Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the initial reports for Pacquiao-Bradley II received between 800,000 to 825,000 PPV buys. Although the PPV numbers have not been finalized, the estimates are below the Pacquiao boon period between his coming out fight against Oscar de la Hoya in December 2008 and his third fight against Juan […]
UFC on Fox 11 overnight rating: 1.99M viewers
UFC on Fox 11 attendance, gate and bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for Saturday night’s UFC on Fox 11. The attendance and gate as announced by Dana White at the post-fight press conference was 17,000 for a gate of $1.65 million (via MMA Junkie). The event was a sellout as was anticipated pre-event. In addition, the bonuses were handed […]
Bob Bennett named Executive Director of NSAC
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 […]