Yahoo! Sports is reporting that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Top Rank Boxing in its fight to keep boxing star Nonito Donaire under contract. Donaire is currently the WBC and WBO Bantamweight champ. Via Kevin Iole at Yahoo!: Golden Boy signed Donaire after Donaire had declared that he was a free agent and […]
UFC Fight Night Ratings: 2.4 million viewers
MMA Payout confirmed with Spike TV that ratings for Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night held in Seattle peaked at 2.4 million viewers. It was the most watched program on cable for the entire day in the key demographics of Men 18-34 and 18-49. Via Spike TV press release: Spike TV’s live UFC® Fight Night Live™ […]
Bellator 38 ratings: 150,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that Bellator 38 ratings dipped for the second week in a row with an average of 150,000 viewers for its MTV2 broadcast. Despite moving its start time to avoid UFC Fight Night overlap, it still had low ratings. Bellator’s replay airing at midnight the same night PT/ET drew 97,000 viewers. Via MMA […]
Lesnar appearance on Jimmy Fallon
Brock Lesnar made an appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show on NBC last night to promote his autobiography and The Ultimate Fighter 13 premiering this Wednesday. Unlike his previous promotion for his book, Lesnar was clean shaven, affable and played along with Jimmy Fallon. Lesnar even participated in a “mini-skit” where he reverses a Fallon […]
UFC Fight Night Seattle: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective featuring UFC Fight Night from the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The main event featured Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis versus Antonio Rogerio Noguiera. MMA Payout was on the scene. The first fight started at 2:45pm. Even with an early start time, there were a considerable amount of fans in […]