UFC 312 took place Sunday morning in Sydney, Australia. Dana White announced the attendance in the post-fight press conference. The event was a sellout with 18,253 in attendance and a $7.7 million gate. The bonuses went to Quillan Salkild who kicked off the night as he knocked out Anshul Jubli in the first 20 seconds […]
UFC 312 Uniform Payouts
Ahead of Saturday’s event in Australia, the anticipated uniform payouts from Venum are below. The title fights have a higher return for champion and challenge whereas the other fighters’ pay is based on the number of fights they have had in the UFC. Interesting to note that only Jake Matthews and Sean Strickland have had […]
Canelo signs with Riyadh Season, Jake Paul fight off
Some interesting developments in the boxing world this past week as a proposed fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jake Paul set for this May was nixed at the last minute when the super middleweight title holder signed a 4-fight deal with the Saudis. Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, guaranteed Alvarez […]
AEW Dynamite (01.29) draws 604K viewers
AEW Dynamite drew 604,000 viewers on TBS this past Wednesday. The telecast drew 0.17 in the A18-49 demo per Wrestlenomics. AEW netted a household rating of 0.37 and approximately 221K viewers in the A18-49 demo per Programming Insider. The telecast featured Mercedes Mone defending her TBS Championship on Yuka Sakazaki with Mone winning the match.
UFC Saudi Arabia bonuses
UFC Fight Night 250 took place on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Four fighters were awarded $50K bonuses. The Fight of the Night went to Vinicius Oliveira and Said Nurmogomedov. It was Oliveira that earned the unanimous decision. Nassourdine Imavov stopped former UFC champ Israel Adesanya in the second round of the main event fight. It […]