The Los Angeles Times had a feature story on local Southern California promoter Roy Englebrecht. The story highlights his career in the fight game and how things have changed with the sport of mixed martial arts. After a career of promoting boxing fights, Englebrecht stumbled upon an MMA show in 2004 and realized that it […]
UFC Press Tour hits 11 cities, 5 countries
Fight Master Episode 4: 505,000 viewer average
MMA Fighting reports that Episode 4 of Fight Master on Spike TV scored an average of 505,000 viewers. This week represents a 25% dip in ratings from Episode 3. Fight Master did not make the top 100 in cable ratings. Although there was no baseball on Wednesday for the All Star Break, the show went […]
Mayweather-Canelo set gate record; Garcia-Matthyse added to undercard
Golden Boy Promotions’ Richard Schaefer announced during a conference call that the Canelo Alvarez-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight will set a new gate record as it will garner a reported $19,500,000 on September 14th. It was also announced Wednesday that Danny Garcia versus Lucas Matthyse will be on the undercard of the Alvarez-Mayweather fight. The reported […]
Rampage stars in Reebok Commercial
Bellator/TNA’s Rampage Jackson appears in a Reebok commercial with Dallas Cowboys Defensive End DeMarcus Ware. Jackson and Ware are promoting Reebok’s newest line of training shoes. The video shows the two jogging off-road in their Reebok ATV 19 running shoes when they come across some unexpected obstacles. Payout Perspective: As you recall, Jackson came across […]