Kickboxing promotion Glory’s televised event, Glory 11 from Chicago on Spike TV on Saturday night drew an average audience of 381,000 viewers with a peak of 782,000. According to The MMA Report, the peak viewership of 782,000 occurred during the first quarter hour of the show. The lead-in for Glory was a re-run of Cops […]
Promoters
LA Times features Roy Englebrecht
The Los Angeles Times had a feature story on local Southern California promoter Roy Englebrecht. The story highlights his career in the fight game and how things have changed with the sport of mixed martial arts. After a career of promoting boxing fights, Englebrecht stumbled upon an MMA show in 2004 and realized that it […]
Invicta FC PPV now available on DirecTV
Bloody Elbow reports that Invicta FC will be available on PPV through DirecTV. Invicta president Shannon Knapp made the announcement on its Facebook page Tuesday. In an interview with The Wrestling Observer last week, Knapp indicated that there was an issue with the bandwidth for DirecTV which precluded the Invicta PPV from being on its […]
Spike TV obtains rights to Glory Kickboxing
A Spike TV press release sent out this morning announced that Glory Sports International (GSI) will debut on the network starting in the Fall of 2013. Two hour kickboxing events will air in prime time on select Saturday nights. Via Spike TV press release: “We are thrilled to partner with GSI in bringing Spike TV’s […]
Nick Diaz Promotions Offered Pay What You Want PPV
Nick Diaz’s first foray into MMA promotions occurred last night with the introduction of WAR MMA. As a way to promote the fights and create some buzz, it offered a Kickstarter-type PPV model as fans were able to pay what they wanted…including nothing at all. The card which featured former UFC star Daniel Roberts against […]