MMA Junkie reports the UFC on Fox 7 salaries with Benson Henderson and Frank Mir earning the most. Surprisingly, Nate Diaz earned only $15,000 for his KO loss to Josh Thomson. Via MMA Junkie: Benson Henderson: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Gilbert Melendez: $175,000 Daniel Cormier: $126,000 (includes $63,000 win bonus) def. Frank Mir: […]
UFC on Fox 7: 3.31 million viewer average in fast overnights
UFC on Fox 7 attendance, gate and bonuses
HBO’s Donaire-Rigondeaux scores 1.1 million viewers
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that HBO’s showing of Nonito Donaire versus Guillermo Rigondeaux scored an average of 1.1 million viewers last Saturday night. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Nonito Donaire’s purse was $1.32 million while Guillermo Rigondeaux made $750,000. The event took place at New York’s Radio City Music Hall in an interesting […]
TUF 17 Prelims on Fuel: 236,000 viewers
The Wrestling Observer reports that the Ultimate Fighter 17 Prelims on Fuel TV garnered an impressive 236,000 viewer average. The TUF 17 Prelims was the second most watched program in Fuel TV history. In addition, the weigh-ins the day before scored 126,000 viewers which made it the third most watched weigh-ins in Fuel TV history. […]