UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716,000 viewers on Saturday nigh ton ESPN per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims drew 282,000 viewers on ESPN2. The telecast featured Josh Emmett and Calvin Kattar in a Fight of the Night feature fight. The telecast drew 283,000 in the A18-49 and a household rating of 0.37. The prelims […]
Luck-McMahon settle XFL lawsuit
The parties in the Oliver Luck-Vince McMahon lawsuit settled Luck’s wrongful termination lawsuit which was set to go to trial in July. The parties settled on June 16th although the announcement was not made public until Monday. For a background on the lawsuit, you can check out the following Legal Submission’s: A court-ordered settlement conference […]
UFC on ESPN 37 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN 37 took place in Austin, Texas on Saturday night. To commemorate the company’s return to traveling outside of The Apex it gave bonuses to all finishers Saturday. The Fight of the Night went to Josh Emmert and Calvin Kattar. Emmert earned a split decision victory although there was ample evidence that Kattar […]
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Stephanie McMahon takes over at WWE while investigation on father continues
Stephanie McMahon will be the interim Chairman and CEO of WWE while an investigation is ongoing over the recent allegations that her father, Vince McMahon, paid out a settlement to a former employee over an alleged sexual relationship and has voluntarily stepped down from his role. Stephanie McMahon recently announced that she was stepping away […]