The NY Times reports that the Direct TV-Fox carriage dispute was resolved a day prior to a blackout of Fox regional sports networks, FX, Fuel and other Fox-owned cable channels. The new deal between DTV and News Corp. (Fox) includes Fox and Fox News Channel. Direct TV was concerned with losing popular FX shows, “Sons […]
UFC 137: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 137 coming from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Nick Diaz convincingly defeated BJ Penn affirming the need for a showdown with Georges St. Pierre. Diaz retires Penn; GSP next So now its obvious why […]
Jay Glazer to host new UFC show on Fuel TV
White involved in negotiations with Showtime
MMA Junkie reports that Dana White is taking over the company’s negotiations for a new deal with Showitme. Lorenzo Fertitta was the lead in the negotiations prior to Ken Hershman leaving Showtime for HBO. White called Hershman a “deal blower” in an MMA Fighting interview with Ariel Helwani. With Hershman out of the picture and Showtime […]
Mayweather-Ortiz receives 1.25 million PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that the official PPV buys for September’s Mayweather-Ortiz fight at 1.25 million. The numbers were provided by co-promoters for the event, Golden Boy and Mayweather Promotions. Via Ring TV: Mayweather-Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 in pay-per-view revenue, according to statements released on Friday. Mayweather […]