Dustin Poirier will be challenging Charles Oliveira for the UFC lightweight title on December 11th as part of UFC 269. No official word on the location although Las Vegas is the likely venue. It will be the first title defense for Oliveira who earned the title by defeating Michael Chandler in May at UFC 262. […]
UFC Fight Night 193 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 193 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The UFC handed out 4 $50K Performance Bonuses. Alejandro Perez, Douglas Silva de Andrade, Jamie Mullarkey and Casey O’Neill all earned the $50K checks. Perez used an unusual arm submission over Johnny Eduardo for his Performance Bonus. Silva de Andrade […]
Triller will not promote Lopez-Kambosos
The Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos fight will not be promoted by Triller according to a report from Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports. CONFIRMED: Triller COO Thorsten Meier tells @YahooSports that Triller will not promote the #LopezKambosos fight. Already spent multiple millions trying to get the fight on. This is part of a much larger story coming […]
Payout Perspective: UFC 266
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 266 taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada as the promotion celebrated International Fight Week in September. Volkanovski outlasts Ortega in defense of FW title Alexander Volkanovski retained his UFC Featherweight title with a unanimous decision victory […]
Report finds manipulation of fights at boxing in 2016 Olympics
An investigator appointed by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) determined that some of its own officials selected referees and judges to ensures that bouts could be manipulated in Olympic qualifying and at the Rio de Janeiro Games. There were also some signs of coercion at the 2012 Olympics in London. Investigator Richard McLaren noted that […]