MMA Fighting reports that Daniel Cormier is out of UFC 206 with an injury. His title fight with Anthony Johnson is off although the initial plans appear to keep Johnson on the card. This is the second time this year that Cormier has pulled out of a fight due to an injury. Cormier is coming […]
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How will Kovalev-Ward do on PPV?
On Saturday night, Sergey Kovalev will take on Andre Ward in a much-anticipated fight for a variety of titles at light heavyweight and will answer the question as to who is the best pound-for-pound boxer. How will the HBO PPV do? For combat sports fans, November is/will be an expensive month as Kovalev-Ward will be […]
Update on Wilder-Povetkin lawsuit includes more discovery fights
Attorneys for Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin continue to joust in letters in the lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York. A February 2017 trial date may be nixed due to issues related to finalization of a protective order to iron-out discovery issues. After a discovery conference, last week, the parties continue to […]
Pacquiao-Vargas draws “a little over 300,000” PPV buys
USA Today reports that the November 5th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jessie Vargas deliver “a little over 300,000” PPVs according to Bob Arum. The event was the first event in years without support without HBO as its PPV distributor. Pacquiao defeated Vargas via unanimous decision and won a welterweight title in the process. Arum […]
UFC 205: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at UFC 205 taking place at New York’s Madison Square Garden. McGregor wins lightweight title from Alvarez Conor McGregor once again backed up his talk as he stopped Eddie Alvarez in the second round to win the UFC lightweight title. He […]