Promoters for heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko have come to terms to air the IBF heavyweight title fight on both Showtime and HBO. Showtime will air the live broadcast at 1:15pm PT and HBO will rebroadcast it in prime time at 7:45pm PT. The event takes place at Wembley Stadium in London. Per […]
S&P Global reaffirms UFC Holdings, LLC debt rating, outlook
S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed UFC Holding’s first lien “B+” rating after news of seeking $100 million in additional loans. Due to its high leverage, S&P rated UFC Holdings, LLC as having a negative outlook. For a definition of S&P’s ratings, look here. A “B” rating is characterized as, “more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated […]
UFC on Fox 24 draws lowest-ever overnight rating
Television By Numbers reports that UFC on Fox 24 drew 1.74 million viewers on Saturday night. The event is the lowest rated UFC on Fox ever although it does not include the overrun. UFC on Fox 24 featured Demetrious Johnson defending his UFC Flyweight title against Wilson Reis. Johnson defeated Reis via armbar submission. Also, […]
UFC on Fox 24 attendance, gate and bonuses
Demetrious Johnson, Robert Whittaker, Louis Smolka and Tim Elliott earned bonuses of the night for UFC on Fox 24. The event, which aired Saturday night on Fox, drew a record for a sporting event at The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Johnson earned his bonus after submitting jiu jitsu specialist Wilson Reis with an […]
Johnson files appeal regarding Cormier’s weigh-in
Anthony Johnson has filed an appeal with the New York State Athletic Commission regarding Daniel Cormier’s weigh in. In a letter from Johnson’s attorneys, Craig Zimmerman and David Mossberg, claim that Cormier did not know of his allowance to weigh-in again within two hours. More to the point, they took issue with the weigh-in controversy […]