The Honorable Kimba Wood of the New York District Court for the Southern District ruled in favor of the state of New York (District Attorney and A.G.) and dismissed two of Zuffa’s counts in its lawsuit against the state. Zuffa still has 5 counts remaining In a 16 page opinion issued today, Judge Wood ruled […]
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UFC 150 PPV buys: Initial domestic numbers at 190K buys
The Wrestling Observer (subscription required) reports that preliminary numbers of UFC 150 are 190,000 domestic PPV buys. The ratings, if correct, are the lowest in some time for a show held in the United States. UFC 147 in June was held in Brazil and garnered only 140,000 PPV buys. But UFC 150 featured a title […]
Henderson-Diaz headline UFC on Fox 5
The USA Today reports that the UFC is planning to have Benson Henderson defend his lightweight title against Nate Diaz on December 8th at UFC on Fox 5. In addition, it appears that BJ Penn will return against Rory MacDonald and Shogun Rua will take on Alexsander Gustafsson. At this point, only early season college […]
Pacquiao still sponsored by Nike despite White’s comments
Bloody Elbow reports that Nike’s sponsorship of Jon Jones did not usurp the sponsorship of Manny Pacquiao. Dana White originally indicated that Nike was “shutting down” the Manny Pacquiao line for Jones. Pacquiao advisor Michael Koncz told BoxingScene.com that Nike execs found White’s comments “pretty amusing.” Koncz indicated that Nike had new deals in store […]
UFC 150 Prelims: 974,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that the FX prelims for UFC 150 scored just 974,000 viewers. The ratings were the third lowest since the prelims moved to FX. The other two prelims (rated lower) were UFC 147 and UFC 142. Notably, both of those events were out of Brazil. To further the evaluation the buy rates for […]