In 2020, the UFC is boosting its PPV prices on ESPN + $5 to $64.95 from $59.95. The price of ESPN+ is unchanged at $4.99 per month or $49.99 for a year’s subscription. The PPV prices had gone down in March 2019 after it went behind the ESPN+ paywall but it will go back up […]
MacDonald signs with PFL
Rory MacDonald has signed with the Professional Fighters League to compete in the 2020 season for the welterweight title and $1 million grand prize according to Ariel Helwani and PFL officials. MacDonald, the former UFC contender and Bellator welterweight champion was 3-2-1 with the Viacom-owned company. However, MacDonald had seemed to lose the drive that […]
UFC 245 draws 865,000 viewers on ESPN2
The UFC 245 Prelims on ESPN2 this past Saturday drew 865,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast featured the hard-hitting matchup between Geoff Neal and Mike Perry. Neal won via stoppage in the first round. The short timeframe of the feature as well as the preceding fight KO by Irena Aldana of […]
Court grants TRO allowing JCC to fight Friday against Jacobs
The Nevada court in the Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. lawsuit has granted the boxer a temporary restraining order in allowing the fighter to proceed with his bout this Friday in Arizona against Daniel Jacobs. The court hearing held in Clark County Nevada on Tuesday morning found that Bob Bennett’s letter dated November 13th to Matchroom […]
Top Rank draws 1.35M viewers for Crawford event
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 1.35 million viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event featured the title defense of Terrence Crawford. Crawford faced Egidijus Kavaliauskas in a mandatory title defense of his WBO welterweight title. The event drew 0.43 in the Adults 18-49 demo and 0.66 among Males in the A18-49 demo. It […]