The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service has revised Zuffa, LLC’s financial outlook to negative from stable on weaker operating performance. It has indicated that it anticipates a 40% decline in EBITDA in 2014 and credit measures will weaken due to the decline. In a press release disseminated by S&P, it stated that the negative rating […]
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Bellator 131 – Payout Perspective
Bellator 131 produces big ratings on SpikeTV
Bellator 131 on Saturday night drew a record 1.8 million viewers and peaked at 2 million during the Tito Ortiz-Stephan Bonnar fight per a Spike TV press release. The average for the overall event drew 1.24 million viewers. Via Spike TV press release: Bellator 131 knocked out the competition on Saturday, November 15 with record […]
UFC 180: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 180 from the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City. Werdum wins interim Heavyweight title It was to be Cain Velasquez fighting in Mexico City against Fabricio Werdum. However, an injury to Cain allowed Mark Hunt the chance to step in […]
Former wrestler files lawsuit against WWE regarding head injuries
A lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court of Oregon by former professional wrestler William Albert Haynes III (aka “Billy Jack” Haynes) citing class action status related to “head injuries occurring in former and current WWE wrestlers” per the lawsuit. Haynes wrestled in the WWE for only two years from 1986-1988. Perhaps his […]