UFC 279 took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was another sell-out for the company as it was Nathan Diaz’s last fight under his contract. Diaz was one of the Performance Bonus winners as he received $50,000 for his submission victory over Tony Ferguson. Also receiving a bonus […]
Backstage altercation halts UFC news conference
Thursday’s UFC 279 new conference was canceled at the MGM Grand Garden Arena due to altercations between multiple fighters backstage. The initial altercation was between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland. The Thursday news conference is meant to build up the fight on Saturday one last time prior to fans purchasing the PPV. Not much news […]
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UFC 278 salaries
The Utah Athletic Commission disclosed the payouts from the August 20th PPV in Salt Lake City. Per the disclosure (obtained by MMA Junkie), Kamaru Usman earned $500K for his title defense against Leon Edwards. Edwards, who won the championship with a fifth round headkick, earned $350K. The rest of the payouts are as follows: Paulo […]
PBC Prelims on Fox does 546K viewers
The PBC Prelims on Fox Sunday drew 546,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast aired prior to the Ruiz-Ortiz PPV. The lead-in for the PBC Prelims on Fox was an MLS game which drew 492,000 viewers. The prelims featured Joey Spencer as he defeated Kevin Salgado via unanimous decision in a battle of […]