The Ultimate Fighter 25 episode 6 drew 380,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night per Nielsen and via ShowBuzz Daily. The episode drew 0.15 viewers in the Adult 18-49 demo. The fight of the episode featured Ramsey Nijem versus Julian Lane. Nijem stopped Lane despite almost being choked out on two occasions. It featured another dustup […]
Hunt lawsuit will continue after Motion to Dismiss hearing
The Las Vegas Court hearing the Mark Hunt lawsuit has denied the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar’s Motion to Dismiss in part and granted portions of the lawsuit. The upside for Hunt is that it has 10 days to file an amended complaint. The hearing occurred on Monday, but the order was not posted […]
Showtime Boxing main event draws 481,000 viewers
The main event featuring Gary Russell, Jr. versus Oscar Escandon on Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew 481,000 fans per ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast ran opposite HBO’s boxing event featuring Terrence Crawford. The event drew 961,000 viewers for Crawford’s event against Felix Diaz. Russell was the featured event on the telecast which also featured the […]
New Jersey Athletic Commission writes open letter to ABC
The state of New Jersey Athletic Commission, sent a letter to the American Boxing Commissions (ABC) requesting that it reconsider the rules regarding a downed fighter and kidney strike rule amendments. New Jersey wrote the letter to urge all athletic commission to one rule set for the sport. The open letter dated May 22, 2017 […]
Anthem exec releases portions of Hardy contract in IP dispute
Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, sent out an email and attachment of portions of Matt Hardy’s contract related to the use of the “Broken Brilliance” creative which is sparking a potential Intellectual Property dispute between the Hardy’s and its former contractors. MMA Payout obtained a copy of the along with […]