The day after Wrestlemania, Endeavor acquired WWE making it the second biggest purchase this year. The plan was to have WWE and UFC combine to make one new company, TKO Holdings. The deal gave WWE an enterprise value of $9.3 billion. Endeavor would own 51% and WWE owned the remaining 49%. From our writeup in […]
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Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 7 UFC-USADA end partnership with bitter split
Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 8 Dana White selects his own punishment
Ironically, the debut of Power Slap started with a video from TMZ showing Dana White and his wife engaged in an argument in which they exchange slapping one another. In a pop culture where everyone complains about being cancelled, White suffered no consequences for his actions. First, the TMZ video was not produced immediately which […]
Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 9 Power Slap is a thing
UFC 296 Prelims draw average of 925K viewers
UFC 296 on ESPN2 drew 925,000 viewers this past Saturday per Sports Media Watch. The telecast drew 565,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. UFC 296 prelims aired on ESPN2 due to College Football on ESPN. The featured event saw Alonzo Menifield defeat Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision. However, the fight prior to the feature drew […]