Brock Lesnar has re-signed with the WWE and foreclosed any notion that he would return to MMA in an announcement on ESPN Tuesday afternoon. Lesnar will be in the main event at Wrestlemania 31 on Sunday in Santa Clara, California. The event would have been his last under his current contract if he did not […]
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Zuffa sued for patent infringement in Texas
Zuffa has been sued in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by a company that claims that Zuffa is infringing on a patent owned by Orostream LLC. However, it appears that the lawsuit is one of many filed by the company on the same […]
UFC 185: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 185 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas where two UFC titles were on the line. RDA wins Lightweight Title Rafael dos Anjos earned his unanimous decision against Anthony Pettis. It was total domination by the challenger as he […]
PBC on Spike TV draws 869,000 viewers
Television By Numbers and Sports TV Ratings report that the debut of Premier Boxing Champions on Friday night on SpikeTV drew an average viewership of 869,000 viewers. It received a 0.3 rating in the adult demo of 18-34. According to Spike, PBC drew 1 million viewers between 10:45pm-11:15pm ET which was during the Josesito Lopez-Andre […]
Can Showtime keep UFC’s PPV momentum going?
As we get ready for UFC 185, we take a look at whether Anthony Pettis can be a future PPV draw for the company. This will be the first event where Pettis will be the advertised main draw for a PPV. For UFC 181 this past December, Pettis co-headlined with Johny Hendricks-Robbie Lawler II as the last fight […]