Former major league baseball player Alex Rodriguez has purchased a UFC GYM in Kendall, Florida and has acquired the development rights for the creation of more UFC-branded gyms in Miami-Dade County. Rodriguez, the former Seattle Mariner/Texas Ranger and New York Yankees shortstop/third base man, takes over the only UFC gym in Miami-Dade County. Technically, the […]
Early returns show GGG-Jacobs PPV draw between 130-150K PPV buys
Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reports that the early returns on the GGG-Jacobs PPV is between 130,000 to 150,000 buys although the GGG camp says that the final tally will be higher than 150,000. Pugmire cites an industry source for the report as HBO has yet to provide an official tally. Notably, the last […]
WSOF draws 146,000 viewers
World Series of Fighting 35 drew 146,000 viewers on Saturday night on NBC Sports Network per Sports TV Ratings. The event also drew 45,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The main event featured Blagoy Ivanov defeating Shawn Jordan in a heavyweight matchup. World Series of Fighting – 2017 WSOF 34 951,000 NBC WSOF 35 146,000 […]
War Machine found guilty on 29 charges in beating of former girlfriend and another
MMA Junkie reports that former MMA fighter War Machine (born Jon Koppenhaver) was found guilty on Monday of 29 charges from the brual beating of his ex-girlfriend Christy Mach and her male friend Corey Thomas in 2014. The jury delivertated for a day and a half before finding War Machine guilty of most charges although […]
Sonnen-Silva headline Bellator’s second PPV
Bellator returns to PPV with Chael Sonnen-Wanderlei Silva as the main event. The event will take place on June 24th at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will be the second PPV in the company’s history. In May 2014, Bellator 120 featured Rampage Jackson-King Mo and Michael Chandler-Eddie Alvarez. The event drew 100,000 PPV […]