Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Saturday night’s Bellator 106 from Long Beach, California with a main event featuring Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Alvarez wins title on return For all the “true” MMA fans this was always the main event and not Tito-Rampage. Of course, if […]
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Bellator 106: 1.1 million viewers
Bellator 106 which featured Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez on Spike TV Saturday night scored a 1.1 million viewers. According to a SpikeTV/Bellator press release, the show peaked at 1.4 million viewers. Per Spike TV/Bellator press release: The highly-anticipated rematch of two of the best lightweights in the world, Bellator MMA’s Michael Chandler and Eddie […]
Ortiz out, Bellator PPV now on Spike
MMA Fighting reports that due to an injury to Tito Ortiz, the Bellator PPV is off and now is being switched to Spike TV. Rampage Jackson will not fight next Saturday although he is expected to fight soon. Despite having Eddie Alvarez-Michael Chandler moving to the top of the card, Bellator and Viacom decided that […]
UFC 166: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 166 in Houston, Texas which featured the third fight between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez. Cain stops JDS in 5th Despite a couple shots that hurt Cain early, Velasquez dominated the third fight of the trilogy and eventually stopped […]
THQ sues EA and Zuffa over video game acquisition
According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware , Bankrupt video game maker THQ is suing Zuffa and Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) stating that EA had informed Zuffa of THQ’s shaky finances as EA and Zuffa worked together to so that EA could acquire the license to UFC video games. The […]