PBC on Fox drew 933,000 viewers on Saturday according to Nielsen via Television By Numbers. It is the third lowest rating for the PBC telecast on the network. Andre Berto and Devon Alexander met in the main event of the telecast with Berto winning a decision over Alexander. It drew a 0.2 rating in the […]
UFC 227 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 227 took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday night. T.J. Dillashaw and new flyweight champion Henry Cejudo led the list of bonus winners in front of a reported 17,794 in attendance. Dillashaw, Cejudo, Demetrious Johnson and Renato Moicano earned the $50,000 bonuses. Dillashaw stopped Cody Garbrandt in the second round with […]
Conor-Khabib set for showdown in Vegas this October
Conor McGregor is returning to the Octagon to face Khabib Nurmogomedov on October 3rd in Las Vegas as announced on Friday during a UFC press conference which ran down the fall events for the company. McGregor and Nurmogomedov were not present. Nate Diaz was present and was not happy about the announcement. I’m not fighting […]
ESPN and Top Rank Boxing extend media deal
ESPN and Top Rank have extended their agreement through 2025 which will have 54 boxing events across ESPN outlets. According to multiple reports, shoulder programming was key to the extension which started last summer. The hope was that the additional should programming would help raise the profile of the boxers. Dan Rafael of ESPN notes […]