ESPN Dan Rafael reports that boxing’s big return to network television on CBS scored a 1.3 rating. The televised event, “Showtime Boxing on CBS,” on December 15th, aired between 1:45p.m. PT/4:45p.m ET to 3:00p.m. PT/6:00p.m. ET. The rating equates to roughly 1.5 million viewers although the actual numbers have not been released. The event featured […]
Top 10 of 2012: No. 9 TUF moves to Fridays on FX; poor ratings move it to Tuesdays for 2013
With the UFC-Fox relationship, much anticipation came with The Ultimate Fighter moving to the FX Network. Despite a Friday night time slot, Dana White was bullish on the move. Via MMA Fighting: When signing the [FOX] deal more than a year ago, UFC President Dana White talked about drawing 3 million viewers weekly for TUF […]
Top 10 for 2012: No. 10 – Injuries continue to plague fight cards
Welcome to the year end edition of MMA Payout where we’ll count down the top 10 business stories of 2012. We start off with number 10 with injuries plaguing fight cards this year. The biggest example of an injury affecting a card was UFC 151 (more on this later) when Dan Henderson went down with […]
The Wrestling Post – 12.24.12 edition
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. This edition we’ll take a look at THQ’s bankruptcy, the Survivor Series buy rate and Daniel Bryan makes a young boy’s dream come true. THQ goes bankrupt The Wrestling Post takes a look at THQ’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing and what that means for the WWE. According […]
Strikeforce officially announces last event
Strikeforce officially announced that its next event set for January 12th will be its last. The event will be held during Showtime’s “free preview” weekend. Via Strikeforce Press Release: STRIKEFORCE® welterweight champion and seasoned UFC® veteran Nate Marquardt will defend his title against current number one contender Tarec Saffiedine on Saturday, Jan. 12as STRIKEFORCE® visits […]