MMA Fighting posed the question as to how well will UFC 187 do this weekend in light of the big Mayweather-Pacquiao fight earlier this month. Despite the steep PPV price of $90-$100, an estimated 4.4 million people paid to see the fight. Now, will combat sports fans turn around and pay another $60 this weekend? […]
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GGG draws 1.3M viewers on HBO
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that Saturday night’s HBO Boxing event featuring Gennady Golovkin taking on Willie Monroe, Jr. drew an average HBO subscriber viewership of 1.338 million with a peak at 1.474 million. GGG dropped Monroe throughout the fight eventually earning the stoppage in the 6th round. In addition, Flyweight Roman Gonzalez obliterated Edgar Sosa […]
Bellator 137 draws 594,000 viewers
Sports TV Ratings is reporting that Bellator 137 on Friday night on Spike TV drew an average viewership of 594,000 viewers. It drew a 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demo. The ratings represent a 10 percent decrease from April’s Bellator 136. In the main event, Brandon Halsey defeated Kendall Grove via TKO in the main […]
Canelo-Kirkland on HBO draws best rating since 2006
The Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland fight drew 2.146 million HBO subscribers on Saturday night via Sports TV Ratings. The average is the best since 2006 when Bernard Hopkins took on Antonio Tarver. The fight was aided by the replay of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao replay. For those not willing to pay the $100 PPV, it was […]
Mayweather-Pacquiao destroys PPV, gate records
Yahoo! Sports reports that the official PPV buys for the May 2nd fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao drew an astronomical 4.4 million PPV buys that equates to more than $400 million in revenue. The numbers shatter the old PPV buy rate record set by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 and […]