All Elite Wrestling on TNT Wednesday night lost viewers this week but still beat out NXT on USA in the live viewership of wrestling fans. AEW drew 817,000 viewers while NXT drew 757,000. AEW still led the important younger demos. In the A18-49 demo it drew 0.31 and a 0.41 in the male 18-49 demo. […]
UFC 247: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 247 from Houston, Texas. Jones outlasts Reyes to retain title Jon Jones received another stiff test from Dominick Reyes but was able to come on in the championship rounds to win a unanimous decision. Reyes came out of the gate […]
UFC welterweight accepts 2 year sanction
On Tuesday, the UFC announced that Michel Prazeres accepted a two year sanction for violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. Prazeres, a UFC welterweight, “tested positive for exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one.” Per the USADA statement: Prazeres, 38, tested positive for exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one as the result of two out-of-competition urine […]
Pacquiao signs with Paradigm Sports Management for representation
Manny Pacquiao has signed with Paradigm Sports Management. The Irvine, California-based company represents MMA stars Conor McGregor, Cris Cyborg, Israel Adesanya as well as NFL football players. The announcement was made by Paradigm Sports Management. Audie Attar went to Manila to make the signing official. Incredibly proud to announce that @ParadigmSM is officially representing Manny […]
Endeavor president praises UFC impact for ESPN
Endeavor’s president Mark Shapiro is happy that the UFC is doing so well on ESPN and was highlighted by Disney Chari Bob Iger during last week’s earnings call for the company. Shapiro also noted the success of last month’s UFC 246 which he remarked reached a high of 50,000 PPV buys in 1 minute. Per […]