Top Rank Boxing is being sued by a formal ally as William Keane has sued the promotion and Todd duBoef for alleged Breach of Contract among other claims in a filing in federal court in California. Keane worked with Top Rank as a “fixer” of sorts as he was able to broker fights on behalf […]
UFC 313 PPV Prelims draws over 1 million viewers on ESPN
UFC 313 took place on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The UFC PPV Prelims drew 1.194 million viewers on ESPN per Programming Insider. The ratings were aided by the lead-in of the Duke-UNC game. The ESPN PPV Prelims were 50 minutes late on ESPN due to the college basketball game which drew 2.998 million viewers. […]
UFC 313 Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 314 at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Champ Magomed Ankalaev wrested the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship away from Alex Pereira. It was a lackluster performance by Pereira on a night when many believed he would easily take […]
Ad inventory “sold out” for WWE Raw on Netflix
The invention of ads on streaming services seems to be the antithesis of purchasing a streaming service. However, this is the new model and Netflix has “sold out” of its ad inventory for WWE’s Raw live programming on Monday nights. The “sold out” comes with quotation marks because the benchmark is only that of the […]
UFC 313 bonuses
UFC 313 took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The promotion handed out 4 $50K bonuses. The Fight of the Night went to the co-feature of the night of Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev. The Performances of the Night went to Ignacio Bahomondes and Mauricio Ruffy. Bahomondes used a […]