Dan Rafael reports that the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo drew 600-700K PPV buys. The reported buys would make it the third-highest selling fight of the year next to Tank-Ryan Garcia and Jake Paul-Tommy Fury earlier this year. Alvarez won a one-sided unanimous decision over Charlo and retained his undisputed super middleweight titles. […]
UFC Fight Night 229 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 229 took place last night at The Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event saw four fighters take home $50K Performance Bonuses. Bobby Green earned a $50K bonus for his main event upset win over up-and-coming prospect Grant Dawson. Green was able to stop Dawson in just 33 seconds into the first […]
Dana White eyes The Sphere for future UFC events
Dana White said at the Dana White Contender Series post-fight presser that he would like to do the next Mexican Independence Day event at The Sphere. U2 played a concert at The Sphere as a debut of its residency at the $2.3 billion structure proclaimed as the entertainment venue of the future. The structure, built […]
AEW Dynamite (10.4) draws 800K average
AEW Dynamite drew an average of 800K viewers per Nielsen via Sports TV Ratings. It was the lowest since May 3rd despite coming off of the WrestleDream PPV Sunday. The telecast drew 0.28 in the A18-49 demo on a night where the MLB Playoffs took most of the audience. The telecast featured the debut of […]
Plaintiffs in UFC lawsuit return serve against firm soliciting class
Plaintiffs in the UFC lawsuit came out swinging against the Sparacino, PLLC (“Sparacino”) accusing the firm of attempting to swoop in and take clients, committing attorney ethics violations and taking at a shot at the firm’s found via his LinkedIn. The Plaintiffs representing Cung Le and the class of individuals that originally brought the lawsuit […]