MMA Fighting reports that the UFC will hold promotional tours in 5 countries to promote its fall lineup of PPVs. The 11 city tour will occur the week of July 29th and will feature GSP, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey and Cain Velasquez. The UFC announced the tour which will hit the Bay Area, Vegas, LA, […]
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 […]
Zuffa contributed $35,000 to New York legislators since January 2013
New York’s The Citizen (Cayuga County) reports that Zuffa contributed $35,000 to New York state legislators according to the latest released campaign finance filings. In addition to the various legislators supporting the bill to legalize MMA it also contributed $104,000 to the re-election campaign of Andrew Cuomo for the 2014 cycle. According to the state filings, […]