The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports that UFC 264 scored 1.8 million PPV buys. Of the total global buys, 1.3 million buys were domestic on ESPN+. The event featured the third fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor with the “Diamond” winning via TKO due to McGregor’s broken tibia. ESPN went all out with […]
The Interview with Bellator’s Juliana Velasquez
UFC 264 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 264 took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With fans back in attendance, the event was the highest at the venue. The gate drew $16.76M viewers for attendance of 20,062. The gate was the second-highest in Nevada history with only UFC 229 doing better. 229 also had the most […]
The Interview with Bellator’s Roman Faraldo
This week I had the opportunity to speak with undefeated Bellator welterweight Roman Faraldo ahead of his fight next week against John Ramirez. Faraldo also was a training partner of Dustin Poirier as he got ready for his third showdown with Conor McGregor. Faraldo talked about training with Poirier as well as his looming responsibilities […]
NAC amends rules on marijuana use
The Nevada Athletic Commission amended its rules and it will no longer punish athletes for marijuana use. The only exception is if an athlete shows up impaired on fight night. “I think our goal is to test for performance-enhancing drugs to ensure a level playing field,” said NAC Executive Director Bob Bennett. “The fact that […]