6.5 million buys. This is the amount that Dana White state’s this past Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor bout. White stated this while talking to Urijah Faber and Snoop Dogg on Tuesday. The amount is thought to be a worldwide total and not just limited to North America. No official announcement had been made by Showtime or Zuffa. […]
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Mayweather-McGregor Prelims peak at 3.1M and other ratings
Nielsen has provided some additional ratings from this past weekend’s Mayweather-McGregor fight. Notably, the prelims drew 2,568,000 viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports Go. The show peaked at 3,110,000 viewers. The Prelims on Fox drew 2,438,000 from 7-9pm ET. In the A18-49 category, it drew 1,156,000 viewers and was up over 150% versus […]
Bellator 182 peaks at 825,000 viewers
Bellator 182 on Spike TV Friday night drew 481,000 in the overnight ratings and increased to 565,000 in the DVR +3 adjusted viewership. The peak viewership for the Friday night live event was 825,000 viewers during the main event. The live telecast featured Andrey Koreshkov defeating Chidi Njokuani via TKO. Payout Perspective: With the hype […]
UFC to issue refunds for Mayweather-McGregor
The UFC has issued an apology to UFC.tv subscribers and will be issuing refunds. The statement from the company comes after assessing the issues with NeuLion. Here’s a statement from Dana White regarding the #MayweatherMcGregor PPV broadcast issue on https://t.co/6gml5e6eqr. Refunds are available. pic.twitter.com/A0mFFlqYPv — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) August 29, 2017 Based on the statement, […]
UFC and Showtime face issuing refunds after technical difficulties for Mayweather-McGregor
After The Money Fight technical difficulty situation, the UFC and vendor NeuLion must determine how to address the situation. A lawsuit has been filed related to the technical difficulties which angered many that paid $99.95 to watch the much-hyped Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. ESPN reports that Showtime has issued a “limited number” of refunds to […]