The Wall Street Journal reports that online sports content provider FloSports has raised $21.2 million in Series B financing with World Wrestling Entertainment and Discovery Communications participating in this new round of financing. FloSports, based out of Austin, Texas, provides online streaming of niche sports which includes amateur wrestling, grappling and regional MMA events. The […]
ESPN dedicates coverage to WWE
This past week, ESPN established a portion of its online coverage to include WWE. The decision to include sports entertainment in its sports coverage comes as part of the strategy to amend for losing subscribers. ESPN has lost over 4 million subscribers in the past year per Sports TV Ratings. The news suggests that ESPN […]
Concern, dissent with new PFA?
With the news that the Professional Fighters Association is seeking to organize UFC Fighters, it has drawn the concern of long-time organization Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association. According to a Forbes piece on the issues, MMAFA is taking issue with the fact that PFA did not reach out to its organization. MMAFA has been on […]
Arum says HBO will not distribute Pacquiao fight
Manny Pacquiao will be facing Jessie Vargas on November 5th on pay-per-view. However, according to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, HBO will not be the PPV distributor despite a contract with Pacquiao. The cause might be due to the fact that HBO PPV will be handling the anticipated fight between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev on […]
Shamrock given $2,500 fine, license revoked for Bellator 149 failed drug test
MMA Junkie reports that Ken Shamrock has agreed to a $2,500 fine in a settlement with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. In addition, his license to fight in Texas is now revoked. The settlement is a part of the post-fight drug test failure by Shamrock from February’s Bellator 149. Shamrock’s pre-fight urine test […]