There are conflicting reports on the PPV buys for the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan fight this past Saturday. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the fight drew around 600,000 PPV buys according to Golden Boy’s Oscar de la Hoya. Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports indicates that it drew 460,000 PPV buys based on information from cable and satellite […]
TUF 23 Episode 4 draws 336,000 viewers
The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 23 drew a live plus same day rating of 336,000 viewers. It’s one of the lowest viewership ratings for a TUF episode. In the fight of the show, Andrew Sanchez defeated Myron Dennis via unanimous decision. Per Sports TV Ratings, the episode drew 226,000 viewers in the adult […]
Rousey clears potential defamation claim from former manager
Ronda Rousey has agreed to change a portion of her autobiography to avoid a potential defamation lawsuit from former manager Darin Harvey. Rousey’s autobiography which was released last year included a section which describes Harvey. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion agreed to change the section for the second release when it comes out in […]
TUF 23 Episode 3 DVR viewership up to 642,000
Last week’s TUF 23 Episode 3 saw another big increase in viewership factoring in the DVR ratings. This week saw a 55% increase from the Live viewership. Notably, its increase in DVR viewership fared better than last spring’s increase for TUF 21. Payout Perspective: It’s clear that TUF does best when recorded for later viewing. […]