Alliance MMA continues its expansion of regional promotions. This month, it announced the acquisition of Roy Englebrecht’s Southern California fight promotion. MMA Payout had the opportunity to speak with Alliance MMA’s President Robert Haydak and Roy Englebrecht. The acquisition is the largest promotion the publicly traded company has made thus far. The New York Business […]
UFC
UFC Fight Night 112 draws 819,000 viewers
UFC Fight Night 112 on FS1 drew 819,000 viewers peaking twice at 905,000 viewers. The Prelims on FS2 drew 319,000 viewers. Also of note, the UFC Fight Night Postfight show drew 268,000 viewers. The main card on FS1 featured Michael Chiesa taking on Kevin Lee. The event was up 8% over FS1’s Sunday night Fight […]
Penn, Lee and Boetsch lead UFC Fight Night 112 pay
MMA Junkie reports the salaries from Sunday night’s UFC Fight Night 112 held on Sunday night in Oklahoma City. BJ Penn received the highest purse at $150,000. The salaries were released by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission. Via MMA Junkie: Kevin Lee: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus) def. Michael Chiesa $36,000 Tom Boetsch: $134,000 (includes […]
UFC Fight Night 112 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC Fight Night 111 on Sunday drew $7,605 for a gate of $549,302 from Oklahoma City. It was the second time that the promotion has made it to the Chesapeake Energy Center. The bonuses for the event went to Jeremy Kimball, Dominick Reyes, Tim Boetsch and Kevin Lee earned the $50,000 bonuses for the event. […]
The Ratings Buffet for the week ending June 23rd
Welcome to another week of The Ratings Buffet. Saturday Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN2 11:00pm-1:00am ET: 232,000 viewers Monday Raw on USA WWE Raw 9:00pm ET: 3.201 million viewers; 1.09 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 10:00pm ET: 3.029 million viewers; 1.07 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 8:00pm ET: 3.075 million viewers; 1.05 rating A18-49 Bellator: Fedor Returns […]