The Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley trilogy did poorly on PPV according to Bob Arum in a report from ESPN’s Dan Rafael. The Top Rank promoter admits that the PPV did between 400K-500K buys and that the event lost money. Arum admitted that the April 9th event will be closer to 400K PPV buys than 500K and that […]
Fight Pass adds SHOOTO Japan
UFC Fight Pass announced on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive rights live-event and on-demand content deal with SHOOTO Japan. No financial terms were released although the press release from the UFC indicates it is a multi-year deal. Via UFC press release: SHOOTO Japan is widely considered the world’s oldest mixed martial arts organization. […]
UFC removes McGregor from UFC 200
Dana White announced on ESPN Tuesday that Conor McGregor has been removed from UFC 200. The news comes hours after McGregor announced his retirement via twitter. White indicated that McGregor was removed from the card after he indicated he would not participate in promotional activities. White has done something like this before. When Nick Diaz […]
Conor McGregor tweets he’s retiring
The UFC and MMA fans have been thrown for a loop as Conor McGregor sent out a tweet stating that he was retiring. McGregor was scheduled to fight Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 200. I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya’s later. — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April […]
Replay of Pacquiao-Bradley trilogy draws 750K on HBO
The HBO replay of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight from April 8th drew 750,000 network subscribers per Sports TV Ratings. The event drew 347,000 viewers in the Adult 18-49 demo. The event was marred by Pacquiao’s controversial comments about same sex relationships which cost him his Nike sponsorship. Notably, Pacquiao still wore Nikes in his […]