The Wall Street Journal reports that Endeavor, the company which owns the UFC, is postponing its IPO until September as it awaits a deal to buy a premium-hospitality and live-events company in hopes of showing investors that it is diversifying its portfolio. The news comes at a time when the market is hot and little […]
Unredacted passages and footnotes reveal more about Zuffa’s business in plaintiffs’ expert report
MMA Payout had the opportunity to review the proposed amended redactions from Zuffa to Plaintiffs’ expert, Hal Singer in the UFC Antitrust lawsuit. The newly revealed sections that were previously blocked from public view, gain some insight into the factual underpinnings of the promotion. This is the first of a couple posts related to Dr. […]
More boxing coming to UFC Fight Pass in revamp of digital platform?
Is a Fight Pass revamp coming? If so, it will happen this fall. According to Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand his sources tell him that the digital streaming service is set to relaunch by October. Without saying, Ourand notes that there will be “addition of boxing programming” on FightPass. From John Ourand’s eblast this afternoon […]
Showtime Boxing draws 553,00 viewers for Davis-Nunez fight
Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew 553,000 viewers for the Gervonta Davis-Ricardo Nunez feature on the network. The event drew 188,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.33 share per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. Davis KO’d Nunez in the second round in front of a hometown crowd in Baltimore, Maryland. Davis retained the WBA […]
UFC 240 Prelims on ESPN post 722K viewers
The UFC 240 PPV Prelims drew 722,000 viewers on ESPN Saturday night. The event drew 357,000 in the A18-49 demo and 0.46 overall share. The prelims aired on ESPN prior to the PPV card Saturday night from Edmonton. The feature bout of the prelims saw Viviane Araujo defeat Alexis Davis in a minor upset. The […]