The UFC has canceled its March 5th PPV show set for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Anderson Silva referred to being taken off of the card because of its cancellation at today’s media conference for UFC Fight Night 83. Updated: Maybe UFC 197 is not off per Sean Shelby’s tweet: @guicruzzz @arielhelwani the media is a […]
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Report: UFC 193 draws over 1M PPV buys
MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reports that UFC 194 featuring Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm drew over 1 million PPV buys. According to Melzer’s report, the PPV last month drew between 1 million and 1.1 million PPV buys. Not only did UFC 193 draw over 50,000 fans, it also surpassed the vaunted 1 million PPV buy […]
Canelo-Cotto draws 900K PPV buys per HBO
HBO reports (via ESPN) that the Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto fight on November 21st in Vegas drew 900,000 PPV buys and about $58 million in domestic PPVs. The 900,000 PPV buys is promising for HBO as no fight not featuring Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao or Oscar De La Hoya have scored 900,000 buys since 2002 when […]
UFC 193 estimated at over 1M PPV buys, second best ever per Fertitta
UFC 193 is on track to be the second-largest PPV in company history according to Lorenzo Fertitta. In speaking with Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports Fertitta indicated that it was currently tracking third but would finish behind only UFC 100. UFC 100 drew 1.6 million viewers in July 2009. Fertitta confirmed that UFC 193 sold […]
S&P upgrades business outlook for Zuffa
MMA Junkie reports that Zuffa’s Standard and Poor’s business outlook has been elevated from “negative” to “stable” based on its success in its Pay Per View business in 2015. The company’s corporate credit rating remains the same at BB negative which is below investment grade. Standard & Poor’s Financial Services publishes financial research and analysis […]