Bellator announced the signing of Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino on Tuesday. According to the promotion, it’s the largest contract in women’s MMA history although financial details were not disclosed. Cyborg will compete in the women’s 145-pound weight class according to Bellator’s press release announcing the signing. The contract is a multi-year, multi-fight contract. Cyborg’s last fight […]
Report: Prograis settles lawsuit with WBSS, set for October final
Mike Coppinger of The Athletic reports that Regis Prograis has settled his lawsuit with the World Boxing Super Series and a fight with Josh Taylor is being set for London. Comosa, the group behind the WBSS, reached an agreement to settle its dispute for the 140-pound Louisiana native. Upset with Comosa failing to make escrow […]
PBC on Fox draws 1.04M viewers for Saturday night broadcast
PBC Boxing on Fox drew 1.04 million viewers in fast nationals according to Nielsen via Television By Numbers. The telecast competed with College Football on ABC which drew 6.13 million viewers. The PBC main attraction featured Erislandy Lara as he defeated Ramon Alvarez with a stoppage in the 2nd round of their 12 round super […]
New champ Zhang leads $50K bonus winners for UFC Shenzhen
UFC on ESPN +15 took place in Shenzhen, China on Saturday with Weili Zhang stopping Jessica Andrade in the first round to win the women’s strawweight title. The event took place at Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. The event bonuses went to Weili Zhang, Li Jingliang, Heili Alateng and Danaa Batgerel. Zhang and Jingliang […]
Payouts, net gate information from Top Rank Boxing event August 17th
MMA Payout has obtained the payout sheet from the August 17th event at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The $501,500 total reported purse has Jessie Magdaleno and Emmanuel Navarrete as the top earners making $125K a piece. Per a CSAC records request, MMA Payout was provided with the payouts as follows: […]