The Nevada Athletic Commission has disclosed the salaries for the main card of UFC 245 Saturday night. The headliners, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington will be making $500K each for the title fight. Usman, the champion, will take home $500,000 (no win bonus), while Covington will take home the same amount. Max Holloway will make […]
Combate Americas event does well with target demos but not with US PPV
Combate Americas announced that 3.1 million Televisa Canal 5 viewers in Mexico watched the promotion’s biggest event to date with Tito Ortiz taking on Alberto El Patron. Unfortunately, the PPV was not as robust with viewers. According to a company press release, the buys “did not fare as well.” The release stated, “[i]nitial reports indicate […]
Chavez, Jr. case remains in Clark County despite effort to remove to fed court by NAC
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.’s attorney and the Nevada Athletic Commission have agreed to keep JCC’s lawsuit against the commission in state court according to a filed order yesterday. However, JCC’s fight against Daniel Jacobs is still in jeopardy as his attorney attempts to obtain a Temporary Restraining Order for the fight to occur in Phoenix […]
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Ticket demand tailing off for UFC 245
UFC ticket prices for the last major PPV of the year are up slightly since the promotion’s last event in Vegas. However, according to secondary ticket source SeatGeek, prices have been dipping for the last two weeks leading up to Covington-Usman. The “get-in” price for Saturday’s event is $1o6 (as of 5:30pm PT Wednesday) although […]