UFC women’s strawweight Paige Van Zant will be on the upcoming season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” VanZant is one of several athletes chosen for this season including NFL players Von Miller and Antonio Brown. VanZant and her sponsor Reebok have leveraged the opportunity. Who ever comes up with the best team name for […]
Bellator 151 draws 768,000 viewers
Bellator 151 on Friday on Spike TV drew an overnight rating of 768,000 viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings represent a modest increase of 5% from Bellator 150 two weeks ago. In the main event of Friday’s fights, Darrion Caldwell submitted Joe Warren after he suplexed him on his head. It was an impressive […]
UFC 196: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 196 which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. In the main event, Conor McGregor took on Nate Diaz. Diaz chokes out McGregor Despite being a late replacement, Nate Diaz used his length and superior jiu jitsu skills to […]
McGregor, Diaz and Holm top UFC 196 payroll
Sherdog.com reports the salaries from Saturday night’s UFC 196. As previously reported, Conor McGregor earned the highest commission reported salary for a UFC ever with $1 million. Via Sherdog.com Nate Diaz: $500,000 Conor McGregor: $1,000,000 Miesha Tate: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus) Holly Holm: $500,000 Ilir Latifi: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) Gian Villante: $36,000 […]
UFC 196 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 196 drew an attendance of 14,697 for a gate of 8.1 million viewers. The bonuses went to Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz and Miesha Tate. McGregor and Diaz drew Fight of the Night. Diaz earned another Performance Bonus for his rear-naked choke of McGregor. Tate earned her Performance Bonus for here RNC of Holly Holm. […]