Dan Rafael obtained the purse information from the California State Athletic Commission for Saturday night’s boxing match featuring Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal taking place in Anaheim, California. Nate Diaz: $500K/Jorge Masvidal $300K Daniel Jacobs: $100K/Shane Mosley, Jr.: $160K Chris Avila: $210K/Antony Pettis: $350K Curmel Moton: $40K/Nikolai Buzolin: $8K Amado Vargas: $100K/Sean Garcia: $50K Devin […]
Court overturns Paradigm win against Pacquiao
An Orange County (CA) Superior Court has ruled in favor of Manny Pacquiao in overturning a jury verdict based on the legal theory of illegality. Pacquiao’s argument was that the agreement he entered into with Paradigm were void because the company did not have a valid manager’s license in California. Paradigm sill has a right […]
Ryan Garcia expelled from WBC
The World Boxing Council formally expelled Ryan Garcia on Thursday after he made racist statements on social media. Mauricio Sulaiman sent out a statement on social media expelling him from the sanctioning body. This means he can no longer participate in any fights with the WBC. Exercising my authority as president of the WBC , […]
UFC 203 Prelims draw 1.06M viewers average
The UFC 203 Prelims drew 1.06 million viewers on ESPN Saturday night per Sports Media Watch. The early prelims drew 665,000 viewers on ESPN. The early prelims started 12 minutes late due to NWSL soccer. It drew 0.26 in the A18-49 category. The two hour early prelims seeped over into the regular prelims. The early […]
WWE NXT (07.02) draws 542,000 viewers
WWE NXT on the USA Network drew 542,000 viewers on Tuesday night per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew 0.15 in the A18-49 demo. WWE NXT was down from last week’s 611,000 viewers. It is a slight departure from its rising ratings this past quarter. The telecast, dubbed “Heatwave” featured a street fight between Jaida Parker and […]