Monster Energy has cut ties with former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw as the energy drink company is no longer a sponsor of the fighter. Ariel Helwani first reported the business decision by the Orange County-based company. Dillashaw is serving a two-year suspension from the UFC after USADA tests discovered EPO in drug tests. Dillashaw […]
1.2M viewers watch Canelo-Alvarez
DAZN announced on Wednesday that it had more than 1.2 million viewers watching the Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs fight across its eight territories. More than 700,000 devices were tuned into the fight with more than 600,000 concurrent streams coming from the United States. The news was confirmed by a source to ESPN. DAZN offers two tiers […]
Main event fighters draw hefty purses for Saturday’s Top Rank event on ESPN
MMA Payout has obtained the Payoff Sheet from the California State Athletic Commission from Saturday night’s event at the Stockton Arena promoted by Top Rank Boxing. The event featured Artur Beterbiev as he defeated Radivoje Kalajdzic. Beterbiev earned $850,000 while Kalajdzic made $200,000. After $314,500 miscellaneous fee and a $25,500 sanction that was not explained, […]
Payouts from Canelo-Jacobs; Canelo nets $23.6M after fees, license and taxes
MMA Payout has obtained the payout sheet from the Nevada Athletic Commission from this past Saturday’s Canelo-Jacbos fight. Canelo Alvarez earned the most for the night as he grossed $35 million. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: $35M Daniel Jacobs: $2.5M Vergil Ortiz, II Jr.: $75,000 Mauricio Herrera: $75,00 Joseph P. Diaz, Jr.: $100,000 Freddy L. Fonseca: $10,000 […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN draws 480K viewers opposite Canelo-Jacobs
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 480,000 viewers Saturday night for the event in Stockton, California. It also drew 166,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The event featured Artur Beterbiev as he defeated Radivoje Kalajdzic. The opener for the telecast saw a slugfest between Jerwin Ancajas as he stopped Ryuichi Funai. In addition, Gabriel Flores, […]