An appeals court in Ireland has denied Conor McGregor’s appeal of a civil sexual assault ruling late last year. The jury ruled in favor of the accuser, and she was awarded approximately $257,000 USD and over $1 million in legal fees and costs. The lawsuit stems from an incident in 2018 where McGregor sexually assaulted […]
Is the UFC biz model coming to boxing?
Last week, a bipartisan bill was introduced that would add to the existing Muhammad Ali Act. The thrust of the addition was to create a model that would circumvent the traditional model of promotions and sanctioning organizations. Unified Boxing Organizations (UBOs) are being introduced as an “alternative” to the traditional method that currently occurs in […]
AEW Collision (07.26) draws 327K viewers
AEW Collision on Saturday night drew 327,000 viewers per Programming Insider and Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew a 0.08 rating in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen. It drew a 0.20 household rating with a range of 245K-258K viewers taking in the Saturday night wrestling. The show featured Dustin Rhodes defending the TNT Championship against ROH pure […]
Eddie Hearn speaks up about upstart TKO boxing venture
The Sports Business Journal interviewed Matchroom Boxing’s promoter Eddie Hearn and he had some thoughts on combat sports pay and the latest entrant into the sport, TKO Boxing. Hearn told SBJ that he thinks that Zuffa could cause a “rupture” with UFC fighters because TKO will have to pay boxers higher fees than UFC fighters. […]
Top Rank ends its linear run with ESPN
Saturday night was the last event Top Rank Boxing aired on ESPN. The network declined to renew its distribution deal with Top Rank after working together for the past 8 years. The last event featured a fight between Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia for the WBO junior middleweight championship. It was Zayas that became the […]