ONE Championship made its presence known in the latter half of 2018 after it signed Eddie Alvarez, “traded” Ben Askren for Demetrious Johnson, Sage Northcutt, hired Miesha Tate as an executive and signed a media rights deal with Turner. The Alvarez was the first big signing for One in October. The former UFC lightweight champion […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 5 – PFL debuts
The Professional Fighters League began its first season this year and will end it on New Year’s Eve in New York. Although the PFL has re-emerged from WSOF with a novel “season” with winners having a chance at $1 million, it still is suffering from lack of viewership according to its ratings. The good news […]
UFC 232 attendance, gate and bonuses
Aaron Bronsteter of TSN Sports tweeted out the attendance and gate for Saturday night’s UFC 232. Despite the short notice, the event was a sell out with 15,862 for a gate of over $2 million. To be specific, the gate was $2,066,604. The Fight of the Night went to Chad Mendes and Alexander Vokanovski. The […]
Jones, Gus and Cyborg earn $500K for UFC 232 per CSAC disclosure
MMA Fighting has obtained the purses for the main-eventers for Saturday’s UFC 232. Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson will earn $500,000 for their main event at The Forum in Inglewood, California. There is no indication that either will receive a win bonus although it’s likely that each will receive a PPV upside. In addition, Cris […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 6 – Josh Barnett “wins” at USADA arbitration, but still leaves promotion
Josh Barnett became the first UFC athlete under the UFC Anti-Doping Program to not receive a suspension of time from fighting after taking his case of a failed drug test to arbitration. Still, not trusting the drug testing process, Barnett requested his release from the company. Barnett tested positive for a banned substance as a […]