In the latest Wrestling Observer (subscription recommended), the PPV buys have been recalibrated to 1,009,000 buys. The original estimate had the July event at 1.1 to 1.2M PPV buys. Despite the downgrade of PPV buys for the July event, the UFC set a PPV record with 5 events in a calendar year going over 1 […]
Ortiz’s $300K tops Bellator 170 salaries
Tito Ortiz made $300,000 in his final fight of his MMA career at Bellator 170 Saturday night. Ortiz defeated Chael Sonnen in the first round of the main event. Sonnen made $50,000 for his part in the main event. The California State Athletic Commission disclosed the following payouts for Saturday’s event (via MMA Junkie): T […]
Winter departs UFC Fight Pass post
Eric Winter, the UFC Fight Pass executive that was hired to spearhead the growth of the digital over the top network announced that he was leaving the company Friday. Wither cited family reasons as the need for the departure. Winter wrote a lengthy note (via MMA Junkie) as for his reasons for his departure, namely […]
Golden Boy-ESPN announce TV deal
Golden Boy Promotions and ESPN have entered into an agreement to air the promotion’s fights on the sports network according to ESPN. The first of 42 fights will begin airing in March. The events will take place on Thursday, Friday or Saturday nights which will mark a return to boxing on ESPN. Tecate will sponsor […]
Former WME-IMG exec takes position with Trump Administration
Chris Liddell, the global CFO at WME-IMG has taken a post with the newly installed Trump Administration as reported by Deadline.com and the Hollywood Reporter. As we know, WME-IMG purchased the UFC this past summer. Ari Emmanuel, the former Hollywood agent for President Donald Trump, met with Emmanuel shortly after he was elected president. The […]