MMA Payout’s business story of the year is likely everyone else’s big news of the year: The Money Fight which saw Conor McGregor make his debut in the ring against Floyd Mayweather. What many thought would never happened at the beginning of 2017 actually came together rather quickly as the two squared off the last […]
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McGregor tops social media athletes for 2017
The Sports Business Journal reports that Conor McGregor is the “most valuable athlete” on social media for 2017. Despite no UFC fights this year, his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather was a smash on PPV and the overall August event raked in $600 million per Showtime. According to media analytics firm, MVPIndex, McGregor topped all […]
Showtime announces Mayweather-McGregor draws 4.3 million domestic PPV buys
On Thursday, Showtime announced that the official domestic PPV buys for August’s Mayweather-McGregor fight drew 4.3 million PPV buys which fell short of the record set by Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. Showtime also announced that it drew over $600 million in total revenue. The Mayweather-McGregor fight was second biggest gate ever with […]
Showtime requests class actions suits over Mayweather-McGregor move to New York
Law360 reports that Showtime Networks is asking that lawsuits stemming from poor streaming feeds for the Mayweather-McGregor fight be heard in New York. Currently, there are 8 lawsuits across the nation in which plaintiffs claim that they paid to watch the Mayweather-McGregor fight but could not or received poor video streams. The first was filed […]
Mayweather-McGregor draws $55.8M gate
ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reports that the gate for the Mayweather-McGregor fight drew $55.8 million. The fight which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26th. The event came in second in total gate in Nevada to the $72 million gate of Mayweather-Pacquiao in May 2015. Per ESPN: There were 137 complimentary […]