The UFC put on two shows on Friday and Saturday with both shows selling out in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. MMA Junkie reports the numbers for UFC 147. The attendance on Saturday night drew a reported 16,643 fans. According to Zuffa, its the best showing for the promotion in Brazil. The […]
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Mayweather-Pacquiao top Forbes list
Forbes Magazine released its annual top 100 highest-paid athletes. Notably, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao top the list at 1 and 2. No MMA athletes made the list. Mayweather made $85 million according to Forbes from June 2011 to June 2012. During this time, Mayweather fought twice (Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto). Pacquiao made […]
UFC on FX 3 by the numbers
Television By Numbers reports that UFC on FX 3 garnered 1.086 million viewers and a 0.5 rating for adults 18-49. In addition, MMA Junkie reported the UFC Prelims on Fuel scored 84,000 viewers. MMA Junkie reported UFC on FX 3 had 1.1 million viewers but its likely the official numbers were rounded up. MMA Junkie […]
Payout Perspective: Pacquiao-Bradley
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective where we look at the world of boxing. This time we look at the controversial fight which took place Saturday night at the MGM Grand where Timothy Bradley shocked the world by taking a split decision over Manny Pacquiao to the stunned fans in attendance and the […]
Pacquiao will receive $26M for Saturday’s fight
The Nevada State Athletic Commission, via Dan Rafael, released the salaries for the top of the card for Saturday night’s Pacquiao-Bradley fight. Manny Pacquiao will receive a guaranteed $26 million for Saturday while Timothy Bradley will receive $5 million. Pacquiao also will receive a cut of the PPV upside. Its not reported whether Bradley will […]