The California State Athletic Commission released the purses from Saturday night’s Bellator 199 in San Jose, Caliornia. Three fighters earned $150,000 each. The breakdown by MMA Junkie: Ryan Bader $150,000 (no win bonus) Muhammed Lawal: $150,000 (no win bonus) Jon Fitch $120,000 (includes $60,000 win bonus) Paul Daley $30,000 Aaron Pico $70,000 (includes $35,000 win […]
TUF 27 Episode 5 draws 176,000 viewers
HBO’s BAD draws 711,000 for Munguia-Ali main event
HBO’s Boxing After Dark 711,000 viewers for the main event which saw Jamie Mungia stop Sadam Ali to win the WBO world junior middleweight title. The fight peaked with 779,000 viewers according to Nielsen. It also drew 289,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The other fight of the telecast saw Rey Vargas defeat Azat Hoyhannisyan […]
Brian Stann joins PFL to lead Fighter and Competition/Rule Committee
The Professional Fighters’ League announced that Brian Stann has joined the promotion on the Fighter Competition/Rules Committee. Via PFL press release: The Professional Fighters League (“PFL”) today announced that former MMA star and veteran Brian Stann will help lead the league’s 2018 Fighter and Competition/Rules Committee, bringing his expertise to the first “true sports format” […]
UFC 224: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Nunes defeats Pennington In reality, we all knew this was a mismatch on paper and it played out. There was nothing much Pennington had to worry Nunes. The challenger’s nose was busted open and […]