The Money Fight may surpass the record for PPV buys Saturday night, but many fans that purchased the fight on UFC Fight Pass experienced technical difficulties. As a result, Showtime released a statement that the main event would be delayed slightly. Due to overwhelming traffic you may be experiencing log in issues. This will be […]
Mayweather-McGregor
Report: Mayweather $100M, McGregor $30M disclosed purses for The Money Fight
MMA Fighting reports the Nevada Athletic Commission has disclosed the fighter purses for The Money Fight and Conor McGregor will make $30 million and Floyd Mayweather will receive $100 million. The purses exclude the ancillary revenue the fighters will make such as sponsorships and PPV upside. The $30 million payday will be 10 times the […]
Report: Mayweather to make $20 million from clothing endorsements
Yahoo! Sports reports that Floyd Mayweather will make $20 million on just clothing endorsements alone when he steps into the ring against Conor McGregor Saturday. According to the report, the side seams to his fight trunks go for $3.5 million for his side seams and front top waist, $ 1 million for his robe and […]
50 million predicted to watch The Money Fight
50 million. That is the number that the AP reports may watch the Floyd Mayweather Connor McGregor fight. Similar to the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, the fight at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday is being hailed as a culture event. Former HBO exec in charge of PPV, Mark Taffet noted that it “crosses all demographics […]
Bennett explains the need for Zuffa to co-promote
Earlier this week Nevada Athletic Commission Executive Director Bob Bennett explained why Zuffa needed to apply to be a co-promoter for Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor fight. He also offered an unfulfilling explanation of a promoter in Nevada. Bennett’s explanation as to why Zuffa need to be a co-promoter for Saturday’s event is that it needed to pay […]