The Sports Business Journal reports that Conor McGregor is the “most valuable athlete” on social media for 2017. Despite no UFC fights this year, his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather was a smash on PPV and the overall August event raked in $600 million per Showtime. According to media analytics firm, MVPIndex, McGregor topped all […]
UFC on Fox 26 draws 1.78M viewers
UFC on Fox 26 drew 1.78 million viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numbers. It is the second lowest rating ever for the UFC shows on Fox for its two-hour block on the network. The ratings, via Television By Numbers, do not reflect the overrun from the main event of Robbie Lawler […]
UFC on Fox 26 attendance, gate and bonuses
Bonuses for UFC on Fox 26 happened early as all awards were given to Prelim fighters. Alessio Di Chirico, Nordine Taleb, Julian Marquez and Darren Stewart received the $50,000 bonuses. The bonuses were announced post-event by the UFC. Marquez and Steward were awarded the Fight of the Night while DiChirico and Taleb drew Performance Bonuses. […]
UK court orders Bisping to pay over $400K to former manager
MMA Junkie reports that Michael Bisping will have to pay more than $400,000 in unpaid commissions to his former management team after a Manchester court determined that soon-to-be retired former UFC middleweight champion will need to pay up per an agreement between 2005 and 2011. The lawsuit was reported on by the UK’s Daily Mail […]
Showtime announces Mayweather-McGregor draws 4.3 million domestic PPV buys
On Thursday, Showtime announced that the official domestic PPV buys for August’s Mayweather-McGregor fight drew 4.3 million PPV buys which fell short of the record set by Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. Showtime also announced that it drew over $600 million in total revenue. The Mayweather-McGregor fight was second biggest gate ever with […]