The MMA Report reports that Eddie Alvarez’s contract has him specifically fighting Michael Chandler. The apparent clause in the contract would leave Bellator without the opportunity for Alvarez to fight interim champion Will Brooks. You will recall that Bellator and Alvarez were embroiled in a contentious legal battle which was finally settled. Although terms of […]
TUF 19 Episode 5 Live + SD: 417,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that last Wednesday’s TUF 19: Edgar v. Penn averaged 417,000 viewers which includes the live viewership plus same day replay. In the fifth episode of the season, Corey Anderson defeated Josh Clark in the fight on the week’s episode. The 5th episode, which was filmed around Halloween, […]
Preliminary indications show that Mayweather-Maidana drew 800K-900K PPV buys
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 […]