UFC on ESPN 3 drew 1,091,000 million viewers on Saturday night. The event was the second highest rated cable show for the day. The event featured Junior dos Santos taking on Francis Ngannou with the Cameroonian-born Ngannou taking a first round KO. The event drew 543,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and drew an overall […]
Top Rank Boxing on Friday night draws 490,000 on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 490,000 viewers Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event, which took place in Temecula, California, was a unique Friday event as opposed to its usual Saturday fight cards. The main event Richard Comney as he stopped Ray Beltran. The event drew a 0.15 share in the […]
Daniel Cormier to host Kobe Bryant-produced ‘Detail’ series on ESPN+
Daniel Cormier will be featured on Kobe Bryant’s ESPN + show ‘Detail’ in which the Heavyweight Champion will provide analysis of UFC fights. Bryant and former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning have hosted shows which break down the respective sports of basketball and football. The UFC equivalent will be a five-part series […]
UFC onESPN 3 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN 3 took place Saturday night in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Main event heavyweight Francis Ngannou led the list of bonus winners with his first round KO of Junior dos Santos. Also receiving $50K bonuses were Joseph Benavidez, Alonzo Menifield and Eryk Anders. There was no fight of the night. All 4 finished their respective […]
Payouts for Top Rank Boxing’s Comney-Beltran event
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the purses for Top Rank Boxing’s event in Temcula, California on Friday night. The information was disclosed by the California State Athletic Commission. Per Rafael’s post: Richard Comney: $350K plus $20K from Ray Beltran’s purse for failing to make weight. Rey Beltran: $160K minus $40K per the CSAC Carlos Adames: […]