Jason Cruz

Report: UFC 261 draws 700K buys on ESPN+

April 26, 2021 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 261 held this past Saturday drew more than 700,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. The event was the first in front of a live arena at the VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a triple-header of title fights with Kamaru Usman defending his welterweight title […]

WWE NXT draws 840K viewers in 2nd week without AEW competition

April 26, 2021 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE NXT drew 840,000 viewers last Tuesday on the USA Network. The ratings improve upon its first week where the telecast moved to the new night. WWE NXT drew 0.23 in the A18-49 demo, 0.19 in the F18-49, 0.27, 0.10 in the A18-34, 0.09 F12-34, 0.15 in M12-34. It drew 0.27 in the A25-54 demo […]

White goes after Las Vegas Review Journal

April 25, 2021 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Angry with a fight day article about UFC 261 taking place before a capacity crowd in an arena for the first time since the pandemic started, Dana White laid into the hometown Las Vegas Review Journal and told them not to come to the company’s big UFC event in July. He directed his social media […]

Paul addresses Dana White

April 25, 2021 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Jake Paul made an appearance at UFC 261 on Saturday night. He stirred the pot with Daniel Cormier and talked about him during the post-fight press conference. Although he praised the YouTube star, he also said that his PPV numbers were inflated. Paul responded. . @danawhite pic.twitter.com/SI48eGkoaO — Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 25, 2021 Paul […]

UFC 261 bonuses

April 25, 2021 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]