Manny Pacquiao has signed with Paradigm Sports Management. The Irvine, California-based company represents MMA stars Conor McGregor, Cris Cyborg, Israel Adesanya as well as NFL football players. The announcement was made by Paradigm Sports Management. Audie Attar went to Manila to make the signing official. Incredibly proud to announce that @ParadigmSM is officially representing Manny […]
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WWE chooses LA for Wrestlemania 37
On Monday, the WWE announced that WrestleMania 37 will take place at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The event will take place on March 28, 2021. The last time the marquee-event for the company took place in Southern California was at the Staples Center in 2005. This year, the event takes place at Raymond […]
UFC 247 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 247 took place on Saturday night in Houston and the local crowd came out to make it the highest grossing event at the Toyota Center. Mario Bautista, Khaos Williams, Trevin Giles and James Krause drew the $50K bonuses. Notably, Krause fought on just a days’ notice to face hometown favorite Giles. The two drew […]
LFA sues AXS TV and Anthem Sports & Entertainment for breach of contract
Legacy Fighting Alliance has sued AXS TV and Anthem Sports & Entertainment in Dallas County District Court for alleged breach of contract for killing the promotion’s MMA broadcasts on the network. The network went over a revamp this past September in which the longtime-MMA promotion was yanked from the station. The introduction to the lawsuit […]
UFC 246 draws 1M PPV buys, helps in building ESPN+ subscriber base
The UFC’s relationship with the Walt Disney Company-owned ESPN has been fruitful for both entities. According to Disney’s Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Financial Results, it was revealed that the return of Conor McGregor brought in “about a million pay-per-view purchases and a half a million new subscribers” per CEO Robert Iger. The PPV benchmark would […]