John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 261 held this past Saturday drew more than 700,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. The event was the first in front of a live arena at the VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a triple-header of title fights with Kamaru Usman defending his welterweight title […]
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Triller purchases FiteTV
TrillerNet, the parent company to Triller has purchased Fite TV. The deal reflects the company’s goal to expand Triller Fight Club. Notably, its next event takes place this Saturday. Per Triller press release: “The deal gives Triller a major foothold in the live-event PPV and streaming space, greatly expanding the reach of Triller’s fast-growing AI-powered […]
UFC 260 PPV prelims draw 718K
The UFC 260 PPV Prelims drew 718,000 viewers on Saturday night on ESPN and 297,000 in the A18-49 demo. Despite the stiff competition from the Men’s NCAA Tournament, the fights finished 5th overall in cable ratings. UFC 260 preceded the PPV on ESPN+ featuring Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou in a heavyweight title matchup. The […]
Triller announces music acts to Paul-Askren PPV
The Jake Paul-Ben Askren fight will take place on April 17th in Atlanta according to Triller Fight Club which is the entertainment platform arm of Triller. In addition, the company announced music groups including Justin Bieber, The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too-Short and E-40 for the event which will be on PPV. Per […]
Report: UFC 259 draws 800K total PPV buys
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that UFC 259 this past Saturday drew 800,000 total PPV buys. 600,000 on ESPN+ and another 200,000 in international PPV buys. UFC 259 featured three title bouts including Israel Adesanya challenging for the UFC Light Heavyweight title, Amanda Nunes defending her Featherweight title against Megan Anderson and […]
