The Mayweather-McGregor Prelims on Fox scored 3.22 million viewers on Fox Saturday night. It won the overall ratings in its time slot per TV By Numbers. The Prelims featured Yordenis Ugás and Thomas Dulorme. Ugas defeated Dulorme via unanimous decision. The prelims which aired from 5pm-7pm on Saturday night drew a 1.1 rating in the […]
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UFC Fight Pass has streaming issues for The Money Fight
The Money Fight may surpass the record for PPV buys Saturday night, but many fans that purchased the fight on UFC Fight Pass experienced technical difficulties. As a result, Showtime released a statement that the main event would be delayed slightly. Due to overwhelming traffic you may be experiencing log in issues. This will be […]
Report: Mayweather $100M, McGregor $30M disclosed purses for The Money Fight
MMA Fighting reports the Nevada Athletic Commission has disclosed the fighter purses for The Money Fight and Conor McGregor will make $30 million and Floyd Mayweather will receive $100 million. The purses exclude the ancillary revenue the fighters will make such as sponsorships and PPV upside. The $30 million payday will be 10 times the […]
Report: Mayweather to make $20 million from clothing endorsements
Yahoo! Sports reports that Floyd Mayweather will make $20 million on just clothing endorsements alone when he steps into the ring against Conor McGregor Saturday. According to the report, the side seams to his fight trunks go for $3.5 million for his side seams and front top waist, $ 1 million for his robe and […]
50 million predicted to watch The Money Fight
50 million. That is the number that the AP reports may watch the Floyd Mayweather Connor McGregor fight. Similar to the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, the fight at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday is being hailed as a culture event. Former HBO exec in charge of PPV, Mark Taffet noted that it “crosses all demographics […]