Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time around we take a look at UFC 301 at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pantoja successfully defends Featherweight title UFC Flyweight Champion Alexandre Pantoja successfully defended his Featherweight title against Aussie Steve Erceg. While some skeptics believed that Erceg was pushed into the […]
UFC on ESPN 56 attendance, gate, and bonuses
UFC on ESPN 56 took place Saturday in St. Louis and it was the highest grossing US UFC Fight Night of all time according to the company. The event drew 15,960 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. It drew $2,470,197 per the UFC. The company announced 4 post-fight bonuses of $50K. Carlos Ulberg earned […]
Former UFC champ has $3M tax debt
Khabib Nurmogomedov is in trouble with Russian tax authorities according to a report from Reuters. Bear in mind, the report is from another report which claims the former lightweight champ has to pay taxes of $300 million rubles. Citing another report from Mash, Nurmagomedov has had his bank accounts belonging to his Eagle FC promotion, […]
AEW Dynamite (05.08) draws 711K viewers
AEW Dynamite drew 711,000 viewers on TNT Wednesday night per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew 0.24 in the A18-49 demo. The episode was up slightly from last week but below the 4 week average and more concerning it is down in viewership from this time last year in overall viewership and in the A18-49 demo. According […]
Brock Lesnar files reply in Mark Hunt appeal
The Mark Hunt appeal continues. On May 8th, Brock Lesnar and Dana White have filed Answering Briefs to Hunt’s pro se appeal. Lesnar’s attorneys argued that the district court was correct in dismissing Hunt’s claims. Hunt had filed a lawsuit against Dana White, Brock Lesnar and the UFC. The case was initially dismissed, appealed to […]