ESPN+ will now cost $9.99 per month or $99.99 annually as the Disney company made the announcement on Friday. Next month the 43% rise from $6.99 per month/$69.99 annually will be reflected on subscribers’ bills. If you account for the rise in UFC PPVs (which raised its PPV price point to $74.99 recently) the UFC […]
pay-per-view
Report: Spence-Ugas draws 240K PPV buys
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 […]
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, […]