Bellator MMA’s Dynamite 1 drew an average viewership of 800,000 viewers on Spike TV Saturday night. The third “tent pole” event for Bellator was ranked #2 in the timeslot in the coveted male 25-54 and 35-49 demos on cable behind ESPN’s college football per Nielsen sources. The event aired from 9-12:42am ET and then replayed […]
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Fedor returns to MMA as part of Spike New Year’s Eve show
Fedor Emelianenko returns to MMA as part of “an MMA mega-event” airing on Spike TV this New Year’s Eve Thursday, December 31st. Emelianenko will main event a show taking place from Tokyo, Japan and be a part of partnership with Bellator and a new global MMA promotion run by former Pride President Nobuyuki Sakakibara. The […]
Haymon-Golden Boy lawsuit to proceed in federal court
Golden Boy Promotions won a round against Al Haymon in court earlier this week as Judge John Walter denied Haymon’s motion to stay the court action to arbitrate the issues before the court. As a result, the case will proceed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Court chided Haymon’s […]
Report: Mayweather-Berto draw 400-550K PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports that the Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto PPV drew between 500-600K PPV buys according to industry sources contacted by Rafael. It is the lowest PPV output by Mayweather under his contract with Showtime. UPDATED: Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that his source says it did “roughly” 400K PPV buys. 145,000 buys […]
Diaz suspended by NSAC 5 years, fined $165K
The Nevada State Athletic Commission handed out a 5 year suspension to Nick Diaz after his drug test failure for use of marijuana following UFC 183. In addition to his 5 year suspension, he was fined $165,000 which is 33% of his $500,000 fight purse from UFC 183. Diaz’s attorney, Lucas Middlebrook, indicated that they […]