a gate of $340,000. The event which started Wednesday afternoon took place at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec. Tim Kennedy defeated Michael Bisping in the main event of the card. […]
Bellator 116 DVR +3: 642,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned the DVR +3 ratings for Friday’s Bellator 116 have bumped the overall rating to 642,000 viewers with a peak of 919,000 occurring approximately at 10:46 p.m. Bellator MMA 110 – 880,000, overnight; 1.1M Peak, DVR +3 – 1M, Peak – 1.1M Bellator MMA 111 – 653,000, overnight; 964,000 Peak; DVR +3 […]