UFC 248 drew the lowest attendance at T-Mobile Arena since March 2018. The announced attendance was15,077 with a live gate of $2,742,906.20. The co-main event earned honors for Fight of the Night as Weili Zhang successfully defended her strawweight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The back and forth fight which saw Joanna’s forehead swell due to […]
Smackdown falls in ratings this week to 2.45M viewer average
WWE Smackdown fell of this week in ratings drawing a 2.45 million viewer average over its two-hour time slot on Fox. In the first hour Smackdown drew 2.579 million viewers and then dropped off with 2.326 million viewers in the second. Smackdown drew 0.7 in the A18-49 demo both hours. It drew 0.9 in the […]
UFC 248 salaries: Adesanya heads list with $500K
The Nevada Athletic Commission disclosed salaries for tonight’s UFC 248 event in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya led the salary roster with $500,000. Yoel Romero, the challenger, will earn $350,000 but neither main eventer will earn a win bonus. In the co-main event, Weili Zhang will earn $100,000 plus another $100,000 if she successfully […]
The Payout Picks: UFC 248
UFC 248 takes place Saturday night in Vegas with two titles on the line featuring Israel Adesanya defending his middleweight title against Yoel Romero and Weili Zhang defending her strawweight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Israel Adesanya is the favorite coming into this title defense against Romero. The Last Stylebender is coming in at a -175 […]
DAZN announces expansion into 200 countries and territories worldwide
This past week, sport streaming service, DAZN announced that it would expand its service to 200 countries and territories worldwide. The expansion will begin with the May 2nd boxing event featuring Canelo Alvarez. This is a dramatic expansion as the service currently serves 9 countries. The global rollout will be of an English-language service focused […]