This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a copyright infringement lawsuit from a musician that claimed that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. used a version of his song without his permission at Wrestlemania 24. By denying musician Anthony Dash’s request for the Court to review his claims, it upholds a ruling that the musician […]
CSAC rules Rousey released from fight contract
Sherdog’s Mike Whitman first reported that the California State Athletic Commission issued its ruling in the arbitration of Ronda Rousey and Fight Tribe Management. The commission ruled that Rousey is released from her fight contract but left the commercial aspect of the contract to the court. Executive Director of the CSAC, Andy Foster heard the […]
WWE denied motion to stop sellers of counterfeit merchandise
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the WWE’s request for a temporary restraining order granting the sports and entertainment company the opportunity to protect it from anticipated bootleggers that will sell unauthorized and infringing merchandise at Wrestlemania, the biggest weekend in the company’s year. Judge […]
TUF Nations Episode 12: 198,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that Wednesday’s 12th episode of TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia received an overnight rating of 198,000 viewers. Wednesday’s episode was down 25% from the week prior. TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia Episode 1: 371,000 viewers Episode 2: 253,000 viewers Episode 3: 107,000 viewers – FS2 Episode 4: […]
HBO Boxing featuring Kovalev scores over 1 million viewers
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported the ratings for Saturday night’s Sergey Kovalev-Cedric Agnew Fight on HBO. According to Iole, the event featuring Kovalev’s win averaged 1.006 million with a peak at 1.048 million among the premium channel’s subscribers. It was the first time that Kovalev headlined an HBO show. But, Kovalev’s promoter, Kathy Duva, was […]