With its current media deal with ESPN ending at the end of the year the Professional Fighters League is shopping its media rights around. Could Netflix or Fox be next? According to a report from the Sports Business Journal, the PFL is talking to Netflix and Fox. The PFL has been with ESPN since 2019. […]
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PFL announces New York event July 31st
The Professional Fighters League announced on Tuesday that it will hold an event in upstate New York on July 31st. The show will be headlined by Usman Nurmogomedov and Dakota Ditcheva. Nurmagomedov will take on Archie Colgan in the main event of the PFL New York event at the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New […]
Rousey-Carano payouts
The California State Athletic Commission released the payouts for Saturdays MVP card at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Ronda Rousey was the highest earner on the card earning $2.2 million. In addition, Rousey revealed that she was receiving a payout as a promoter in addition as being the main event. Mike Perry earned $400K […]
Rousey-Carano produce huge viewership numbers
Netflix revealed that 17 million global viewers tuned in Saturday to watch the return of Ronda Rousey as she defeated Gina Carano on Netflix. According to the streaming company, the event averaged 12.4 million viewers across the 3 main event figths. 17 million global viewers tuned in to watch Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano on […]
Proposed law to benefit CA fighter retirement fund
MMA Fighting reports that a proposed California law allow would grant referees and judges to adorn sponsorship patches with proceeds going toward a boxing pension fund. AB 2130 states: This bill would require 25% of the payment received under these contracts to be deposited into the Athletic Commission Fund to be used as prescribed and, […]