Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 436,000 viewers on Saturday night. The ratings were good enough for 16th overall in cable ratings for Saturday. Top Rank Boxing featured Joe Smith Jr. as he faced Maxim Vlasov for the WBO World Light Heavyweight Title. The telecast drew 179,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. It drew 0.14 in […]
UFC on ABC 2 draws 859K
UFC on ABC 2 drew 859,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which aired Saturday morning on ESPN drew 377,000 viewers. The telecast which featured Marvin Vettori taking on Kevin Holland was the second event on the ABC network. The first event this past January drew 1.22M viewers and 471,000 viewers in the […]
UFC on ABC 2 bonuses
UFC on ABC 2 took place this past Saturday at The Apex in Las Vegas. The performance bonuses went to Mackenzie Dern and Mateusz Gamrot. The Fight of the Night went to Julian Marquez and Sam Alvey. Dern drew her $50K bonus for her first-round submission of Nina Nunes. Mateusz Gamrot earned his $50K for […]
Conor-Dustin dispute donation as rivalry becomes acrimonious
It appears that the kind and gentler Conor McGregor is no more. After Dustin Poirier revealed that McGregor did not come through with his promised $500,000 donation to The Good Fight Foundation. At UFC 257, McGregor indicated that he would be donating $500,000 to Poirier’s charity. However, the transaction has yet to be completed. Per […]
WWE Friday Night Smackdown nets 2M viewers going into WM weekend
WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.060 million in the first hour and 2.099 million viewer in the second hour according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the last show before the company’s big Wrestlemania weekend. The first hour drew 0.5 in the A18-49 demo in the first hour and 0.6 in the A18-49 demo. […]