The UFC announced that Michael Bisping will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame this July. Bisping earned the UFC middleweight title and finished with a 31-9 record. Bisping burst onto the UFC scene on The Ultimate Fighter 3 and won the competition. Bisping’s Anderson Silva fight in London was his opus and later […]
ESPN+5 attendance, gate and bonuses
ESPN +5 took place on Saturday from London where Jorge Masvidal earned two bonuses in addition to a post-fight altercation with Leon Edwards. Masvidal KO’d Darren Till in the second-round of the main event of the night. The welterweights earned Fight of the Night and Masvidal drew a Performance Bonus for his win. He also […]
1 million buys for Spence-Garcia? Not out of question according to Schaefer
1 million PPV buys? Richard Schaefer claims that it’s possible for this Saturday’s Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia fight at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. In a piece by Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, he indicated that the fight has sold over 35,000 tickets as of Thursday. Spence-Garcia will be the first PPV for both fighters. It has received […]
Restraining order filed on Tony Ferguson by wife after disturbing issues with former champion
MMA Junkie reports that Tony Ferguson’s wife has filed a restraining order against the UFC lightweight after several incidents with Orange County (CA) authorities which concerned her. Junkie has obtained several police reports which claim the UFC fighter have had disturbing issues. A hearing is set for April 5th on the matter in Orange County […]
Porter tops payroll from Saturday’s PBC on Fox card
The California State Athletic Commission has disclosed the payouts from Saturday’s event at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Main card fighters Shawn Porter and Yordenis Ugas topped the payouts. Via CSAC: Viktor Slavinskyi $4,000 def Luis May $5,500 Justin Cardona $2,000 def Phillip Bounds $1,800 Jesus Cuellar $40,000 def Carlos Padilla $1,000 […]