PBC on Fox drew 1.171 million viewers per Nielsen as the telecast Saturday night peaked with 1.492 million fans watching the main event between Erisandy Lara and Ramon Alvarez. The undercard rating averages were as follos: Sanchez v. Bisbal: 951,000 viewers Fundora v. Clark: 1.075M viewers Lara v. Alvarez: 1.492M viewers The telecast peaked in […]
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Report: Prograis settles lawsuit with WBSS, set for October final
Mike Coppinger of The Athletic reports that Regis Prograis has settled his lawsuit with the World Boxing Super Series and a fight with Josh Taylor is being set for London. Comosa, the group behind the WBSS, reached an agreement to settle its dispute for the 140-pound Louisiana native. Upset with Comosa failing to make escrow […]
Payouts, net gate information from Top Rank Boxing event August 17th
MMA Payout has obtained the payout sheet from the August 17th event at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The $501,500 total reported purse has Jessie Magdaleno and Emmanuel Navarrete as the top earners making $125K a piece. Per a CSAC records request, MMA Payout was provided with the payouts as follows: […]
PBC Fight Night on FS1 does its best rating since January
PBC Fight Night on FS1 this past Saturday drew 345,00 viewers according to Nielsen. It was FS1’s best performance since January. The telecast saw Brandon Figueroa KO Javier Nicolas Chacon in the fourth round in a Junior Bantamweight title fight. According to Fox Sports, it was up 48% from Saturday’s average of FS1 PBC cards. […]
Winners and Losers through 2 days of the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit Expert Hearings
After the first two days of the evidentiary hearings in Las Vegas, MMA Payout has assessed some of the winners and losers of one of the more anticipated hearings that may shape the industry of mixed martial arts. Here were my observations through the second day. I would also recommend Paul Gift and John Nash’s […]