ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reports that the gate for the Mayweather-McGregor fight drew $55.8 million. The fight which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th. The event came in second in total gate in Nevada to the $72 million gate of Mayweather-Pacquiao in May 2015. Per ESPN: There were 137 complimentary […]
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Mayweather-McGregor replay on Showtime draws 549,000
The replay of The Money Fight on Showtime this past Saturday drew 549,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. In addition, an epilogue of All Access which followed immediately after drew 291,000 viewers. The Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight drew 549,000 Showtime subscribers and 0.15 in the A18-49 demo for the 42 minutes it aired on […]
Payout Perspective: The Money Fight
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. Almost a week later, but we are still talking about The Money Fight that took place August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena. Mayweather stops McGregor in 10 Floyd Mayweather waited it out. As most believed, he tested out Conor McGregor for the first couple around before going […]
The Ratings Buffet week ending September 1st
The Ratings Buffet for the week ending September 1st featured a lot of events this past weekend centered squarely around The Money Fight. Friday Showtime: All Access Mayweather-McGregor 10:00pm-10:23pm 105,000 viewers, 0.04 A18-49 FS1 Mayweather/McGregor Weigh-In Show 6:00-7:00pm ET 368,000 viewers FS1: All Access Mayweather/McGregor 8:30-9:00pm ET 214,000 viewers FS1: All Access Mayweather/McGregor 7:00-7:30pm ET […]
Showtime’s Espinoza claims The Money Fight a “massive financial success”
While the 6.5 million PPV buys boasted by Dana White may be premature, the PPV buys for this past Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor fight may draw closer to the North American record of 4.6 million PPV buys earned by Mayweather-Pacquiao. According to Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza, the event was a “massive financial success.” If it doesn’t break […]