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 […]
UFC submits comments to USPTO regarding DMCA takedowns
The UFC joined the NBA and NFL in addressing issues with live streaming piracy. In a joint letter sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the leagues took issue with the delay in which online service providers responds to a DMCA notice. The company also sent its own letter to the USPTO to […]
Saudi Arabia’s PIF invests over $100M in PFL
The Professional Fighters League has sold a minority ownership stake to SRJ (pronounced ‘surge’) Investment launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The deal in PFL’s parent company will launch a PFL MENA region and its budding “Super Fight” PPV arm. SRJ was established three weeks ago by Saudi Arabia and the […]
UFC 292 salaries
MMA Fighting obtained the salaries for UFC 2922 from a public records request through the Massachusetts Office of Public Safety and Inspections which oversee the state’s athletic commission. Despite not having a win bonus, Zhang Weili earned $520,000 for her title defense over Amanda Lemos. The challenger earned $250,000. Sean O’Malley earned $500,000 with no […]