UFC returned to Paris on Saturday to a sellout crowd. Main event heavyweight Cyril Gane earned one of the UFC bonuses. Gane earned a $50K Performance Bonus for his second round TKO victory over Sergei Spivac. In his UFC debut, Morgan Charriere satisfied the French fans with a second-round TKO finish over Manolo Zecchini. The […]
CM Punk terminated by AEW “with cause”
Tony Khan announced via social media and during Saturday night’s telecast of AEW Collision that the company has terminated the contract of CM Punk with cause. This is the result of backstage incident that happened this past Sunday at the company’s All In PPV in London. Statement from All Elite Wrestling and Tony Khan pic.twitter.com/3MtW6MkGDf […]
Report: PFL seeking to buy Bellator
According to a report from Front Office Sports, the PFL is seeking to acquire Bellator from Paramount. The report cites sources with knowledge of the deal, but with caution that the acquisition could fall through. Bellator is valued at approximately $500 million and the transaction would be primarily cash although the parent company of Bellator, […]
Avoiding further litigation, WBA reinstates Charr as champ
The WBA reinstated Mahmoud Charr as its regular champion on Thursday night as part of a court settlement with the champion. Charr had filed a lawsuit against Don King Promotions in which he claimed that King had blocked him from receiving a title shot. Charr’s attorneys received documents in July per a subpoena from the […]
AEW Dynamite draws 871K viewers avg post All In
AEW Dynamite on TBS was #1 overall in cable on Wednesday night and drew an average of 871,000 viewers. The telecast drew 389,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo for a 0.30 rating per Wrestlenomics. The telecast was the first episode since Sunday’s big PPV event at Wembley Stadium in London, England. AEW had to deal […]