Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 669,000 viewers per Sports Media Watch. The telecast which followed UFC programming drew 0.22 in the 18-49 demo. The feature fight saw Navarrete win a unanimous decision over Valdez. According to BoxingScene.com the peak viewership for the telecast was 884,000 viewers. The UFC main card overran its time slot […]
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UFC Fight Night 224 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 224 took place in London on Saturday and saw the headliner, Tom Aspinall come away with one of the fight night bonuses. Aspinall’s stoppage of Marcin Tybura earned the heavyweight a $50K Fight Night bonus. His win also propels him into the mix for an eventual shot at the heavyweight title in […]
UFC on ESPN 49 draws 995,000 viewer average
Ngannou-Fury set for October 28th
Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury are set to square off in Saudi Arabia on October 28th. The former UFC heavyweight champion will take on boxing’s lineal heavyweight champion. (via Ngannou’s twitter) While all of the boxing and MMA outlets reported the news on Tuesday, it is not known at this point whether the fight will […]
Report: Fury-Ngannou boxing match a go?
Ariel Helwani sent out a tweet that former UFC Heavyweight Champion and current PFL signee Francis Ngannou is set to fight Tyson Fury. Tyson Fury x Francis Ngannou is expected to be announced very soon, per sources. — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 7, 2023 While the tweet does not indicate if the match is MMA, […]