Conor McGregor will make at least $1 million Saturday night at UFC 196 as disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Nate Diaz is scheduled to make $500,000. In addition, per an ESPN report by Brett Okamoto, Holly Holm will make $500,000 and Miesha Tate will make $46,000 to show and $46,000 to win. McGregor’s […]
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Bellator MMA 149: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective with a look at the latest Bellator tentpole event from Houston, Texas. The event was a spectacle to say the least about Friday night’s event. Gracie stops Shamrock in Round 1 The intros for this fight were well done as Bellator invested a lot into the production […]
RDA out of UFC 196
Rafael Dos Anjos has been forced out of his fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 196 on March 5th due to a broken foot according to several reports. No immediate announcement has been made as to a replacement for the lightweight champion or if the McGregor will be pulled altogether from the PPV. New surfaced […]
Bellator 149 draw 1.9M, Kimbo-Dada draw 2.5M viewers
Bellator 149 delivered huge ratings on Friday night according to Sports TV Ratings. The event was the highest-rated cable sports show on Friday drawing an average of 1.964,000 viewers on Spike TV. In fact, the pre- and post-fight programming featuring Kimbo Slice and Benson Henderson respectively posted huge ratings as well. Bellator 149 was headlined […]
UFC investigates B.J. Penn
The UFC has launched an investigation into allegations against B.J. Penn and has held off on booking the fighter for a fight in the UFC. Earlier this week, a former BJPenn.com writer went on twitter to state that Penn assaulted his girlfriend (“forced himself on my girl” according to one tweet). Another individual with apparent […]