On Tuesday, Endeavor filed its full prospects with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company has valued WME and the UFC at about $10 billion. It intends to raise about $511 million with its IPO with anticipated shares going between $23-24 per share. In addition to the public shares, it is doing a private offering […]
UFC on ESPN 22 draws 953K, Prelims 879K
UFC on ESPN 22 drew 953,000 viewers overall and 463,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims scored 879,000 viewers and 394,000 in the A18-49 demo. The main card and prelims placed 2nd and 3rd overall in cable ratings on Saturday. The event featured Kevin Gastelum versus Robert Whittaker during […]
AEW, NXT both have big weeks in ratings
Last week, NXT and AEW produced big weeks with NXT moving to Tuesday night and AEW remaining on Wednesday. On Tuesday, NXT finished 8th overall in cable and delivered 805,000 viewers. It drew 0.22 in the A18-49 demo, 0.19 F18-49, 0.26 M18-49, 0.10 in A18-34, 0.08 F12-34, 0.14 M12-34, 0.27A25-54 and 0.40 in over 50. […]
Klose-Stephens dustup could have legal implications
The Drakkar Klose-Jeremy Stephens fight this past weekend was scrapped after Klose was injured during their pre-fight faceoff on Friday. Klose suffered a whiplash injury according to his social media account. pic.twitter.com/QoI9TOTe3f — Drakkar Klose (@drakkarklose) April 17, 2021 ESPN’s Ariel Helwani also reported that he suffered a cervical sprain of the neck per a […]
PBC on Fox draws 592K in first hour and 682K in second in fast nationals
PBC on Fox drew 592,000 viewers in the first hour on Saturday night and 682,000 viewers in the second hour per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event had a 64-minute overrun which is the largest for PBC on the network. The main event featured Tony Harrison and Bryant Perrella fought to a split decision draw. […]