The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports that UFC 268 drew 700,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. The event featured Kamaru Usman taking on Colby Covington and occurred on the same night as the Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight. The event, which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, continues the success of the UFC […]
UFC Fight Night 198 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 198 took place at The Apex in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon. Only 3 fighters came away with the $50K bonuses Adrian Yanez and Davey Grant earned a bonus for Fight of the Night. The action-packed fight between the two bantamweights resulted in a win for Yanez. Also receiving a bonus was Talia […]
AEW Dynamite (11.17) draws 984K viewers
AEW Dynamite drew 984,000 viewers on Wednesday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast was third overall in cable ratings after two NBA games on ESPN. AEW Dynamite drew 0.37 in the A18-49 demo, 0.22 in F18-49, 0.51 in M18-49, 0.20 in A18-34, 0.13 in F12-34, 0.23 M12-34, 0.43 in A25-54 and 0.39 in […]
Triller sued for proposed use of triangle-shaped ring
Triller Fight Club has been promoting a new form of combat sports it called Triad Combat which takes place in a three-sided ring. The event, set to take place at Globe Life Field in Texas may be in jeopardy as a fight promotion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against the organization. UPDATED: Here are […]
AEW’s Full Gear draws 145K PPV buys
Wrestlenomics is reporting that AEW’s Full Gear PPV drew around 145,000 PPV buys. The buy rate would make it the promotion’s second most successful show in its history to this September’s all out which generated 205,000 PPV buys. According to Wrestlenomics, after splitting revenue with PPV carriers and adding in ticket and venue merchandise sales, […]