Late last week, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship announced a Pension Plan for fighters competing in BKFC. Plans for the pension plan will commence on April 30, 2021. “We want to ensure that they are compensated not only on the night of the fight but also looked after in retirement,” explained BKFC President Dave Feldman in […]
Bellator MMA on Showtime ratings
Bellator MMA made its debut on Showtime this past Friday night. Its highest rating was 167,000 viewers making it 110 overall in cable ratings this past Friday per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 161,000 viewers in the 10:59pm time period for 15 minutes. Prior to that it drew 124,000 viewers in the 10:25pm time […]
The Legal Submission Episode 20
Venum announces payment tiers for UFC fighters
Venum is the new clothing sponsor of the UFC and earlier this week revealed the new pay tiers for UFC fighters. Unfortunately, the bump in pay that was expected does not appear as much as one may expect. On Thursday, new promotional guidelines were sent out and as reported by ESPN, there is a raise […]
AEW 700K, NXT 654K
AEW drew 700,000 viewers this past Wednesday on TNT. NXT on the USA Network drew 654,000 in the last head-to-head between the two shows. NXT will have a network special this Wednesday and then move to Tuesdays starting April 13th. AEW finished 7th overall in cable Wednesday while NXT moved up to 12th overall. AEW […]