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 […]
Ticket demand for Jones-Reyes marginal heading into Saturday
The demand for Jon Jones’ next title defense is good although not being in Vegas may hurt the tickets. The good news, is that the get-in price for this Saturday’s UFC PPV event at the Toyota Center in Houston is an affordable $129. According to secondary ticket website, SeatGeek, as of yesterday the average resale […]
PBC on FS1 draws best ratings on network since August
Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 Saturday night drew 324,000 viewers according to Nieslen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims which preceded the main card on FS1 drew 205,000 viewers. The main card featured Yordenis Ugas as he defeated Mike Dallas, Jr. with a 7th round stoppage. The prelims featured a fight between Deon Nicholson and Earl […]
Novitzky tweets in support of Jones as anticipated questions loom
As we head into another Jon Jones fight week, the UFC Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC, Jeff Novitzky sent a tweet out which may be seen as a preventative measure to ease tensions regarding drug testing the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. In 2019, @JonnyBones was subject to 42 no-notice […]