ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported via tweet that ratings for HBO Boxing’s Saturday night of fights did its best for 2013. The main event which featured Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. win a controversial decision over Brian Vera garnered an average of 1.416 million viewers. In addition to Chavez, Jr.’s fight, the night also had Adonis Stevenson […]
Wanderlei shoots wrestling-inspired promo
Wanderlei Silva confronted Chael Sonnen in a pro wrestling-type promotional video which is posted on his YouTube channel. Silva confronted Sonnen at the Mr. Olympia exhibition held this past weekend in Las Vegas. The video has over 548,000 views on Silva’s YouTube channel. Payout Perspective: Is this something that MMA fans want to see? Its […]
Bellator releases first promo for PPV
Bellator has released its first promotional video for its first PPV scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd. In the promotion, it features Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez. Payout Perspective: Interesting move for Bellator to feature Rampage and Tito without real mention of the Bellator promotion. Obviously, its the hope that fans will […]
Bellator 100 DVR numbers grow to 736,000 viewers
MMA Payout has received the DVR +3 numbers from last Friday’s Bellator (100) MMA Live from September 20th. The adjusted numbers reveal an extra 36,000 viewers from the original overnight report of 700,000. The adjusted numbers show a slight bump from the overnight numbers but it still doesn’t represent a significant increase. Payout Perspective: As […]
IMG Media to represent WSOF in seeking media rights deals
Sports media company, IMG Media, has signed a three year agreement to represent and distribute all media rights for MMA events put on by World Series of Fighting. WSOF plans on expanding the number of events as well as holding events outside the U.S. Via press release: Plans are in place to expand the number […]