Floyd Mayweather, Jr. earned a reported $285 million last year for his August fight with Conor McGregor which propelled him to the top of Forbes’ highest-paid athletes. McGregor drew $99 million for his part in The Money Fight. Other combat sports athletes include Canelo Alvarez at #15 earning $44.5 million in 2017. The man he […]
Jury finds in favor of CM Punk in defamation trial brought by WWE doctor
Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt reports that a jury has found in favor of CM Punk and Colt Cabana in the defamation trial brought by WWE physician Chris Amann. Per Pratt, the jury deliberated a couple hours before rendering their verdict. After the podcast, in February 2015, Dr. Amann had sued Punk and Cabana after […]
UFC Fight Night 131 draws 517,000 viewers
UFC Fight Night 131 drew 517,000 viewers on Friday night on FS1. The prelims drew 322,000 viewers. The event was highlighted by Marlon Moraes and Jimmy Rivera. Moraes earned the victory with a stoppage in mere seconds against Rivera. The prelims saw Sijara Eubanks defeat Lauren Murphy in the featured fight of the prelims. The […]
UFC Fight Night 131 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 131 took place in Utica, New York on Friday night. Headliner Marlon Moraes led bonus winners for the night with his first-round stoppage of Jimmy Rivera. Other $50,000 bonus winners included Gregor Gillespie, Ben Saunders and Nathaniel Wood. There were no Fight of the Night winners as Gillespie, Saunders and Wood earned […]
Yair Rodriguez back in the UFC to face Zabit Magomedsharipov
In a turn of events, the UFC has rescinded the termination of Yair Rodriguez’s contract as he is now slated to face Zabit Magomedsharipov in September per ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Rodriguez was terminated by the UFC after reports had Yair and Zabit facing each other in August in Los Angeles. But, Yair turned down the […]