UFC Fight Night St. Louis drew 903,000 viewers on Saturday night on ESPN per Sports Media Watch. The telecast drew 0.49 in the A8-49 rating/422,000 viewers. The telecast featured Derrick Lewis taking on Rodrigo Nascimento in the main event with Lewis earning the win and giving the fans a show as he took off his […]
McMahon attorneys file opposition to Grant’s Motion to Strike
Attorneys for Vince McMahon filed an Opposition to Janel Grant’ Motion to Strike portions of his Preliminary Statement which was part of his Motion to Compel Arbitration. The legal crux of the argument is that Rule 12(f) which allows for a court to utilize its “inherent authority” to strike portions of a pleading. McMahon had […]
UFC 301: Payout Perspective
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, […]