Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 733,000 viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast drew 303,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The telecast featured Emmanuel Navarrete as he defeated Christopher Diaz to retain the WBO featherweight title. The telecast drew 0.23 in A18-49, 0.10 in F18-49, 0.37 in M18-49, 0.13 in […]
UFC
UFC 261 Prelims draw 951K, Early Prelims draw 616K
UFC 261 Prelims drew 951,000 viewers on Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 465,000 in the A18-49 demo. The early Prelims which appeared on ESPN2 drew 616,000 viewers and 290,000 in the A18-49 demo. The UFC 261 Prelims saw Randy Brown submit Alex Oliveira in the very first round of the featured […]
Report: UFC 261 draws 700K buys on ESPN+
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 […]
Paul addresses Dana White
Jake Paul made an appearance at UFC 261 on Saturday night. He stirred the pot with Daniel Cormier and talked about him during the post-fight press conference. Although he praised the YouTube star, he also said that his PPV numbers were inflated. Paul responded. . @danawhite pic.twitter.com/SI48eGkoaO — Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 25, 2021 Paul […]
UFC 261 bonuses
UFC 261 took place on Saturday night from the VyStar arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The Performances bonuses went to Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas while the Fight of the Night went to Jeffrey Molina and Qileng Aori. Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the second round of his welterweight title defense while Namajunas won the […]