Jason Cruz

White announces $300K performance bonuses

April 12, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Dana White announced that performance bonuses would increase to $300,000 for the special benchmark event, UFC 300. The decision was based on lobbying by Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway to increase the bonuses from $50,000 to $300,000. The $300,000 bonuses will be the largest in company history (at least, the amount announced to the public). […]

Report: UFC 300 projected for 1M PPV buys

April 12, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 300 will sell 1 million PPV units on Saturday per Dana White. The benchmark will make it one of the first events post-pandemic to hit the mark. The event takes place at the UFC’s home arena, T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The card does not have one of […]

AEW Dynamite (04.11) draws 819K viewers

April 11, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

AEW Dynamite drew 819,000 viewers on TBS Wednesday night per Nielsen. It drew 0.30 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen . The telecast was slightly up from last week for an advertised backstage video which showed CM Punk and Jack Perry’s backstage from All-In last August. The telecast was highlighted by the controversial decision to […]

Hostage Tape becomes a UFC sponsor

April 11, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Hostage Tape was name the Official Sleep Aid Partner of the UFC per a press release late last week. The company notes it is “a leading sleep aid company.” It will be a part of the sponsorship roster for the company and is currently presenting UFC 300’s Tale of the Tape. According to the press […]

WWE NXT (04.09) draws 647K viewers

April 11, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE NXT on the USA network drew 647,000 viewers on Tuesday night per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew 0.19 in the A18-49 demo. It was the first episode post Stand and Deliver on Saturday and the ratings were modestly higher. The telecast is up over the past month which is promising to consider much of it […]