One week after receiving a nice bump in its ratings, Bellator saw its ratings plummet to 132,000 viewers. MMA Junkie reports that the ratings saw a 39 percent decline from last week’s 218,000 viewers. The lowly ratings were 18,000 viewers short of its prior ratings low of 150,000. The replay of the event scored 107,000 viewers. Payout Perspective: […]
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Nick Diaz retiring from MMA to box?
Inside MMA has the scoop with Diaz manager Cesar Gracie who indicates that a fight with Fernando Vargas is signed. Does this mean that the Strikeforce welterweight champ is retiring from MMA? In his post-fight interviews from Saturday, Diaz talked about not getting paid enough, overworked, over-trained and possibly being suspended. The release of Strikeforce […]
Fight Camp 360 receives .5 rating for CBS debut
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reported via twitter that the debut of Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley scored a .5 rating on CBS this past Saturday morning. The rating was very good considering the show was on network television on a Saturday morning. Payout Perspective: Nice ratings considering it was not the lead-in to […]
Fight Camp 360 debuts on CBS Saturday
Showtime’s Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley debuts tomorrow (Noon EDT/9amPDT) on CBS as lead-in to Final Four coverage. Similar to HBO’s 24/7 series, it appears that we will get the similar behind the scenes look at both fight camps. (H/t: Bad Left Hook and Bloody Elbow) Payout Perspective: It will be interesting to […]
Arbitrator rules in favor of Top Rank in fight for Donaire
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Top Rank Boxing in its fight to keep boxing star Nonito Donaire under contract. Donaire is currently the WBC and WBO Bantamweight champ. Via Kevin Iole at Yahoo!: Golden Boy signed Donaire after Donaire had declared that he was a free agent and […]