UFC 261 took place on Saturday night from the VyStar arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The Performances bonuses went to Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas while the Fight of the Night went to Jeffrey Molina and Qileng Aori. Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the second round of his welterweight title defense while Namajunas won the […]
Salita Promotions files contempt order against Ergashev for fighting outside of promotional contract
Salita Promotions has filed a Motion for Contempt and Sanctions against boxer Shohjahon Ergashev and his manager Oleg Bogdanov for violating the Court’s Injunctive Order preventing him from fighting without the consent of his promoter. The boxer and manager have requested additional time to respond to the motion and/or settle the issue. Background on this […]
Face coverings, check-ins part of safe return to crowds at upcoming UFC events
The UFC announced earlier this week that O2 Industries will provide face coverings to fans attending UFC 261 and 262. The events will be the first to have capacity crowds in the arena. The masks will be free of charge. This is in addition to the company partnering with Clear for use at this Saturday’s […]
Mayweather-Paul reset for June 5th
The Logan Paul-Floyd Mayweather fight is happening. According to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger, the fight will take place on June 5th. Mayweather listed 5 cities on his social media account in which the ‘exhibition’ will take place. The cities include Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Atlanta. Paul’s brother, Jake, just fought in Atlanta […]
AEW draws 1.104M viewers
AEW Dynamite drew 1.104 million viewers on TNT Wednesday night making it second in cable for the night. The telecast drew 0.37 in the A18-49 demo. It was the second straight week that AEW drew over 1 million viewers running unopposed to another pro wrestling show with NXT on USA moving to Tuesdays. The telecast […]