A major heavyweight showdown has been postponed due to a boxer testing positive for COVID-19. Alexander Povetkin has been hospitalized as a result of the coronavirus and his fight with Dillan Whyte has been pushed back until January 30th. Povetkin and Whyte were set to fight on November 21st but promoter Eddie Hearn made the […]
Judge in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit orders another status conference
A minute order issued on Saturday indicates that there will be another hearing in the UFC Antitrust lawsuit. November 19th Judge Richard Boulware will conduct a status conference which will be via video conference as a result of the worldwide pandemic. A previous status conference was held in September which had no real takeaways except […]
NXT scores rare win over AEW for Halloween Havoc
NXT pulled off a rare ratings victory over AEW this past Wednesday night. NXT drew 876,000 overall viewers for its “Halloween Havoc” special while AEW drew 781,000 viewers. AEW did draw more in the key A18-49 and M18-49 demos: 0.32 and 0.38 respectively. NXT drew 0.25 and 0.33 which is a little better than usual. […]
UFC on ESPN+39 bonuses
UFC on ESPN+39 took place Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. On a night where Anderson Silva likely fought his last fight for the UFC, there were four performance bonuses. The bonuses went to Alexander Hernandez, Kevin Holland, Miles John and Adrian Yanez. Each drew $50K bonuses. Hernandez scored a first-round KO over […]
Still seeking break from Golden Boy-DAZN, Canelo wants his case to stay in court, not arbitration
Canelo Alvarez filed his Statement regarding Arbitration in his lawsuit in federal court against DAZN and Golden Boy. Not surprising, he argues that arbitration cannot occur despite the provisions in the contracts that state otherwise. Canelo Statement Regarding Arbitration by MMA Payout on Scribd The main thrust of his argument is that since there are […]