Endeavor announced that the UFC had its best financial year in the history of the company at the company’s latest earning call with investors on Wednesday. During the investor call, Emmanuel announced, “…UFC posted its best financial year in its 28-year history. All Pay-Per-View events sold out, sponsorship hit record revenue highs and international rights […]
Payouts from Gonzalez-Martinez card
Dan Rafael reported the payouts from Roman Gonzalez’s returned to the ring in San Diego on March 5th. Chocalatito received $725,000 per Rafael as he obtained the pay from CSAC officials. His opponent, JC Martinez earned $250,000 but was fined $20% of his purse with half going to Gonzalez and the other half going to […]
Mayweather Promotions and Logan Paul still going at it in court
It’s time to take a look back at the lawsuit involving Floyd Mayweather’s Promotional Company and a company headed by Logan Paul. The litigation stems from the fight between Paul and Mayweather which took place last June in Miami. The current Motion that has not been decided is a Motion to Dismiss the Counterclaims of […]
AEW Rampage (3.11) draws 526K
AEW Rampage drew 526K viewers on Friday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The one hour telecast on TBS failed to gain any traction in cable on a night when College Basketball drew the top ratings. The first 5 telecasts on cable this past Friday were college basketball games as March Madness started to heat […]
Report highlights UFC view on fighter pay issue
The Sports Business Journal reports on the narrative on fighter pay in this week’s article. The article does not go into specifics on salary but highlights the UFC’s viewpoint of the issue. SBJ quotes Lawrence Epstein regarding the UFC’s side of the story. The UFC exec stated that three primary factors have contributed to the […]