UFC Vegas 109 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The promotion handed out 4 bonuses including a highlight reel slam. Elijah Smith delivered a slam reminiscent of Rampage Jackson’s slam of Ricardo Arona in Pride. Smith knocked out Toshiomi Kazama as the replays look like the slam was onto the […]
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UFC plans to expand Apex
The web site LVSportsBiz.com reports that the UFC intends to expand The Apex to include additional seating for fans. The report states that the company intends to add room for 5,000 to 10,000 fans. The article tends to be bullish on the potential that The Apex could be the hub of both UFC and WWE […]
NBCU had right of first refusal in WWE deal
John Ourand of Puck reports that NBC Universal had the right of first refusal prior to ESPN’s successful bid for the media rights of WWE’s Premium Live Events. NBCU’s last bid was reported at $275M per year although the duration and content of the deal was not reported. ESPN’s bid was for $325M per year […]
TKO tops Wall Street forecasts
TKO Group Holdings announced its earnings report for the second quarter of 2025. The company is making an astounding amount of revenue to the extent that it has raised its revenue guidance. I discussed it briefly here this morning. TKO generated $1.31B in revenue for the second quarter of 2025 which is a raise of […]
Disney inks WWE for ESPN new DTC service
Disney announced the acquisition of WWE premium Live Events for its Direct to Consumer platform which starts August 22nd. The cost to consumer is $29.99 per month. The deal is estimated at $325M per year for 5 years. WWE PLEs have been airing on Peacock since 2021. one can infer that the deal with NBC […]