Lance Pugmire among other boxing writers received news earlier this week that the Yorenis Ugas-Errol Spence, Jr. fight drew 240,000 PPV buys. The Showtime PPV event aired during Easter weekend during a particular busy time on the sports calendar. Spence bested Ugas in the 10th round due to doctor stoppage in front of a packed […]
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Floyd Mayweather to fight on Dubai helipad in return to exhibition boxing
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is returning to the ring in May for an exhibition fight in Dubai. The 45-year-old will embark on his third exhibition post-boxing career against Don Moore. The event will take place May 14 on a hotel helipad in Dubai and will be a PPV event. Former UFC champ Anderson Silva will be […]
Report: UFC 269 draws “slightly more than” 500K PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern reports that UFC 269 drew “slightly more than” 500,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. .@ESPNPlus sold slightly more than 500,000 PPV units for #UFC269 last month, per SBJ sources. pic.twitter.com/EE5Yuqe7UE — Adam Stern (@A_S12) January 20, 2022 UFC 269 took place Saturday, December 11th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, […]
UFC PPV prices now $74.99 on ESPN+
Top 10 of 2021: No. 1 UFC business is booming
It is no surprise that the success of the UFC is the number 1 MMA business story of the year. Both Disney and Endeavor have praised the UFC in their respective earnings calls. Disney touts the UFC for its increase in subscribers to ESPN+. Notably, UFC PPV events on ESPN+ went from $64.99 to $69.99 […]