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 […]
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Anderson let go by UFC after loss to Nunes
MMA Fighting reports that Megan Anderson is no longer with the UFC. Anderson lost this past Saturday to Amanda Nunes. Anderson disclosed the fact that the company would be shuttering the Featherweight division on a live twitch stream on her channel on Tuesday. The UFC denied the assertion. The UFC did confirm to MMA […]
UFC 259 Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 259 taking place at The Apex in Las Vegas. A trio of title matchup took place on Saturday night with one new champion via disqualification. Blachowicz too big for Adesanya Israel Adesanya attempts at a double championship went by the […]
UFC 259 bonuses
UFC 259 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The $50K bonuses went to athletes on the prelims. The Fight of the Night went to Kennedy Nzechukwu and Carlos Ulberg. A heavy underdog, Nzechukwu earned a 2nd round stoppage for the victory. Uros Medic and Kai Kara-France earned the Performance Bonuses […]