PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 880,000 viewers in fast overnight ratings per Television By Numbers. The 2-hour event which supplemented the Fox PPV featuring Pacquiao-Thurman drew a 0.2 share in the A18-49 demo and a 2 share. The telecast on Fox was last in overall viewership when compared to the other 3 networks of […]
UFC on ESPN +4 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN +4 took place on Saturday night from San Antonio, Texas. The UFC awarded bonuses to Walt Harris, Dan Hooker, Mario Bautista and Jin Soo Son. The bonus winners won $50,000. Harris earned the bonus for his quick work in stopping Aleksi Oleinik. Hooker stopped James Vick and Bautista and Son earned Fight […]
Nevada Athletic Commission reports Pacquiao to make $10M, Thurman $2.5M
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the purses for the Pacquiao-Thurman fight taking place tonight in Las Vegas. Despite the reported purses revealed by the Nevada Athletic Commission, the consensus is that both main event fighters will be receiving substantially more. Via Rafael per NAC: Manny Pacquiao: $10 million Keith Thurman: $2.5 million Omar Figueroa, Jr.: […]
UFC middleweight given 3 month sanction by USADA
USADA announced that Alen Amedovski has accepted a six-month sanction for the use of marijuana above the accepted range. The native of Italy had his sanction reduced to just three months after completion of a USADA approved drug awareness and management program. The UFC’s anti-doping partner on Thursday announced a three-month suspension for Amedovski. An […]
The Interview – Rafe Bartholomew
I had a great time catching up with Rafe Bartholmew of The Athletic. I first interviewed Rafe back in 2010 about his first published book about the love affair that the Philippines has with basketball. We talk a little about Filipino basketball, the upcoming Pacquiao fight, Canelo, his latest piece about PBC fans/trolls and his […]