Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective as we take a look back at Saturday’s fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas featuring Floyd Mayweather taking on Victor Ortiz. Mayweather wins via controversial TKO “Protect yourself at all times.” Oftentimes glossed over in instructions for MMA and boxing, Mayweather used this rule as […]
Tate signs deal with Toyo Tires
The Strikeforce welterweight women’s champion, Miesha Tate, has signed a sponsorship deal with Toyo Tires. Tate wore the Toyo Tires logo on her fight shorts when she won the title from Marloes Coenen in July. Via Toyo Tires press release: Tate is a native of Tacoma, Washington, and was the 2010 WMMA (Women’s Mixed Martial […]
Bellator 50 receives MTV 2 low of 114,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that Saturday night’s Bellator 50 received an all-time low of 114,000 viewers. Although it tried a special start time (7pm ET/PT) to avoid conflicting with other events, the ratings reflect otherwise. A re-airing of the card on the same night garnered just 94,000 viewers although the rebroadcast occurred during Mayweather-Ortiz. Payout Perspective: […]
UFC Fight Night 25: 1.8 million viewers
Mayhem appears on Fallon to promote TUF
On Thursday of last week, Jason “Mayhem” Miller appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC to promote The Ultimate Fighter. Miller showed no signs of nervousness in his short spot on the show. Via NBC (h/t Cage Potato): Payout Perspective: With Rampage and Jon Jones on Jimmy Kimmel last night, the late night […]