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ESPN scores highest cable boxing ratings in 2018 thus far

March 14, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew over 1 million viewers for its Saturday night telecast featuring Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg scored 1,082,000 on Saturday night. The 123-minute telecast drew a 0.37 rating in the A18-49 demo.  According to Nielsen, the Andy Vences-Erick De Leon fight was the highest-rated boxing event on cable for 2018 […]

Filed Under: boxing, ESPN, Top Rank, TV

Smith talks Project Spearhead in SBJ article

March 12, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Sports Business Journal reports on Leslie Smith and her efforts to organize UFC fighters with Project Spearhead.  The effort “by fighters, for fighters,” seeks to collect enough signatures by fighters to obtain an National Labor Relations Board vote to determine the fighter employment states. Via SBJ: In order for the NLRB to look at […]

Filed Under: UFC

ESPN Top Rank Boxing Saturday night scores highest overnights this year

March 11, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Saturday night’s ESPN Top Rank event drew the highest overnight ratings (in terms of market rating) for 2018 according to the network.  It was the prelim fight between Andy Vences and Arick De Leon that scored a 0.8 metered market rating. Last week’s Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz drew a 0.7 rating on Showtime and 1.055M viewers.  […]

Filed Under: boxing, ESPN, ratings, Top Rank, TV

Cro Cop’s end around his USADA drug suspension

March 10, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Should Cro Cop have served his USADA suspension in full? Bellator announced that Mirko Cro Cop would be facing Roy Nelson at Bellator 200 in London on May 25th.  Cro Cop “retired” in November 2015 in lieu of serving a two-year ban for violations of the UFC’s anti-doping program.  Cro Cop admitted to the use, […]

Filed Under: Bellator, Drug Testing, UFC, USADA

Alliance MMA settles in principle with plaintiffs in securities lawsuit

March 10, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The parties in the Alliance MMA lawsuit have filed a Notice of Settlement filed in the class action lawsuit filed in federal court in New Jersey. The lawsuit was premised upon an accounting irregularity in Alliance MMA’s 10-Q filings in 2016 could no longer be relied upon.  As a result, two lawsuits were filed against […]

Filed Under: Alliance MMA, legal

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