UFC 333 took place in Abu Dhabi today with the championship fights bringing in the bulk of the bonuses. The Fight of the Night went to Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili as the champion retained in a very spirited trilogy fight. Most believed that the fight was tied 2 rounds to 2 going into the […]
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With Bishop upset, PFL loses potential superfight
Jena Bishop stunned Liz Carmouche in the main event of PFL’s event in Chicago Friday night. As a result, the PFL lost out on a potential fight with Dakota Ditcheva. Bishop won the vacant PFL Flyweight title in the fight Friday night. The title was vacated by Ditcheva due to injury. But, when Ditcheva is […]
Serrano leads fight purses for TikTok event in Temecula
On Friday, Amanda Serrano earned a majority decision over Lucrecia Manzur in an event streamed on TikTok Friday night. According to the California State Athletic Commission she made a reported $150,000 for the fight. Manzur earned a reported $12,000. The rest of the payouts as provided by CSAC are below: Jahmal Harvey ($45K) def. Hammet […]
MERGER PFL and MVP combine
Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s Most Valuable Promotions and Professional Fighters League are merging according to a joint press release sent out Thursday morning. The newfound company will be backed by Founding Investors 885 Capital and Knighthead Capital Management. MVP has been promoting boxing events with its product streaming on Netflix as well as ESPN. […]
Report: PFL to Netflix, Fox?
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. […]