Earlier this week, Azamat Murzakanov was flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation. The Russian was supposed to debut this past June but withdrew due to injury. He now faces a 2-year suspension from the organization before event beginning. Murzakanov was flagged for an out-of-sample competition stemming from a September 2nd test. The light […]
Golden Boy says GGG-Canelo drew more than 1.3M buys
Golden Boy Promotions has issued a statement in response to the report that the GGG-Canelo PPV drew 1.3 million pay-per-view buys. It refutes the report stating that it is “north” of the reported number. Via Dan Rafael of ESPN: “While everyone at Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions appreciate the media’s recognition that the fight […]
TUF 26 Episode 5: 220,000 viewers
The Ultimate Fighter Episode 5 on FS1 Wednesday night drew 220,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It brings the season average to just 238,000 viewers. The event drew 0.07 viewers in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen. In the fight of the telecast, Sijara Eubanks defeated Maia Stevenson as the higher seed scored an upset. […]
TUF 26 Episode 4 draws 381,000 in adjusted viewership, tops for season
The Ultimate Fighter 26 Episode 4 drew 381,000 viewers in DVR+3 adjusted ratings per Nielsen. Episode 4’s overnight rating was 261,000 viewers. It was the highest-rated episode of this season. It is still below ratings for Episode 4 for TUF 25 (348,000; 510,000) and TUF 24 (397,000; 584,000). Payout Perspective: We should have the ratings […]
GGG-Canelo draw 1.2M PPV buys
The LA Times’ Larry Pugmire reports that the GGG-Canelo fight taking place on Saturday, September 16th drew 1.2 million PPV buys. Chris Mannix of SI has also confirmed the number with industry sources. The fight ended up in a draw which only means that the two fighters should do it again sooner than later. For […]