UFC Fight Night 208 took place in the UK on Saturday afternoon in the U.S. While there were no stellar Fight of the Night the two most popular fighters came away with $50K Performance Bonuses. Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann earned $50K bonuses for their respective stoppages. Pimblett earned a bonus with his rear naked […]
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UFC on ABC 3 attendance, bonuses and gate
UFC on ABC 3 took place Saturday afternoon from Long Island, New York. The promotion handed out 7 bonuses to fighters on the card. Dustin Jacoby, Bill Allego, Ricky Simon, Punahele Soriano, Li Jingliang and Amanda Lemos earned Performance Bonuses while Matt Schnell and Su Mudaerji earned Fight of the Night. Notably, Schnell came back […]
UFC 270: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! In this addition, we take a loot at UFC 270 at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Ngannou defeats Gane as his contract with the UFC expires Zero. That is the number of fights left on Francis Ngannou’s contract with the UFC. He is still the UFC Heavyweight […]
Canelo Alvarez gate draws $18M-$20M
The Sports Business Journal reports that the Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight this past Saturday drew a gate of around $18-$20 million. The fight took place at the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with a reported attendance of 16,586. The SBJ notes that it had talked to Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza told SBJ […]
UFC 268 to have 4th highest gate in UFC history at MSG
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that UFC 268 will be the 4th highest gate in Madison Square Garden’s history. The event will feature two title fights on Saturday night. The UFC’s first event in New York’s Madison Square Garden drew the biggest gate. UFC 205 which featured Conor McGregor defeating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title. […]