UFC Rochester took place Saturday night with Aspen Ladd and Sijara Eubanks stealing the show for Fight of the Night. Michel Pereira and Grant Dawson received performance bonuses for their work in the Octagon as well. Ladd won via unanimous decision over Eubanks with a unanimous decision as the feature bout of the prelim event. […]
UFC Holdings follows market trend of reducing ‘debt cushion’
The Wall Street Journal reported late last month that the UFC was paying off its junior loan utilizing a senior one in order to reduce its overall debt load. The move comes on the heels of an exclusive PPV deal with ESPN and the lack of concern that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. […]
PBC on Fox attendance, gate and payouts from this past Saturday in Virginia
MMA Payout has obtained from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation the attendance, gate and payouts from the PBC on Fox event at the Eaglebank Arena in Fairfax. The main card which aired on Fox and took place at the Eaglebank Arena in Fairfax drew a gate of $283,941.25 with 6,713 […]
AEW finds television home at Turner
The upstart wrestling promotion, All-Elite Wrestling, has found a television home with Time Warner. The announcement was made official when AEW appeared at the Turner upfronts on Wednesday. AEW signed a deal with WarnerMedia that will give the promotion which has its first show Memorial Day weekend, a weekly television show on TNT primetime beginning […]
Magny reveals reason for withdrawal from Luque fight
UFC middleweight Neil Magny revealed that the reason that he had to pull out of his scheduled bout this Saturday was due to notification from USADA that he was being flagged for a potential violation. Magny announced via social media that he received an email from USADA that an “out of competition” test on May […]