Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 217 taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York. GSP Returns to win Middleweight Title Georges St Pierre looked more muscular than ever before in his foray into the middleweight division against champion Michael Bisping. GSP looked great in […]
Bellator 186 draws 508,000 viewers on SpikeTV
Bellator 186 drew 508,000 viewers on SpikeTV Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. According to ShowBuzz, it drew 0.18 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The event, which aired from the campus of Penn St. featured former Nittany Lions Ed Ruth and Phil Davis. It was headlined by Ryan Bader’s title defense against Linton […]
UFC 217 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 217 drew 18,201 for a $6.1 million gate at Madison Square Garden. Although no Fight of the Night Bonuses, the UFC handed out Performance Bonuses to Georges St Pierre, Rose Namajunas, T.J. Dillashaw, Ovince Saint-Preux and Ricardo Ramos. OSP and Ramos received $25,000 bonuses while GSP, Rose and TJ drew the $50,000 bonuses. The […]
Anyanwu latest UFC Heavyweight to be flagged by USADA
Heavyweight Zu Anyanwu was notified of a potential UFC anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on October 18th. As is standard, he has been provisionally suspended from the organization. Anyanwu was one of the fighters signed to a UFC contract after appearing on Dana White’s Contender Series on Fight Pass. In his UFC […]
Heavyweight removed from UFC 217 for potential anti-doping violation
UFC Heavyweight Ion Cutelaba has been taken off of tomorrow’s UFC 217 event due to a potential anti-doping policy violation per the company. USADA launched an investigation into Cutelaba because of a voluntary disclosure made during out-of-competition sample collections on October 18th and 19th. He has been put on provisional suspension and his bout with […]