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PFL draws 356K viewers on ESPN

August 23, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Professional Fighters League drew just 356K on Thursday night per Programming Insider. The telecast aired the finals of the Heavyweight, Lightweight and Middleweight Divisions. The telecast drew 0.08 in the A18-49 which is estimated at just over 100K viewers. Notably, the lead-in on Thursday was the Little League World Series which overran its scheduled […]

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UFC 318 Prelims tops A18-49 demo

July 22, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC 318 PPV Prelims topped the A18-49 demo on Saturday night gaining a 0.39 share (~516K-~530K viewers) of the vaunted youth demo per Programming Insider. It was better than the WNBA All-Star Game which aired that night on ABC. However, the WNBA All-Star game drew better in the A25-54 category drawing a .50 share (~611K […]

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UFC on ESPN 70 Prelims draw 661K viewers

July 16, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC Fight Night Nashville which took place on Saturday night drew 661,000 viewers for the prelims on ESPN. It was 4th overall in the A18-49 demographic per Programming Insider. While the main card saw Derrick Lewis serve up another KO, it was the prelims which drew the higher prime time rating. The prelims drew 0.19 […]

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UFC 313 Payout Perspective

March 11, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 314 at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Champ Magomed Ankalaev wrested the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship away from Alex Pereira. It was a lackluster performance by Pereira on a night when many believed he would easily take […]

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UFC on ESPN 60 bonuses

July 22, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC on ESPN 60 took place at The Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. The promotion gave out 4 bonuses on a lackluster night of fights. Headliner Virna Jandiroba made good use of her main event status with a submission victory over Amanda Lemos. It was the strawweight’s second performance of the night in her […]

Filed Under: bonuses, ESPN, UFC

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Were all four satisfied in the Senate version? #TKO #AliAct #Zuffa #ZuffaBoxing #Boxing

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Nico Ali Walsh breaks down the four major changes he wants included in the revised Zuffa Boxing Revival Act:

"In layman's terms, financial transparency is absolutely essential—UBO disclosures, fighter pay. You've got to be able to show what money is being made.

Free agency.

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Re: Haney/Davis

The WBO congratulates Top Rank, Inc. on securing the promotional rights for the WBO Welterweight Championship contest between Devin Haney and Keyshawn Davis with a winning purse bid of $8,550,000.

Purse Distribution:
• Devin Haney: $6,412,500 (75%)
• Keyshawn

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@MMAPayout “Sad to see once great publication like NYT become yellow pages.”

A little too on the nose while tweeting from the official Ring account

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