Another Show Money is up with Paul Gift and John Nash to discuss how the UFC is doing with the ESPN deal, the PFL’s move to ESPN+, DAZN, Bellator and more. The taping occurred prior to the news that ESPN+ would be the exclusive PPV provider for the UFC in the United States.
Spence-Garcia draws a reported 300,000 buys
The Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia PPV drew a reported 300,000 PPV buys in initial reports and could rise to as much as 400,000 buys per Mike Coppinger. The PPV event was the first Fox boxing PPV which took place at Jerry Jones’ Cowboys Stadium. The PBC event was heavily promoted throughout Fox’s various platforms. Spence defeated […]
White signs on with UFC for 7 more years
PBC on FS1 Prelims score 421,000 viewers
The PBC on FS1 Prelims this past Saturday drew 421,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The PBC Prefight show which supported the Spence-Garcia PPV drew 404,000 on FS1. The prelims on FS1 aired just one fight with heavyweight champion Charles Martin taking on Gregory Corbin. Martin won via DQ over Corbin. The prefight […]
Report: Endeavor wanted 65-35 split with DirecTV
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that sources stated that Endeavor wanted a 65-35 split of the PPV revenue from DirecTV before deciding to sign a deal with ESPN+. On Monday, it was announced that the UFC and ESPN had entered into an agreement which would place ESPN+ as the exclusive provider of […]