Kobe Bryant will be honored prior to the UFC 247 PPV broadcast on Saturday night. Dana White, in speaking with TMZ Sports, revealed that Bryant was an investor in the UFC. He noted that 2019 was a great year in business for the UFC and investors received a distribution of the profits. Bryant received the […]
AEW draws 928K viewers, NXT 770K viewers
WWE announces Q4 financial results, hints at potential deal for digital platform
WWE announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2019 on Thursday. It also noted that it may sell the rights to its WWE Network as subscribers have decreased. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon stated its close to selling its PPV event rights to a “major streaming service.” An announcement could happen as soon […]
LFA sues AXS TV and Anthem Sports & Entertainment for breach of contract
Legacy Fighting Alliance has sued AXS TV and Anthem Sports & Entertainment in Dallas County District Court for alleged breach of contract for killing the promotion’s MMA broadcasts on the network. The network went over a revamp this past September in which the longtime-MMA promotion was yanked from the station. The introduction to the lawsuit […]
UFC 246 draws 1M PPV buys, helps in building ESPN+ subscriber base
The UFC’s relationship with the Walt Disney Company-owned ESPN has been fruitful for both entities. According to Disney’s Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Financial Results, it was revealed that the return of Conor McGregor brought in “about a million pay-per-view purchases and a half a million new subscribers” per CEO Robert Iger. The PPV benchmark would […]